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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 November 15, 2005 order, the parties submit the following status report on their attempts to resolve this matter. Plaintiff's counsel had expected to be able to make a settlement offer in the week of November 21, 2005. However, because of the Thanksgiving holiday, the plaintiff, Mr. Garcia, has been out of contact and his attorneys expect to talk with him and make an offer to the Government this week. The parties will continue their attempts to resolve this matter.

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 Commercial Litigation Branch Civil Division Department of Justice Attn: Classification Unit 8th Floor 1100 L Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20530 Tel: (202) 514-7300 Fax: (202) 307-0972 Attorneys for Defendant

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on this 28th day of November, 2005, 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