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Case 1:04-cv-00635-CFL

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UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS
METRIC CONSTRUCTION CO., INC., No. 04-635C Plaintiff, Judge Charles F. Lettow v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Defendant.

JOINT STATUS REPORT The parties have conferred and respectfully report that they have completed discovery including completion of the government's expert reports and depositions of the government's experts. No additional rebuttal or supplemental expert reports are contemplated by the parties. PROPOSED SCHEDULE The parties have conferred and propose the following pretrial schedule: Pretrial Meeting of Counsel Plaintiff's Memorandum of Contentions of Fact and Law; Exhibit List and Witness List Defendant's Memorandum of Contentions of Fact and Law; Exhibit List and Witness List Proposed Pretrial Conference Proposed Trial Date (subject to the Court's schedule ) 2/06/07

2/20/07

3/20/07 4/10/07 4/24/07

The parties also request that the trial be held in Seattle, Washington. The project site was San Nicolas Island, California. Some of the issues involve access logistics to San Nicolas Island which is accessible only by Government aircraft upon a limited -1-

Case 1:04-cv-00635-CFL

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schedule. If the Court believes that a site visit will be beneficial, the parties propose that it take place immediately before or after the trial. The parties may conduct the trial using electronic exhibits, if acceptable to the Court. The parties will ensure the courtroom is outfitted for an electronic trial. DATED this 21st day of November, 2006.

s/Steven D. Meacham STEVEN D. MEACHAM Peel Brimley LLP 2014 East Madison Street, Suite 100 Seattle, WA 98122-2965 Tel.: (206) 770-3339 Attorneys for Plaintiff

PETER D. KEISLER Assistant Attorney General DAVID M. COHEN Director

HAROLD D. LESTER, JR. Assistant Director

s/Brian S. Smith BRIAN S. SMITH Trial Attorney Commercial Litigation Branch Civil Division U.S. Department of Justice ATTN: Classification Unit 8th Floor

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