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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS NORTH STAR ALASKA HOUSING CORP., Plaintiff, v. THE UNITED STATES, Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

No. 98-168C (Judge Allegra)

DEFENDANT'S CONSENT MOTION FOR AN EXTENSION OF TIME FOR THE PARTIES TO FILE POST-TRIAL REPLY BRIEFS Defendant, the United States, respectfully requests an eight-day enlargement of time within which the parties may file their post-trial reply briefs. The parties' post-trial reply The enlargement

briefs are currently due by February 13, 2006.

would bring the date for filing post-trial reply briefs to February 21, 2006. The Court has previously extended this date

from December 14 to December 22, 2005, and, on January 25, 2006, granted a request to set February 13, 2006, as the date by which the parties must file post-trial reply briefs. Counsel for

plaintiff has represented to counsel for defendant that plaintiff consents to this motion. This Court may enlarge the period within which to perform an act for cause shown before the expiration of the original period. See Rule 6(b)(1) of the Rules of the United States Court of Federal Claims. Cause exists for an enlargement because lead

counsel for defendant has been recently occupied with preparing defendant's filings due February 10, 2006, in Rig Masters, Inc.

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v. United States, No. 05-1277C (Fed. Cl.), a bid protest case. In addition, lead counsel for defendant has had to take sick leave on February 7 and 8, 2006, to care for family members. these reasons, the Government respectfully requests that the Court grant this unopposed motion for an enlargement of time of eight days within which the parties may file their post-trial reply briefs. Respectfully submitted, PETER D. KEISLER Assistant Attorney General For

s/David M. Cohen DAVID M. COHEN Director

OF COUNSEL ANA-VALLI GORDON Assistant District Counsel United States Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District

s/Timothy P. McIlmail TIMOTHY P. MCILMAIL Trial Attorney Commercial Litigation Branch Civil Division Department of Justice Attn: Classification Unit 8th Floor 1100 L Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20530 Telephone: (202) 514-4325 Facsimile: (202) 514-7965 Attorneys for Defendant

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Certificate of Filing I hereby certify that on February 9, 2006, a copy of the foregoing Defendant's Consent Motion For An Extension Of Time For The Parties To File Post-Trial Reply Briefs 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. system. s/Timothy P. McIlmail Parties may access this filing through the Court's