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Case 1:98-cv-00154-JFM

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Filed 04/16/2004

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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS : : : : Plaintiff, : : v. : : UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, : : Defendant. : __________________________________________: CONNECTICUT YANKEE ATOMIC POWER COMPANY __________________________________________

No. 98-154C (Senior Judge Merow)

CONSENT MOTION FOR ENLARGEMENT OF TIME Pursuant to Rule 6.1 of the Rules of the Court of Federal Claims, Connecticut Yankee Atomic Company hereby requests an enlargement of time to file its Opposition to Defendant's Motion In Limine to Exclude Testimony and Evidence Regarding Plaintiff's Request for PreBreach Damages and Alternative Restitution Claim, and Defendant's Motion to Strike. Connecticut Yankee's Opposition is currently due today, Friday, April 16, 2004. Connecticut Yankee seeks an enlargement of time of 5 business days to file its Opposition on Friday, April 23, 2004. The time for this Opposition to be filed was previously enlarged once, from March 8, 2004 until today. Oppositions to several motions filed by the government were due to be filed today, the Opposition that is the subject of this motion is the only one due today that is not being filed. As grounds for this further enlargement, Connecticut Yankee submits that one of the attorneys responsible for preparing this Opposition had a medical emergency in his family last week that delayed work on the Opposition and has precluded Connecticut Yankee from being able to complete the Opposition in time for filing today. Connecticut Yankee needs this

Case 1:98-cv-00154-JFM

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enlargement to have adequate time and opportunity to fully respond to the Defendant's Motion. Counsel for the government has consented to this Motion. For the foregoing reasons, Connecticut Yankee respectfully requests the Court to grant its Motion for Enlargement of Time through April 23, 2004 in which to file its Opposition.

Respectfully submitted s/ Jerry Stouck____________ JERRY STOUCK Spriggs & Hollingsworth 1350 I Street, N.W., Ninth Floor Washington, D.C. 20005 Tel. (202) 898-5800 Fax (202) 682-1639 Counsel for Plaintiff, YANKEE ATOMIC ELECTRIC COMPANY Of Counsel: Robert L. Shapiro Peter J. Skalaban, Jr. SPRIGGS & HOLLINGSWORTH

Date: April 16, 2004