Free Motion for Extension of Time - District Court of Federal Claims - federal

Case 1:07-cv-00273-MCW

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Filed 09/25/2007

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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS STEPHEN J. ROGERS, et. al. ) ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) ) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) ) Defendant. ) __________________________________________)

Hon. Mary Ellen Coster Williams

No. 07-273

DEFENDANT'S UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR ENLARGEMENT OF TIME FOR THE FILING OF THE PARTIES' JOINT PRELIMINARY STATUS REPORT ______________________________________________________________________________ Defendant UNITED STATES, with the agreement of plaintiffs, hereby moves for an enlargement of time of 7 days, or to and including October 4, 2007, for the filing of the parties' Joint Preliminary Status Report ("JPSR") in the above captioned matter. Defendant filed its Answer to plaintiffs' Amended Complaint on August 6, 2007. Accordingly, the parties' JPSR is currently due on September 27, 2007. No previous enlargements of time for this deadline have been requested. Pursuant to plaintiffs' Motion to Certify Class (Docket No. 12), which defendant did not oppose (Docket No. 13), the parties have begun discussing the logistics and timing of the work needed to identify, notify and close the class in this matter. The parties would like to provide details on this upcoming process to the Court in the JPSR, but have not yet been able to finalize such details. Counsel for defendant has conferred with counsel for plaintiffs who has indicated that plaintiffs do not object to this enlargement. 1

Case 1:07-cv-00273-MCW

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Filed 09/25/2007

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WHEREFORE, defendant respectfully requests that the Court grant an enlargement of time of 7 days, or to and including October 4, 2007, for the filing of the parties' Joint Preliminary Status Report ("JPSR") in the above captioned matter. Dated: September 25, 2007.

Respectfully submitted, RONALD J. TENPAS Acting Assistant Attorney General Environment & Natural Resources Division s/ Mark T. Romley Mark T. Romley Trial Attorney Natural Resources Section Environment & Natural Resources Division United States Department of Justice P. O. Box 663 Washington, D.C. 20044-0663 Telephone: (202) 305-0458 Fax: (202) 305-0506

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