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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

ELLIS C. BLAND, et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, et al. Defendant.

No. 04-557C (Judge George W. Miller)

JOINT STATUS REPORT Defendant, the United States, respectfully submits this joint status report, upon behalf of the parties, apprising the Court of the status of the ADR proceedings in the above-referenced matter and the following related proceedings: Busigo v. United States, Fed. Cl. No. 05-422; Case v. United States, Fed. Cl. No. 05-687C; Dupuis v. United States, Fed. Cl. No. 06-82C; Fleury v. United States, Fed. Cl. No. 06-156; Nokell v. United States, Fed. Cl. No. 06-335; and Smith v. United States, Fed. Cl. No. 06-592. The parties' counsel have agreed to the format and material terms of the settlement agreement. The required settlement memorandum has been revised several times, and is now undergoing what is expected to be the final set of revisions. Subject to review and approval of higher level officials, including the Director of the Commercial Litigation Branch, National Court's Division, and the authorized representative of the Attorney General, Government counsel expects that the settlement will receive formal review by the authorized representative of the Attorney General by approximately August 15, 2007. Plaintiffs state that the alternative resolution process in this case concluded on January 24, 2007, with an agreement in principal having been reach. Almost six months have passed

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since that time and the Department of Justice has not yet approved the terms of the settlement. Therefore, plaintiffs request a telephone status conference with the Court regarding this matter as soon as possible. Plaintiffs' counsel has read this status report and consents to it being filed upon behalf of the parties. Respectfully submitted, PETER D. KEISLER Assistant Attorney General JEANNE E. DAVIDSON Director s/Steven J. Gillingham STEVEN J. GILLINGHAM Assistant Director s/Richard P. Schroeder RICHARD P. SCHROEDER Trial Attorney Commercial Litigation Branch Civil Division Department of Justice Attn: Classification Unit 8th Floor 1100 L Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20530 Tele: (202) 305-7788 Facsimile: (202) 353-7988 email: [email protected] Attorneys for Defendant July 18, 2007

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CERTIFICATE OF FILING I hereby certify under penalty of perjury that on this 18th day of July 2007, a copy of the 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. Parties may access this filing through the Court's system. s/Richard P. Schroeder

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