Free Status Report - District Court of Federal Claims - federal

Case 1:98-cv-00405-ECH

Document 182

Filed 07/26/2007

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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS CROMAN CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. THE UNITED STATES, Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

No. 98-405C (Judge Hewitt)

DEFENDANT'S STATUS REPORT ON BEHALF OF THE PARTIES Pursuant the Court's order of June 11, 2007, defendant respectfully provides the following status report on behalf of the parties.1 Counsel has discussed this report with plaintiff's counsel. The parties have discussed various possibilities for settlement but have not reached a tentative agreement. Defendant submitted document requests to plaintiff on July 13, 2007. On July 24, 2007, defendant's counsel, William Rayel, received notice that the previous lead attorney, John Groat, had gone on medical leave and that the case had been transferred to Mr. Rayel. Defendant's counsel is now in the process of learning about the facts and issues of the case in order to prepare for further settlement negotiations and/or discovery. As such, the parties are not in a position to propose any further proceedings at this point. The parties respectfully suggest that they file a joint status report regarding further proceedings on or before August 27, 2007.

Pursuant to the Court's order of December 12, 2005, defendant is filing an identical status report in Croman Corp. v. United States, No. 01-40C.

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Case 1:98-cv-00405-ECH

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Respectfully submitted, PETER D. KEISLER Assistant Attorney General JEANNE E. DAVIDSON Director

/s/ Kathryn A. Bleecker KATHRYN A. BLEECKER Assistant Director

Of Counsel: Lori Jones, Esq. Department of Agriculture Office of General Counsel Washington, D.C.

/s/ William P. Rayel William P. Rayel Attorney Commercial Litigation Branch Civil Division Department of Justice 1100 L Street, N.W. Attn: Classification Unit 8th Floor Washington, D.C. 20530 Tele: (202) 616-0302 Fax: (202) 307-0972 Attorneys for Defendant

July 26, 2007