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 AEC Services, Inc., Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

No. 05-912C (Judge Baskir)

DEFENDANT'S UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR AN ENLARGEMENT OF TIME Defendant, the United States, respectfully requests an enlargement of time of 28 days, through and including December 12, 2005, within which to file and to serve its response to the complaint. Our response is currently due on November 14, 2005. We notified plaintiff's counsel of our intent to request an enlargement of time, and he informed us that plaintiff will not oppose this, our second request for an enlargement of time for this purpose. Previously, the Court granted a motion for enlargement of time of 24 days. The parties are exploring settlement. The parties met on November 2, 2005 to discuss settling the case. The parties are cautiously optimistic that at least a portion of plaintiff's complaint can be resolved matter without the Court's involvement and further litigation. In light of these efforts, the

Case 1:05-cv-00912-LMB

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United States respectfully requests that our time for responding to the complaint be enlarged. For the foregoing reasons, we respectfully request that this motion be granted and the time for responding to the complaint be enlarged until December 12, 2005. Respectfully submitted, PETER D. KEISLER Assistant Attorney General DAVID M. COHEN Director s/ James M. Kinsella JAMES M. KINSELLA Assistant Director s/ Christian J. Moran CHRISTIAN J. MORAN Attorney Commercial Litigation Branch Civil Division Department of Justice Attn: Classification Unit 8th Floor 1100 L Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20530 Tele: (202) 307-6299 Fax: (202) 514-7969 Attorneys for Defendant

Of counsel: Mark LaFeir General Services Administration

November 14, 2005