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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 BRIEFS Defendant, the United States, respectfully requests a 21-day enlargement of time within the parties may file their post-trial briefs. 2005. The parties' briefs are currently due on November 21, The enlargement would bring the date for responding to the The Court has previously

complaint to December 12, 2005.

extended this due date from November 14 to November 21, 2005. 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 good cause shown before the expiration of the original period. See Rule 6(b)(1) of the Rules of the United States Court Good cause exists for an enlargement because

of Federal Claims.

on November 15, 2005, the parties made substantial progress toward settlement of this case. The enlargement would allow the

parties to focus their efforts upon settling this case without the simultaneous burden of preparing post-trial briefs. An

enlargement until December 12, 2005 would give the parties enough

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time to focus upon settling and, if the case does not settle within a reasonable period, return their efforts to their posttrial briefs for filing within a reasonable period. For these

reasons, the Government respectfully requests that the Court grant this unopposed motion for an enlargement of time of 21 days within which the parties may file their post-trial briefs. Respectfully submitted, PETER D. KEISLER Assistant Attorney General 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 November 16, 2005, a copy of the foregoing Defendant's Consent Motion For An Extension Of Time For The Parties To File Post-Trial 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. Parties may access this filing through the Court's system.

s/Timothy P. McIlmail