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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS GULF INSURANCE CO. and THE MOUNTBATTEN SURETY CO., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

No. 02-1228C (Judge Wheeler)

FOURTH JOINT STATUS REPORT On October 16, 2006, the United States filed an Unopposed Motion to Stay Proceedings in this case, pending resolution of Travelers Indemnity Co. v. United States, Federal Circuit docket number 06-5143. On that same date, this Court granted the Government's motion and ordered this case stayed "until fifteen days following the resolution of Travelers." On May 9, 2007, the parties filed a motion seeking modification of the stay in this case. On May 18, 2007, the Court modified the stay. Pursuant to that modification, this case is stayed "until fifteen days following the resolution of Travelers Indemnity Co. v. United States, 72 Fed. Cl. 56 (2006), or National American Insurance Co. v. United States, Fed. Cir. No. 2007-5016." As part of the modification order, the Court required the parties to continue to file joint status report each 60 days.

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The parties report that the status of Travelers is unchanged from the last report. National American Insurance is set for oral argument before the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on July 9, 2007. Respectfully submitted, PETER D. KEISLER Assistant Attorney General JEANNE E. DAVIDSON Director

s/ Eric R. Stanco ERIC R. STANCO Eric R. Stanco & Associates 126 C Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20001 s/ Robert G. Barbour ROBERT G. BARBOUR Watt, Tieder, Hoffar & Fitzgerald, L.L.P. 7929 Westpark Drive, Suite 400 McLean, Virginia 22102

s/ Deborah A. Bynum DEBORAH A. BYNUM Assistant Director

s/ Ronald G. Morgan RONALD G. MORGAN Trial Attorney Commercial Litigation Branch Civil Division Department of Justice 1100 L Street, N.W. Attn: Classification Unit 8th Floor Washington, DC 20530 Tel. (202) 307-0367 Fax (202) 514-7969 Attorneys for Defendant

Attorneys for Plaintiffs July 9, 2007
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CERTIFICATE OF FILING I hereby certify that, on this 9th day of July 2007, a copy of the foregoing "FOURTH JOINT STATUS REPORT" 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/ Ronald G. Morgan Eric R. Stanco, Esquire Eric R. Stanco & Associates 126 C Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20001

Robert G. Barbour, Esquire Watt, Tieder, Hoffar & Fitzgerald, L.L.P. 7929 Westpark Drive, Suite 400 McLean, Virginia 22102