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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS ANTHONY BUSH and DARREL DIETLEIN, Plaintiffs, v. THE UNITED STATES, Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

No. 05-1021C (Chief Judge Damich)

DEFENDANT'S UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR AN ENLARGEMENT OF TIME Pursuant to Rule 6.1 of the Rules of the United States Court of Federal Claims ("RCFC"), defendant requests an enlargement of time of 14 days, to and including October 26, 2006, within which to file the parties' Joint Preliminary Status Report ("JPSR"). The JPSR is presently due on October 12, 2006. This is our first Plaintiffs'

request for an enlargement of time to file the JPSR.

counsel has been contacted and does not oppose this request for an enlargement of time. Plaintiffs' counsel has made a settlement offer which currently is under consideration by the Government. The

Government therefore respectfully requests that the Court grant an additional 14 days within which the Government expects to complete its review of the plaintiffs' settlement offer.

Respectfully submitted, PETER D. KEISLER Assistant Attorney General

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DAVID M. COHEN Director s/ Harold D. Lester by Donald E. Kinner HAROLD D. LESTER Assistant Director s/ Robert E. Chandler Robert E. Chandler 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) 307-1011 Attorneys for Defendant October 12, 2006

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CERTIFICATE OF FILING

I hereby certify that on this 12th day of October, 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. filing through the Court's system. Parties may access this

s/ Robert E. Chandler