Court Opinion

ID: 9384472
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-04-03 22:00:08.877432+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:17:53.727356
License: Public Domain

ARMED SERVICES BOARD OF CONTRACT APPEALS

Appeal of -                                      )
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Fast Works Company for General Trading           ) ASBCA No. 63015
 Ltd.                                            )
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Under Contract No. W56KGZ-20-P-6033              )

APPEARANCE FOR THE APPELLANT:                       Mr. Mezgin Saeed Mohsin
                                                     President

APPEARANCES FOR THE GOVERNMENT:                     Scott N. Flesch, Esq.
                                                     Army Chief Trial Attorney
                                                    MAJ Jason C. Coffey, JA
                                                    Dana J. Chase, Esq.
                                                     Trial Attorneys

                                ORDER OF DISMISSAL

        On December 7, 2022, the government filed a motion to dismiss for failure to
prosecute. The appellant has not responded to the government’s motion. As set forth
in the government’s motion, the appellant has disregarded all attempts by the
government to engage in communication since February 1, 2022, and has not
responded to the government’s attempts to engage in discovery in this matter (gov’t
mot. at 2-4, 6). ∗

        On February 16, 2023, the Board ordered appellant to either submit its brief or
file a request for additional time to submit its brief responding to the government’s
motion to dismiss by no later than March 8, 2023. The Board’s Order warned that it
may dismiss this appeal for failure to prosecute without providing any further notice to
appellant.

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    We have reviewed the correspondence attached to the government’s motion which
        reflects that the government sent its correspondence to the same address that the
        Board has for appellant.
       As of March 15, 2023, appellant has not filed its response or a request for an
extension. Appellant likewise has failed to respond or to communicate with the
government in more than one year. Accordingly, the above appeal is dismissed with
prejudice pursuant to Board Rule 17.

      Dated: March 22, 2023

                                                  KENNETH D. WOODROW
                                                  Administrative Judge
                                                  Armed Services Board
                                                  of Contract Appeals

 I concur                                         I concur

 RICHARD SHACKLEFORD                              J. REID PROUTY
 Administrative Judge                             Administrative Judge
 Acting Chairman                                  Vice Chairman
 Armed Services Board                             Armed Services Board
 of Contract Appeals                              of Contract Appeals

      I certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the Order of Dismissal of the
Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals in ASBCA No. 63015, Appeal of Fast
Works Company for General Trading Ltd., rendered in conformance with the Board’s
Charter.

      Dated: March 22, 2023

                                               PAULLA K. GATES-LEWIS
                                               Recorder, Armed Services
                                               Board of Contract Appeals

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