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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS JORGE A. DELPIN-APONTE, et al., Plaintiffs, v. THE UNITED STATES, Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

No. 05-1043C (Judge Wolski)

DEFENDANT'S UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR AN ENLARGEMENT OF TIME Pursuant to Rule 6(b) of the Rules of the United States Court of Federal Claims ("RCFC"), defendant requests an enlargement of time of nine days, to and including August 3, 2006, within which to respond to the complaint. presently due on July 25, 2006. Our response is

This is our third request for an Plaintiffs' counsel has

enlargement of time for this purpose.

been contacted and has stated that he does not oppose this request for an enlargement of time. A draft response has been completed. However, the issues in

this case require careful review by other Government attorneys and counsel's reviewer. To permit completion of a final draft

incorporating the views of other attorneys and counsel's reviewer, a relatively short additional enlargement of time of nine days is being requested. For the foregoing reasons, defendant requests that the Court grant this motion for an enlargement of time. Respectfully submitted, PETER D. KEISLER Assistant Attorney General

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DAVID M. COHEN Director s/ Mark A. Melnick MARK A. MELNICK Assistant Director s/ Jeffrey S. Pease JEFFREY S. PEASE Trial Attorney Commercial Litigation Branch Civil Division Department of Justice 1100 L St., N.W. Attn: Classification Unit 8th Floor Washington, D.C. 20530 Tel: (202) 307-0292 Fax: (202) 514-8624 Attorneys for Defendant July 20, 2006

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CERTIFICATE OF FILING

I hereby certify that on this 20th day of July 2006, a copy of the foregoing "DEFENDANT'S UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR AN ENLARGEMENT OF TIME" 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. through the Court's system. Parties may access this filing

s/ Jeffrey S. Pease