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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS M.G. CONSTRUCTION, INC., Plaintiff, v. THE UNITED STATES, Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )
No. 04-00473 (Judge Horn)
JOINT STATUS REPORT Pursuant to this Court's December 9, 2005 order, the parties submit the following status report on their attempts to resolve this matter. Since our last Joint Status Report, the plaintiff has made an offer to resolve Counts 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 of the Fourth Amended Complaint. The agency has considered the offer and formulated a recommendation and undersigned counsel is composing an internal recommendation as part of the Department of Justice procedure for consideration of settlement proposals. The parties will continue filing bi-weekly updates regarding the status of our settlement discussions until a formal decision is issued.
Respectfully submitted, PETER D. KEISLER Assistant Attorney General DAVID M. COHEN Director s/James M. Kinsella JAMES M. KINSELLA Deputy Director
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s/Joseph A. Yazbeck JOSEPH A. YAZBECK Yazbeck, Cloran & Hanson, LLC Suite 2750 1300 S.W. Fifth Avenue Portland, OR 97201-5617 Tel: (503) 227-1428 Fax: (503) 227-4866
Attorney for Plaintiff
s/James D. Colt JAMES D. COLT Trial Attorney Department of Justice Civil Division Commercial Litigation Branch Attn: Classification Unit 8th Floor 1100 L Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20530 Tel: (202) 514-7300 Fax: (202) 307-0972 Attorneys for Defendant
January 5, 2005
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on this 5th day of January, 2006, a copy of the foregoing JOINT STATUS REPORT was filed electronically. I understand that notice of this filing will be sent to all parties of record by operation of the Court's electronic filing system. Parties may access this filing through the Court's system. s/James D. Colt