GROUND IMPROVEMENT TECHNIQUES, INC., et al v. USA

Filing 56

ORDER LIFTING STAY. Because the motion to substitute has been fully briefed, no further filings will be accepted from the parties until a ruling issues on the motion. Signed by Judge Lynn J. Bush. (TQ) Copy to parties.

In the United States Court of Federal Claims
No. 12-57 C
(Filed December 16, 2013)
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GROUND IMPROVEMENT
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TECHNIQUES, INC., and MK
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FERGUSON COMPANY, for the use and *
benefit of GROUND IMPROVEMENT
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TECHNIQUES, INC.,
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Plaintiffs,
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v.
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THE UNITED STATES,
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Defendant.
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ORDER
The court has before it plaintiffs’ Notice of Limited Remand from [the]
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, filed December 6, 2013.
To this notice is attached the Federal Circuit’s remand order, which states in
relevant part that plaintiffs’ appeal before that court is stayed “pending disposition
of the motion to substitute” the real parties in interest in this litigation, which was
filed in this court on May 24, 2013. Notice Ex. A at 3. The disposition of the
fully-briefed motion to substitute had been stayed by the undersigned pending
plaintiffs’ appeal to the Federal Circuit of numerous substantive rulings in this suit.
Order of July 12, 2013. The Federal Circuit’s remand order also states that “[t]he
parties should inform this court [of appeals] within 14 days after the Court of
Federal Claims rules on the motion to substitute.” Notice Ex. A at 3.
In light of the Federal Circuit’s remand order, it is hereby ORDERED that
the Clerk’s Office shall LIFT the stay in this case. Because the motion to
substitute has been fully briefed, no further filings will be accepted from the parties
until a ruling issues on the motion.
s/Lynn J. Bush
LYNN J. BUSH
Senior Judge