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Case 1:05-cv-00479-SGB

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In the United States Court of Federal Claims
No. 05-479C Filed: September 27, 2005 *************************************** * NATIONAL STEEL AND SHIPBUILDING * COMPANY, * * Plaintiff, * * v. * * THE UNITED STATES, * * Defendant. * * *************************************** SCHEDULING ORDER The court enters the following scheduling and deadlines: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Deadline for Plaintiff to Amend Its Complaint on or before October 14, 2005. Deadline for Defendant's Rule 12(b) Motion on or before November 14, 2005. Conclusion of All Non-Expert Discovery on or before August 31, 2006. Disclosure of Expert Reports on or before September 29, 2006. Conclusion of Expert Depositions on or before October 31, 2006. Deadline for Dispositive Motions on or before January 15, 2007. Meeting of Counsel. The parties will meet to satisfy the requirements of RCFC Appendix A ¶ 13, including the exchange of exhibit and witness lists, on or before June 25, 2007. Memorandum of Contentions of Fact and Law. In accordance with RCFC Appendix A ¶ 14, Plaintiff will file its Memorandum of Contentions of Law and Fact ("Memorandum") on or before July 9, 2007. Defendant will file its responsive Memorandum on or before August 6, 2007. Each Memorandum will be accompanied by witness lists, exhibit lists, and any motions contemplated by Appendix A ¶¶ 14-16. Any objection to a witness or exhibit not made in the Memorandum or a separate motion filed on the same date will, if the objection is of a type that could reasonably have been identified at the time of such

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Case 1:05-cv-00479-SGB

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filing, be deemed waived absent a showing of a compelling reason for the failure. Defendant will file its responses to any motions filed by plaintiff with its Memorandum on or before August 6, 2007. Plaintiff will file its responses to any motions filed by defendant on or before August 13, 2007. 9. Pretrial Conference. The pretrial conference will be held on August 27, 2007 at 10 a.m. E.S.T. at the National Courts Building, 717 Madison Place N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005. The parties will bring to the pretrial conference at least three copies of any exhibit as to which an objection remains outstanding. The parties will prepare and deliver at the pretrial conference a joint preliminary trial schedule or, if they cannot agree, separate trial schedules. Trial. Trial will be held on September 18, 2007 through September 21, 2007. Trial will begin at 9:00 a.m. E.S.T. on each day. Trial will be held at the National Courts Building, 717 Madison Place N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

s/SUSAN G. BRADEN Judge