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Case 1:01-cv-00201-VJW

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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS ) CAROL AND ROBERT TESTWUIDE, et ) al., ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) ) ) THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) ) Defendant.

No.: 01-201L (Honorable Victor J. Wolski)

PLAINTIFFS' RESPONSE TO DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO REVISE SCHEDULING ORDER Plaintiffs hereby file their response to Defendant's Motion to Revise the August 26, 2005 Scheduling Order in the above-captioned case. Plaintiffs agree with Defendant's proposed schedule as noted in items one through five of Defendant's Motion to Revise Scheduling Order dated January 10, 2006. Plaintiffs disagree with item six to the extent that a Daubert motion necessarily requires an evidentiary hearing, let alone any hearing. Plaintiffs suggest that if a party makes a Daubert motion, which is nothing more than a motion in limine, then the Court can determine after reviewing the briefing, whether the issue can be decided without hearing or argument or, if a hearing is deemed necessary, the nature and extent of it. Additionally, Plaintiffs request that the court schedule a trial date now for trial in the late spring or summer of this year in order to allow the parties and witnesses to organize the scheduling of the presentation of evidence around the trial date.

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Dated: January 12, 2006

Respectfully submitted, /s/ Jack E. Ferrebee Jack E. Ferrebee 1060 Laskin Road, Suite 12B Virginia Beach, Virginia 23451 757-425-5200 [email protected] Counsel of Record for Plaintiffs

Of Counsel: Kieron F. Quinn Martin E. Wolf Quinn, Gordon & Wolf, Chtd. 102 W. Pennsylvania Avenue Suite 402 Towson, Maryland 21204 (410) 825-2300 [email protected] [email protected] Charles R. Hofheimer Kristen D. Hofheimer Hofheimer/Ferrebee, P.C. 1060 Laskin Road, Suite 12-B Virginia Beach, Virginia 23451 (757) 425-5200 [email protected] [email protected] Thomas Shuttleworth Stephen C. Swain Lawrence Woodward Shuttleworth, Ruloff, Giordano & Swain 4525 South Blvd., Suite 300 Virginia Beach, Virginia 23452 (757) 671-6000 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I certify that a copy of the foregoing Plaintiffs' Response to Defendant's Motion to Revise Scheduling Order was sent electronically this 12th day January 2006 to counsel of record, as follows: STEVEN D. BRYANT Environment & Natural Resources Division Department of Justice 601 D Street, N.W., Rm. 3205 Washington, D.C. 20004 s/Jack E. Ferrebee Jack E. Ferrebee