Case 1:06-cv-00116-NBF
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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS CALIFORNIA OREGON BROADCASTING, INC., Plaintiff, v. THE UNITED STATES, Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )
No. 06-116C Judge Firestone
JOINT STATUS REPORT Pursuant to the Court's February 29, 2008 order, the parties, through their respective counsel of record, respectfully submit this joint status report regarding the parties' settlement negotiations. As represented in our last status report, we have determined a monetary amount that the Government's attorney is prepared to recommend to Department of Justice officials with the requisite authority, but we have not agreed upon other terms relating to the proposed settlement. The parties are still negotiating these other terms and respectfully request an additional 14 days from the date of this joint status report in order to determine whether a settlement may be reached. Accordingly, the parties respectfully request that they be permitted to submit another status report in 14 days, on or before April 14, 2008, regarding the progress of settlement negotiations, or to the extent an agreement cannot be reached, to suggest further proceedings for this matter. Should the parties resolve this matter prior to April 14, 2008, the parties will submit the appropriate document to this Court.
Case 1:06-cv-00116-NBF
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Respectfully submitted, JEFFREY S. BUCHOLTZ Acting Assistant Attorney General JEANNE E. DAVIDSON Director s/Mark A. Melnick MARK A. MELNICK Assistant Director s/Marla T. Conneely MARLA T. CONNEELY Attorney Commercial Litigation Branch Civil Division Department of Justice Attn: Classification Unit 8th Floor 1100 L Street Washington, D.C. 20530 tel: (202) 305-3689 fax: (202) 305-7643 OF COUNSEL: Suzanne Boyce Carlson Office of the Solicitor Pacific Southwest Region 1111 Jackson Street, Suite 735 Oakland, California 94607 March 31, 2008 Attorneys for Defendant
s/Neil H. O'Donnell NEIL H. O'DONNELL Rogers Joseph O'Donnell 311 California Street San Francisco, California 94104 Tel. (415) 956-2828 Fax (415) 956-6457 Attorney for Plaintiff
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