Free Motion for Leave to File - District Court of Federal Claims - federal

Case 1:06-cv-00751-MCW

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Filed 10/10/2007

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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS No. 06-751 T (Judge Mary Ellen Coster Williams) _____ LAWRENCE S. LEWIN and MARION E. LEWIN, Plaintiffs, v. THE UNITED STATES, Defendant. _____ JOINT MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE A JOINT STATUS REPORT _____ On February 26, 2007, the Court entered a stay of proceedings in the instant case pending the disposition of the indirectly related case captioned John Herda and Margaret Herda et al. v. United States, Fed. Cl. No. 06-224T. The Court entered a similar stay of proceedings in Gordon R. Cooke and Jennifer L. Cooke v. United States, Fed. Cl. No. 06-850T on February 14, 2007; in Harold A. Cooper and Ruth Cooper, Deceased v. United States, Fed. Cl. No. 07-107T on April 17, 2007; and in Lloyd W. Bailey et al. v. United States, Fed. Cl. No. 07-204T on May 31, 2007. On October 4, 2007, the parties filed a joint stipulation of dismissal in Herda. In light of that occurrence, the parties respectfully request leave to file a joint status report in the instant case to propose a course of further proceedings in the instant case, and in Cooke, Cooper, and Bailey. The parties are filing the joint status report as a separate document on this same day.

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Case 1:06-cv-00751-MCW

Document 12

Filed 10/10/2007

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October 10, 2007 Date

Respectfully submitted, /s/ Karen Servidea KAREN SERVIDEA Attorney of Record U.S. Department of Justice Tax Division Court of Federal Claims Section Post Office Box 26 Ben Franklin Post Office Washington, D.C. 20044 (202) 616-3423 (202) 514-9440 (fax) RICHARD T. MORRISON Acting Assistant Attorney General DAVID GUSTAFSON Chief, Court of Federal Claims Section STEVEN I. FRAHM Assistant Chief, Court of Federal Claims Section /s/ Steven I. Frahm by /s/ Mary M. Abate Of Counsel Attorneys for Defendant

October 10, 2007 Date

/s/ Sallie W. Gladney by /s/ Karen Servidea Thomas E. Redding Sallie W. Gladney Teresa J. Womack REDDING & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 2914 West T.C. Jester Houston, Texas 77018 (713) 965-9244 (713) 621-5227 Fax Attorneys for Plaintiffs

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