Free Motion to Amend Schedule - District Court of Federal Claims - federal

Case 1:99-cv-00754-LAS

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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS NORMA C. SULLIVAN and DONALD E. SULLIVAN, ) ) ) Plaintiffs, ) v. ) ) THE UNITED STATES, ) ) Defendant. ) ____________________________________)

No. 99-754 C (Senior Judge Smith)

DEFENDANT'S UNOPPOSED MOTION TO MODIFY SCHEDULING ORDER At the request of plaintiffs, defendant hereby respectfully requests that the post-trial briefing deadlines in this case, as set forth in the Court's July 22, 2008 order, be extended an additional week, while leaving the closing argument as scheduled. We request the extension of the deadlines because the parties had a misunderstanding about when the Government would provide a paginated version of plaintiffs' exhibit booklets to plaintiffs' counsel. The matter is being resolved, but it has hindered plaintiffs' efforts to complete their post-trial brief within the time set forth in the Court's order. We anticipate that the extra week will be sufficient time to remedy the situation and will not adversely affect the ability of the parties to present closing arguments on October 17, 2008, as currently scheduled. For the foregoing reasons, defendant respectfully requests that the Court grant its unopposed motion for an extension of time by amending the Court's July 22, 2008 order to extend the briefing deadlines therein by a week.

Respectfully submitted, GREGORY G. KATSAS Assistant Attorney General

Case 1:99-cv-00754-LAS

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JEANNE E. DAVIDSON Director s/ Mark A. Melnick MARK A. MELNICK Assistant Director s/ J. Reid Prouty J. REID PROUTY Trial Attorney Commercial Litigation Branch Civil Division Department of Justice Attn: Classification Unit 8th Floor 1100 L Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20530 Tele: (202) 305-7586 Fax: (202) 514-7969 August 28, 2008 Attorneys for Defendant