Free Motion for Extension of Time to File Answer - District Court of Federal Claims - federal

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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS

DENNIS W. JORDAN, Plaintiff, v. THE UNITED STATES, Defendant.

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No. 06-96C (Judge Thomas C. Wheeler)

DEFENDANT'S UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR AN ENLARGEMENT OF TIME TO RESPOND TO PLAINTIFF'S COMPLAINT Pursuant to Rule 6.1 of the Rules of the United States Court of Federal Claims ("RCFC"), defendant, the United States, respectfully requests that the Court grant an enlargement of time of 60 days, to and including June 9, 2006, within which to respond to plaintiff's complaint. Defendant's response to We

plaintiff's complaint is currently due on April 10, 2006.

have contacted counsel for plaintiff, and he has stated that his client is not opposed to this, our first request for an enlargement of time for this purpose. Presently, the undersigned has not yet received from the Internal Revenue Service, the Federal agency involved in this matter, a litigation report, as required by 28 U.S.C. § 520, nor engaged in substantive discussions with agency counsel regarding the agency's response to plaintiff's allegations. On April 5,

2006, agency counsel contacted the undersigned and requested that the undersigned seek an enlargement of time for the agency to complete the litigation report because the agency was still in

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the process of assembling records relating to plaintiff's complaint. An enlargement of time of 60 days will allow agency

counsel additional time to assemble and evaluate relevant records maintained by the agency and allow defendant's counsel time to review the case, coordinate our response with agency counsel, and obtain necessary internal review. Defendant respectfully requests that the Court grant our unopposed motion for an enlargement of time of 60 days, to and including June 9, 2006, within which to file our response to plaintiff's complaint. Respectfully submitted, PETER D. KEISLER Assistant Attorney General DAVID M. COHEN Director s/ Steven J. Gillingham STEVEN J. GILLINGHAM Assistant Director s/ Kent G. Huntington KENT G. HUNTINGTON Trial Attorney Commercial Litigation Branch Civil Division U.S. Department of Justice Attn: Classification Unit 8th Floor 1100 L Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20530 Tel.: (202) 305-7561 Fax: (202) 353-7988 April 7, 2006 Attorneys for Defendant

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CERTIFICATE OF FILING I hereby certify that on April 7, 2006, a copy of the foregoing "DEFENDANT'S UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR AN ENLARGEMENT OF TIME TO RESPOND TO PLAINTIFF'S COMPLAINT" was filed electronically. I understand that notice of this 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/ Kent G. Huntington Kent G. Huntington