Free Motion to Stay - District Court of Federal Claims - federal

Case 1:04-cv-00805-CFL

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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS STATESMAN II APARTMENTS, INC., et al., ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) ) THE UNITED STATES, ) ) Defendant. )

Nos. 04-805C; 04-806C (consolidated) (Judge Lettow)

JOINT MOTION FOR STAY OF PROCEEDINGS Plaintiffs, Statesman II Apartments, Inc., and Beach House Development Company, and defendant, the United States, respectfully request that proceedings in the above-captioned action be stayed for thirty (30) days, to and including September 29, 2006, in order that the Government may evaluate a settlement proposal by plaintiffs' counsel which involves the claims in the abovecaptioned action and claims by parties represented by plaintiffs' counsel that are the subject of a pending action in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.

Respectfully submitted, PETER D. KEISLER Assistant Attorney General

DAVID M. COHEN Director

Case 1:04-cv-00805-CFL

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s/Fred J. Livingstone FRED J. LIVINGSTONE, ESQ. Taft, Stettinius & Hollister LLP 3500 BP Tower 200 Public Square Cleveland, OH 44114-2302 Tele: (216) 241-2838 (fax)(216) 241-3707 Attorney for Plaintiffs Of Counsel: Mark J. Valponi Majeed G. Makhlouf Taft, Stettinius & Hollister LLP AUGUST 30, 2006

s/John E. Kosloske JOHN E. KOSLOSKE Senior Trial Counsel Commercial Litigation Branch Civil Division Department of Justice Attn: Classification Unit 1100 L Street, N.W., Room 8012 Washington, D.C. 20530 Tele: (202) 307-0282 (fax)(202) 514-8624 Attorneys for Defendant

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