Case 1:06-cv-00930-LJB
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Filed 11/05/2007
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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS SOKAOGON CHIPPEWA COMMUNITY ) (aka MOLE LAKE BAND OF LAKE ) SUPERIOR CHIPPEWA INDIANS), ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) ) Defendant. ) ____________________________________)
Case No. 06cv00930L Judge Lynn J. Bush
[PROPOSED] ORDER This matter is before the Court on the parties' second 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; The litigation of this case, including Defendant's time and obligation to file its
Answer or otherwise respond to the Complaint, shall continue to be stayed until February 25, 2008; 3. The parties shall file a joint status report on or before February 25, 2008, informing
the Court of the status of Defendant's remand motion in Plaintiff's parallel case, Sokaogon Chippewa Community v. Kempthorne, No. 06-cv-02247-JR (D.D.C.); the status of the parties' efforts to resolve the issues and claims of this case (if any), without the need for extended litigation; any other relevant matters. Further, if appropriate, they shall make a proposal, by joint motion, 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
Case 1:06-cv-00930-LJB
Document 16-3
Filed 11/05/2007
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Complaint and the filing of the parties' Joint Preliminary Status Report (JPSR) pursuant to RCFC Appendix A, ΒΆ 4. SO ORDERED. Date: __________________________ __________________________________________ HON. LYNN J. BUSH United States Court of Federal Claims
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