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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS ELLIS C. BLAND, et al., Plaintiffs, v. THE UNITED STATES, Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) ) No. 04-557C ) ) (Judge George W. Miller) ) ) )
DEFENDANT'S STATUS REPORT Pursuant to this Court's order of July 18, 2006, we respectfully submit this joint status report, upon behalf of the parties, apprising the Court of the status of the ADR proceedings in the above-referenced matter. ADR proceedings are underway. On August 1, 2006, the
settlement judge in this matter, Judge Hewitt, conducted the initial ADR conference. Through mid-October, the parties will be Another
preparing information for use in the ADR proceedings. conference has been scheduled for November 8, 2006.
Counsel for
the parties anticipate that additional proceedings will be scheduled at that time and that the ADR process will not be completed for at least several months from the date of this status report. Plaintiffs' counsel has read this status report, agrees with its contents, and consents to it being filed upon behalf of the parties.
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Respectfully submitted, PETER D. KEISLER Assistant Attorney General DAVID M. COHEN Director s/ Steven J. Gillingham STEVEN J. GILLINGHAM Assistant Director s/ Richard P. Schroeder RICHARD P. SCHROEDER Trial Attorney Commercial Litigation Branch Civil Division Department of Justice Attn: Classification Unit 8th Floor 1100 L Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20530 Tele: (202) 305-7562 Facsimile: (202) 305-3291 email: [email protected] Attorneys for Defendant August 18, 2006
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CERTIFICATE OF FILING I hereby certify under penalty of perjury that on this day of August 18, 2006, "JOINT STATUS REPORT," 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/Richard P. Schroeder