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

Case 1:05-cv-00587-FMA

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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS STERLING SERVICES, INC., Plaintiff, v. THE UNITED STATES, Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

No. 05-587C (Judge Allegra)

DEFENDANT'S UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR AN ENLARGEMENT OF TIME Pursuant to Rules 6(b) and 6.1 of the Rules of the United States Court of Federal Claims ("RCFC"), defendant, the United States, respectfully requests a 45-day enlargement of time, to and including September 15, 2005, within which to file a response to the complaint filed by plaintiff, Sterling Services, Inc. response is currently due on August 1, 2005. Our

This is our first Plaintiff's

request for an enlargement of time for this purpose.

counsel states that plaintiff does not oppose this request. The requested enlargement of time is necessary because undersigned counsel only received a litigation report (see 28 U.S.C. § 520) this week and is still awaiting additional materials from the Department of the Air Force relevant to the contract at issue and the resolution of the various claims submitted upon behalf of Sterling Services, Inc. Once all

available records are located, we will need time to coordinate our response with the agency. For the foregoing reasons, we respectfully request that the Court grant our unopposed motion to enlarge the time within which we may respond to the plaintiff's complaint by 45 days, to and

Case 1:05-cv-00587-FMA

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including September 15, 2005. Respectfully submitted, PETER D. KEISLER Assistant Attorney General DAVID M. COHEN Director s/ Franklin E. White, Jr. FRANKLIN E. WHITE, JR. Assistant Director s/ Andrew P. Averbach ANDREW P. AVERBACH Attorney Commercial Litigation Branch Civil Division Department of Justice 1100 L Street, N.W. Attn: Classification Unit 8th Floor Washington, DC 20530 Tel. (202) 353-0527 Fax. (202) 305-2118 July 21, 2005 Attorneys for Defendant

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