Free Motion for Extension of Time to File Answer - District Court of Federal Claims - federal

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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS U.S. Financial Corp. Plaintiff, v. THE UNITED STATES, Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

No. 03-623C (Senior Judge Margolis)

DEFENDANT'S UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR AN ENLARGEMENT OF TIME Pursuant to Rule 6.1 of the Rules of the United States Court of Federal Claims ("RCFC"), defendant respectfully requests a seven-day enlargement of time, to and including August 25, 2003, to file a response to the complaint filed by plaintiff, U.S. Financial Corp. on August 18, 2003. enlargement of time. request. The requested enlargement of time is necessary because the undersigned counsel was out of the office due to a death in the family for nearly two weeks in August. As a result, Our response is currently due

This is our third request for an Plaintiff's counsel does not oppose this

she was unable to complete the process of seeking internal approval from an authorized representative of the Attorney General to file a third-party complaint against The W.I.N.N. Group, Inc.. For the foregoing reasons, we respectfully request that the Court grant our motion to enlarge the time within which we

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may respond to the plaintiff's complaint by seven days, to and including August 25, 2003. Respectfully submitted,

ROBERT D. McCALLUM, JR. Assistant Attorney General

DAVID M. COHEN Director /s Mark A. Melnick MARK A. MELNICK Assistant Director /s Margaret E. McGhee MARGARET E. McGHEE Attorney Commercial Litigation Branch Civil Division Department of Justice 1100 L Street, N.W. Attn: Classification Unit 8th Floor Washington, DC 20530 Tel. (202) 305-3634 Fax. (202) 514-8624 August 18, 2003 Attorneys for Defendant

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on August 18, 2003, a copy of the foregoing "DEFENDANT'S UNOPPOSED MOTION sFOR AN ENLARGEMENT OF TIME" 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. I hereby further certify that on August 18, 2003, I caused to be served by United States mail (first class, postage prepaid) copies of the foregoing "DEFENDANT'S UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR AN ENLARGEMENT OF TIME" addressed as follows: Paul V. Waters Spriggs & Hollingsworth 1350 I Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20005 s/ Margaret E. McGhee