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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS ________________________________________________ ) THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) EX REL. EDMUND G. BROWN JR., ATTORNEY ) GENERAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, and the ) CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF WATER ) RESOURCES BY AND THROUGH ITS ) CALIFORNIA ENERGY RESOURCES SCHEDULING ) DIVISION, ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) No. 07-184C ) (Senior Judge Smith) THE UNITED STATES, ) ) Defendant. ) ________________________________________________) DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE A SECOND STATUS REPORT REGARDING A PETITION FOR A WRIT OF CERTIORARI IN BPA v. FERC Defendant, the United States, respectfully requests that this Court grant defendant leave to file a second status report in this matter. The status report concerns the United States Supreme Court's action related to a petition for a writ of certiorari in BPA v. FERC, 422 F.3d 908 (9th Cir. 2005), which is directly related to our motion to stay this case. Respectfully submitted, PETER D. KEISLER Assistant Attorney General s/ Jeanne E. Davidson JEANNE E. DAVIDSON Director
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OF COUNSEL: Sean B. McNamara Trial Attorney Commercial Litigation Branch Civil Division Department of Justice Peter Burger Attorney Bonneville Power Administration John D. Bremer Attorney Western Area Power Administration July 26, 2007
s/ Mark A. Melnick MARK A. MELNICK Assistant Director Commercial Litigation Branch Civil Division Department of Justice Attn: Classification Unit, 8th Floor 1100 L St., NW Washington, D.C. 20530 Tele: (202) 616-0475 Fax: (202) 305-7644
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CERTIFICATE OF FILING I hereby certify that on this 26th day of July, 2007, a copy of the foregoing "DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE A SECOND STATUS REPORT REGARDING A PETITION FOR A WRIT OF CERTIORARI IN BPA v. FERC" 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. The parties may access this filing through the Court's system.
s/ Mark A. Melnick