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Case 1:06-cv-00936-TCW

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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS UNITED KEETOWAH BAND OF ) CHEROKEE INDIANS IN OKLAHOMA, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) ) Defendant. ) ____________________________________)

Case No. 06-cv-00936L Judge Thomas C. Wheeler

[PROPOSED] ORDER This matter is before the Court on the parties' joint motion for temporary stay of litigation. Upon consideration of the motion and for good cause shown, it is hereby ordered that 1. 2. The parties' joint motion should be and hereby is GRANTED; Effective immediately, the litigation of this case, including Defendant's time and

obligation to file its Answer or otherwise respond to the Complaint, is temporarily stayed until after December 14, 2007; 3. The parties shall file a joint status report on or before December 14, 2007, informing

the Court of the status of their efforts to resolve the issues and claims of this case (if any) and of Plaintiff's companion case, United Keetowah Band of Cherokee Indians v. Kempthorne, No. 06-cv00559-RAW, and making a proposal to the Court about whether and how to proceed with this case; and 4. In the event that the parties seek to reinstate and proceed with the litigation of this

case, the parties shall set forth, in their joint status report and proposal, their recommendations regarding the deadlines for such items as the filing by Defendant of its Answer or response to the Complaint and the filing of the parties' Joint Preliminary Status Report (JPSR) pursuant to RCFC

Case 1:06-cv-00936-TCW

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Appendix A, ¶ 4. SO ORDERED. Date: __________________________ __________________________________________ HON. THOMAS C. WHEELER United States Court of Federal Claims

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