Case 1:04-cv-00461-BAF
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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS CADDELL CONSTRUCTION CO., INC., Plaintiff, v. THE UNITED STATES, Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) No. 04-461C ) (Judge Diane Gilbert Sypolt) ) ) )
DEFENDANT'S UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR AN ENLARGEMENT OF TIME Defendant respectfully requests an enlargement of time of 30 days, to and including June 17, 2004, within which to respond to plaintiff's complaint. Defendant's response to plaintiff's This is our first Plaintiff's
complaint is currently due on May 18, 2004.
request for an enlargement of time for this purpose.
counsel has indicated that plaintiff does not oppose this motion. Upon receipt of the complaint, defendant's counsel of record promptly forwarded it to the United States Department of Veterans Affairs for investigation and comment. The United States
Department of Veterans Affairs personnel are actively working on collecting information that is necessary to respond to the amended complaint, but cannot provide complete and accurate information in the present time frame. The enlargement is
necessary for the United States Department of Veterans Affairs personnel to assemble the necessary information, and to transmit it to defendant's counsel for examination and evaluation prior to formulation of the appropriate response, approval, and filing. For the foregoing reasons, we respectfully request the Court to grant our motion for an enlargement of time of 30 days.
Case 1:04-cv-00461-BAF
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Respectfully submitted, PETER D. KEISLER Assistant Attorney General
DAVID M. COHEN Director s/Bryant G. Snee BRYANT G. SNEE Assistant Director s/Brian S. Smith BRIAN S. SMITH Attorney Commercial Litigation Branch Civil Division Department of Justice Washington, D. C. 20530 Tele: (202) 616-0391 Fax: (202) 353-7988 Attorneys for Defendant May 7, 2004
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