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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS ELLIS C. BLAND, et al., Plaintiffs, v. THE UNITED STATES, Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) ) No. 04-557C ) ) (Judge George W. Miller) ) ) )

DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO FILE INDIVIDUAL STATUS REPORT IN LIEU OF JOINT STATUS REPORT Defendant, the United States, respectfully requests that the Court grant leave for the Government to file the individual status report, incorporated below, in lieu of a joint status report. Undersigned counsel has been unable to reach plaintiffs' counsel to discuss this status report. Therefore, we

respectfully request that the Court grant this motion for leave to file the individual status report incorporated below. DEFENDANT'S STATUS REPORT Defendant, the United States, respectfully submits this joint status report, 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. 05422; Case v. United States, Fed. Cl. No. 05-687C; Dupuis v. United States, Fed. Cl. No. 06-82C; Fleury v. United States, Fed.

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Cl. No. 06-156; Nokell v. United States, Fed. Cl. No. 06-335; and Smith v. United States, Fed. Cl. No. 06-592. The initial ADR session was conducted before Judge Hewitt on November 15, 2006. An additional session had been scheduled for However, that session

December 13, 2006 to continue discussions. has been rescheduled for December 21, 2006.

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

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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) 305-7562 Facsimile: (202) 305-3291 email: [email protected] Attorneys for Defendant December 18, 2006

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CERTIFICATE OF FILING I hereby certify under penalty of perjury that on this day of December 18, 2006, "DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO FILE INDIVIDUAL STATUS REPORT IN LIEU OF 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