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Case 1:13-cv-00465-MMS Document 132 Filed 02/23/15 Page 1 of 3
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS
FAIRHOLME FUNDS, INC., et al., ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. )
THE UNITED STATES, ) ) Defendant. ) )
JOINT STATUS REPORT REGARDING FEBRUARY 25 STATUS CONFERENCE

In accordance with this Court’s Order of August 13, 2014 (Doc. 85), the parties hereby notify the Court that they believe that the Court should hold the status conference currently scheduled for February 25.
Pursuant to the Court’s August 13 Order, the parties further provide the following “sum- mary description of the topic areas” that they may wish to discuss at the status conference: (1) the general status of the discovery previously authorized by the Court; (2) issues related to De- fendant’s privilege logs (including Defendant’s characterization of the logs as “provisional” in nature) and Plaintiffs’ challenges to Defendant’s assertions of privilege; (3) issues related to Plaintiffs’ discovery requests to third-parties; and (4) the schedule for the completion of the dis- covery authorized by the Court.1
The parties hereby notify the Court that the following attorneys for the Fairholme Plain- tiffs plan to appear in person at the February 25 status conference:

1 With respect to this issue, the parties have engaged in discussions regarding a revised discovery schedule, and hope to finalize an agreement on this issue, and to submit a joint pro- posal for the Court’s consideration, in advance of the February 25 status conference. In any event, the parties will be prepared to discuss the discovery schedule at the status conference.

No. 13-465C
(Judge Sweeney)

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Charles J. Cooper, Cooper & Kirk, PLLC
David H. Thompson, Cooper & Kirk, PLLC
Vincent J. Colatriano, Cooper & Kirk, PLLC

The following attorneys for the Fairholme Plaintiffs plan to appear by telephone:
Brian Barnes, Cooper & Kirk, PLLC
Christine Cubias, General Counsel, Fairholme Funds, Inc.

The following attorneys for the United States plan to appear in person:
Kenneth M. Dintzer
Elizabeth M. Hosford
Gregg M. Schwind

The following other attorneys plan to appear by telephone:
Zac Hudson, Bancroft PLLC (representing Fannie Mae)
Michael Ciatti, King & Spalding (representing Freddie Mac)

In accordance with the Court’s prior orders, counsel for the Fairholme Plaintiffs has con- tacted counsel for the plaintiffs in the related cases pending before this Court. The following at- torneys intend to listen to the status conference telephonically:
Kiran Patel, Dentons (Arrowood Indemnity Corp. v. United States, No. 13-698)
Matthew Goldstein, Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP (Cacciapelle v. United
States, No. 13-466)
Eric Zagar, Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP (Cacciapelle v. United States,
No. 13-466)
Noah Schubert, Schubert Jonckheer & Kolbe (Fisher v. United States, No.
13-608, Reid v. United States, No. 14-152)
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Miranda Kolbe, Schubert Jonckheer & Kolbe (Fisher v. United States, No. 13- 608, Reid v. United States, No. 14-152)
Robert M. Roseman, Spector Roseman Kodroff & Willis (Washington Federal v. United States, No. 13-385)
Jennifer Fountain Connolly, Hagens Berman (Washington Federal v. United States, No. 13-385)
Louis C. Ludwig, Pomerantz LLP (American European Insurance Co. v. United States, No. 13-496)

Date: February 23, 2015
JOYCE R. BRANDA
Acting Assistant Attorney General
s/ Robert E. Kirschman, Jr. ROBERT E. KIRSCHMAN, JR. Director
s/ Kenneth M. Dintzer
KENNETH M. DINTZER
Deputy Director
Commercial Litigation Branch U.S. Department of Justice
P.O. Box 480 Ben Franklin Station Washington, D.C. 20044
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Attorneys for Defendant
Respectfully submitted,
s/ Charles J. Cooper
Charles J. Cooper
Counsel of Record for Plaintiffs COOPER & KIRK, PLLC
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Of counsel:
Vincent J. Colatriano
David H. Thompson
Peter A. Patterson
Brian W. Barnes
COOPER & KIRK, PLLC
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