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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS (BID PROTEST) CALIFORNIA INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES RESOURCES, INC. dba CAMSS SHELTERS, Plaintiff, v. THE UNITED STATES, Defendant, and ALASKA STRUCTURES, INC., Intervenor. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

No. 07-740 (Judge Lawrence M. Baskir)

DEFENDANT'S UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR AN ENLARGEMENT OF TIME Pursuant to Rule 6(b) and 6.1 of the Rules of the United States Court of Federal Claims, defendant, the United States, respectfully requests a four-day enlargement of time, through and including January 15, 2008, within which to file its response to plaintiff's cross-motion for judgment upon the administrative record and reply to plaintiff's opposition to defendant's motion for judgment upon the administrative record. Currently, the Government's response is due January 11, 2008. This is defendant's first request for an enlargement of time for this purpose. The plaintiff, through its respective counsel, has been contacted regarding this request and does not oppose this motion. The intervenor, also through its respective counsel, was contacted regarding this request and does not oppose this motion so long as the intervenor's deadline is also enlarged to January 15, 2008. Plaintiff filed its cross-motion and opposition on December 28, 2007. On January 1, 2008, the undersigned Government counsel contracted the flu and was out of the office on sick

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leave from January 2, 2008 through January 8, 2008. This enlargement is requested to provide the Government sufficient time to respond to plaintiff's pleading in light of Government counsel's unexpected illness. For these reasons, defendant respectfully requests that the Court grant this unopposed motion for an enlargement of time. Respectfully submitted, JEFFREY S. BUCHOLTZ Acting Assistant Attorney General JEANNE E. DAVIDSON Director s/ Harold D. Lester, Jr. HAROLD D. LESTER, JR. Assistant Director s/Marla T. Conneely MARLA T. CONNEELY Trial Attorney Commercial Litigation Branch Civil Division Department of Justice Attn: Classification Unit, 8th Floor 1100 L Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20530 Tel: (202) 305-3689 Fax: (202) 305-7643 January 9, 2008 Attorneys for Defendant

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