Free Motion for Leave to File - District Court of Federal Claims - federal

Case 1:02-cv-01460-LB

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Filed 01/11/2006

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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS HERMES CONSOLIDATED, INC., Doing Business as Wyoming Refining Company Plaintiff, v. THE UNITED STATES, Defendant. PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE APPENDIX BY HARD COPY Plaintiff, Hermes Consolidated, Inc., doing business as Wyoming Refining Company ("Plaintiff"), hereby requests leave to file the appendix to its Opposition to Defendant's Motion to Dismiss by hard copy rather than electronically. The Court granted such leave in the similarly situated case of El Paso Merchant Energy ­ Petroleum Company v. United States, No. 02-1094C (Fed. Cl.), due to technical issues which precluded Plaintiffs there from electronically filing the appendix. These technical issues, which are also present in this case, derive from the size of the appendix, which exceeds 600 pages. Defendant does not oppose this motion. Accordingly, Plaintiff respectfully requests that its Motion For Leave To File Appendix By Hard Copy be granted. Respectfully submitted, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

No. 02-1460C (Judge Block)

s/J. Keith Burt J. Keith Burt Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP 1909 K Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20006 (202) 263-3208 (Phone) (202) 263-5208 (Fax) Attorneys for Plaintiff Hermes Consolidated, Inc., Doing Business as Wyoming Refining Company

Case 1:02-cv-01460-LB

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Of Counsel: Adrian L. Steel, Jr. Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP 1909 K Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20006 January 11, 2006

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