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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS

SWANSON GROUP, INC., Plaintiff, v. THE UNITED STATES,

Defendant.

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Case No. 05-179C (Judge Wheeler)

JOINT STATUS REPORT Pursuant to The Court's Order dated March 3, 2008, the parties submit the following joint report on the status of settlement negotiations.

As set forth in considerable detail in the joint status report of February 29, 2008, the parties have been engaged in settlement negotiations since June, 2007. Today, the parties report that plaintiff has submitted a proposal that government counsel has agreed to recommend to agency counsel and to her superiors as the basis for settlement in this case as well as two other Swanson Group timber sale suspension cases pending in this Court before Judge Smith (Swanson Group, Inc. v. United States, COFC Nos. 170C and 171C). Government counsel anticipates that she will have a final decision as to whether the settlement has been formally accepted by government shortly.

Accordingly, the parties respectfully request that the Court enter an Order to provide that discovery in this case shall continue to be stayed and that the parties shall file a joint status report

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on or before March 17, 2008 informing the Court as to the status of the settlement.

Respectfully submitted,

s/Gary G. Stevens SALTMAN & STEVENS P.C. 1801 K Street, N.W. Suite M110 Washington, D.C. 20006 (202) 452-2140 Counsel for Plaintiff

PETER D. KEISLER Assistant Attorney General JEANNE E. DAVIDSON Director s/Bryant G. Snee BRYANT G. SNEE Deputy Director

OF COUNSEL: MARCUS WAH Senior Attorney USDA-OGC, Pacific Region

s/Joan M. Stentiford JOAN M. STENTIFORD Trial Attorney Commercial Litigation Branch Civil Division U.S. Department of Justice Attn: Classification Unit, 8th Floor 1100 L Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20530 Phone: (202) 616-0341 Fax: (202) 514-8624 Counsel for Defendant

Dated: March 7, 2008

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