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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS No. 01-305 T (Judge Lawrence M. Baskir)

RICHARD J. CAROTA, Plaintiff v. THE UNITED STATES, Defendant.

JOINT STATUS REPORT

Pursuant to the Court's Order dated August 16, 2006 [Doc. #35], the parties provide the following status report to update the Court on the progress of John F. and Pamela F. Hinck v. United States, Fed. Cl. No. 03865 T. Pursuant to an opinion issued February 3, 2005, this Court dismissed the complaint in Hinck. On May 4, 2006, the Federal Circuit affirmed. See Hinck v. United States, 446 F.3d 1307 (Fed. Cir. 2006). The Federal Circuit held that 26 U.S.C. § 6404(h) grants exclusive subject matter jurisdiction to the Tax Court to review the IRS's denials of interest

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abatement, and therefore the Court of Federal Claims lacks subject matter jurisdiction to do the same. See id. On May 21, 2007, the Supreme Court affirmed. See Hinck v. United States, 127 S.Ct. 2011 (2007). Under the Supreme Court's and Federal Circuit's decisions, the Court lacks subject matter jurisdiction over the claims for interest abatement in Glass v. U.S., Fed. Cl. No. 01-575 T and Lumpkin v. U.S., Fed. Cl. No. 0694 T. Accordingly, the Court should dismiss those claims. Plaintiffs' attorney has authorized defendant's attorney to sign this joint status report on his behalf. Respectfully submitted, 6/20/2007 s/Thomas E. Redding by s/Bart D. Jeffress Date THOMAS E. REDDING Redding & Associates, P.C. 2914 West T.C. Jester Houston, Texas 77018 (713) 965-9244 (713) 621-5227 (fax) Attorney for Plaintiffs 6/20/2007 s/Bart D. Jeffress Date BART D. JEFFRESS Attorney of Record U.S. Department of Justice Tax Division Court of Federal Claims Section Post Office Box 26 -2-

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Ben Franklin Post Office Washington, D.C. 20044 (202) 307-6496 (202) 514-9440 (fax) EILEEN J. O'CONNOR Assistant Attorney General DAVID GUSTAFSON Chief, Court of Federal Claims Section STEVEN I. FRAHM Assistant Chief, Court of Federal Claims Section 6/20/2007 s/Steven I. Frahm Date Of Counsel Attorneys for Defendant

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