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 SHINWHA ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. THE UNITED STATES, Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) No. 05-477C ) (Judge Allegra) ) ) )

DEFENDANT'S UNOPPOSED OUT OF TIME MOTION FOR AN ENLARGEMENT OF TIME Defendant respectfully requests an enlargement of time of 60 days, to and including August 19, 2005, within which to respond to plaintiff's complaint. Defendant's response to plaintiff's This is our first request Plaintiff's counsel

complaint was due on June 20, 2005.

for an enlargement of time for this purpose.

has indicated that plaintiff does not oppose this motion. Upon receipt of the complaint, defendant's counsel of record promptly forwarded it to the United States Department Army for review and assistance. This case involves a Korean contractor

performing a contract in Korea as well as a related and preexisting case, United States ex. rel Paulson v. Shinwha Electronics, Corp., CV 02-00092HG, in the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii. The unusual location and

posture of this case caused a delay in defendant's counsel's ability to gather information and points of contact for the case. In addition, during the original time for responding to plaintiff's complaint, defendant's counsel had to prepare for,

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and conduct, the trial of Daewoo Engineering and Construction, Ltd., v. United States, Fed. Cl. Case No. 02-1914, which resulted in defendant's counsel's inadvertent mistake when calendering the due date for the defendant's response to plaintiff's complaint. Defendant's counsel regrets this error and will work to ensure that it is not repeated. Developments in the District Court case may result in a resolution of this case without the need for any proceedings before this Court. It is anticipated that the District Court

issues may be resolved within the time period requested in this motion. The enlargement is necessary to permit the parties to

explore the resolution of these two cases and, if a resolution is not forthcoming, to report back to this Court that further time is necessary or for the defendant to respond to the plaintiff's complaint. For the foregoing reasons, we respectfully request the Court to grant our unopposed out of time motion for an enlargement of time of 60 days. Respectfully submitted, PETER D. KEISLER Assistant Attorney General DAVID M. COHEN Director s/Deborah A. Bynum DEBORAH A. BYNUM Assistant Director

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s/Brian S. Smith BRIAN S. SMITH Attorney Commercial Litigation Branch Civil Division Department of Justice Washington, D. C. 20530 Tele: (202) 616-0391 Fax: (202) 353-7988 Attorneys for Defendant July 12, 2005

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CERTIFICATE OF FILING I hereby certify that on July 12, 2005, a copy of foregoing "DEFENDANT'S UNOPPOSED OUT OF TIME 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. Parties may access this filing through the Court's system. s/Brian S. Smith

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