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Case 1:04-cv-00461-BAF

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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS

CADDELL CONSTRUCTION CO., INC., ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) ) Defendant. )

No. 04-461C (Judge Bohdan A. Futey)

JOINT STATUS REPORT Pursuant to this Court's February 3, 2005, Order, the

parties hereby submit this Joint Status Report: 1. Plaintiff has has completed its its review of and defendant's informally

documents,

retained

expert

witnesses

disclosed to defendant's counsel their identity and the substance of their anticipated testimony. reports on October 31, 2005. 2. Defendant will determine those fact and/or expert Plaintiff will file its experts'

witness depositions it wishes to take and will conclude those depositions in November 2005. At that time, defendant will also

make a decision regarding the need to retain its own experts. 3. The parties propose to engage in further discovery (fact and expert) until December 1, 2005, at which time the parties will advise the Court of the status of the case, including any additional discovery and the scheduling of a trial date.

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Case 1:04-cv-00461-BAF

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Respectfully submitted, PETER D. KEISLER Assistant Attorney General DAVID M. COHEN Director s/Bryant G. Snee BRYANT G. SNEE Assistant Director s/Brian S. Smith BRIAN S. SMITH Attorney Commercial Litigation Branch Civil Division Department of Justice Washington, D.C. 20530 Telephone: (202) 616-0391 Fax: (202) 353-7988 Attorneys for Defendant

s/David W. Mockbee MOCKBEE HALL & DRAKE, P.A. Lamar Life Building, 10th Floor 317 East Capitol Street Jackson, Mississippi 39201 601/353-0035 Telephone 601/353-0045 Facsimile Attorney for Plaintiff August 15, 2005

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