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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS APACHE APARTMENT OF OWATONA, ET AL., Plaintiffs, v. THE UNITED STATES, Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

No. 96-700C (Judge Block)

JOINT STATUS REPORT Pursuant to the Court's November 10, 2005 order and Appendix A to the Rules of the United States Court of Federal Claims, the parties propose the following pre-trial schedule: March 21, 2006 Early meeting of counsel and exchange of parties' witness and exhibit lists; April 4, 2006 Filing of plaintiffs' memorandum of contentions of fact and law, witness list, and exhibit list; May 2, 2006 Filing of defendant's memorandum of contentions of fact and law, witness list, and exhibit list; May 23, 2006 June 5-16, 2006 Pretrial conference; Trial in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

The parties also report that plaintiffs intend to voluntarily dismiss the breach of contract claims set forth in their complaint, that defendant intends to withdraw its

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October 18, 2001 motion for summary judgment, and that the parties do not intend to file any pre-trial dispositive motions.

Respectfully submitted, PETER D. KEISLER Assistant Attorney General DAVID M. COHEN Director

s/Jeff H. Eckland JEFF H. ECKLAND, ESQ. ECKLAND & BLANDO LLP 500 Lumber Exchange 10 South Fifth Street Minneapolis, MN 55402 Telephone: (612) 236-0160 Facsimile: (612) 236-0179 Attorney for Plaintiffs November 29, 2005

s/Brian M. Simkin BRIAN M. SIMKIN Assistant Director

s/Timothy P. McIlmail TIMOTHY P. MCILMAIL Trial Attorney Commercial Litigation Branch Civil Division Department of Justice 1100 L Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20530 Telephone: (202) 307-0361 Facsimile: (202) 514-7965 Attorneys for Defendant November 29, 2005

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CERTIFICATE OF FILING I hereby certify that on November 29, 2005, a copy of foregoing Joint Status Report 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. may access this filing through the Court's system. s/Jeff H. Eckland Parties