Free Motion to Amend Schedule - District Court of Federal Claims - federal

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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

TEXAS NATIONAL BANK f/k/a MERCEDES NATIONAL BANK Plaintiffs, v. THE UNITED STATES, Defendant

Court No. 07-355C Judge Firestone

MOTION TO ALTER OR AMEND THE SCHEDULING ORDER Pursuant to Rule 7(b) of the Rules of the Court of Federal Claims, defendant, the United States, requests that the scheduling order entered on October 24, 2007 be amended to allow an additional seven days, or until December 14, 2007, for the Government to file and serve its third party complaint on All Star Iron Works, Inc. This brief extension is necessary for the Government to obtain all the records necessary to prepare the complaint. No prior requests to amend the scheduling order have been made by either party. Counsel for the Government has communicated with Edward Snyder, counsel for the plaintiff, who states that he has no objection this request. Respectfully submitted, PETER D. KEISLER Assistant Attorney General JEANNE E. DAVIDSON Director MARK A. MELNICK Assistant Director

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OF COUNSEL: ANDREW JONES Office of Assistant Chief Counsel U.S. Customs and Border Protection 6650 Telecom Drive Indianapolis, Indiana 46278 s/ Joan M. Stentiford JOAN M. STENTIFORD Trial Attorney Commercial Litigation Branch Civil Division Department of Justice Phone: (202) 616-0341 Fax: (202) 514-8624 Attorneys for Defendant

December 7, 2007

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CERTIFICATE OF FILING I hereby certify under penalty of perjury that on this 7th day of August, 2007,"DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO ALTER OR AMEND THE SCHEDULING ORDER," was filed electronically. I understand that notice of this filing will be sent to all parties by operation of the Court's electronic filing system. Parties may access this filing through the Court's system.

___/s/ Joan M. Stentiford_____ JOAN M. STENTIFORD