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Nature of Suit Code: 870
Nature of Suit: Tax Suits
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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-1- Joint Motion to Continue Case 

 Management Conference

GODDARD LLP

BRADLEY A. PATTERSON, Esq. (State Bar No. 155482)

18101 Von Karman Ave., Ste. 330

Irvine CA 92612

Telephone: (949) 253-0500

Facsimile: (949) 253-0505

Attorney for Plaintiffs

SCOTT N. SCHOOLS (South Carolina Bar No. 9990)

United States Attorney

THOMAS MOORE (ASBN 4305-T780)

Assistant United States Attorney

Chief, Tax Division

CYNTHIA STIER (DCBN 423256)

Assistant United States Attorney

9th Floor Federal Building

450 Golden Gate Avenue, Box 36055

San Francisco, California 94102

Telephone: (415) 436-7000

Facsimile: (415) 436-6748

ROBERT J. HIGGINS (DCBN 242966)

Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice

BART D. JEFFRESS (CT Juris No. 419184)

Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice

555 4th St., N.W., Room 8816

Washington, D.C. 20001

Telephone: (202) 307-6580

Facsimile: (202) 514-9440

Email: robert.j.higgins@usdoj.gov 

Attorneys for Defendant United States of America

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, OAKLAND DIVISION

AWS MANAGEMENT, LLC, by and

through MARY CHANDLER PETTY, a

Partner Other than the Tax Matters

Partner,

Plaintiff,

v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, by and

through its Agent, the INTERNAL

REVENUE SERVICE,

Defendant.

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Case No. 05-1056 CW

Consolidated with Case No. 05-1058 CW

JOINT MOTION TO CONTINUE CASE

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

 

 

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-2- Joint Motion to Continue Case 

 Management Conference

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AWS ACQUISITIONS, LLC, by and

through MARY CHANDLER PETTY, a

Partner Other than the Tax Matters

Partner,

Plaintiff,

v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, by and

through its Agent, the INTERNAL

REVENUE SERVICE,

Defendant. __________________________________

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A Case Management Conference is scheduled for December 18, 2007, in the

above captioned consolidated cases pursuant to the Court’s order of September 28,

2007 [Doc 34]. That order followed the parties prior joint motion to continue a

previously scheduled case management conference on the grounds that a settlement

offer by Plaintiffs was being considered by the Department of Justice and the Internal

Revenue Service.

Another factor supporting a continuance of the Case Management Conference is

the Court’s order filed March 29, 2006, which had stayed this case pending resolution of

the criminal proceedings in United States v. Stein, et. al. (No. S1 05 Cr 888, S.D.N.Y.).

See Order [Doc. #22]. Those proceedings are continuing. This November, 2007, trial

date was vacated by Judge Kaplan. A Superseding Indictment was filed on November

8, 2007, charging David Greenberg alone with conspiracy and substantive counts of tax

evasion. The United States Attorneys Office has requested that Greenberg be severed

from the main case and that trial commence against him as soon as possible. A motion

schedule has been set with respect to the Greenberg Indictment and it is expected that

in January the Court will decide whether to sever Greenberg and when to schedule his

trial. Also in January, it is expected that the Court will schedule trial for defendants

Larson, Pfaff and Ruble. That trial date will incorporate a trial against Greenberg in the

event the court decides not to sever his case for an earlier scheduled date.

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By letter dated August 2, 2006, plaintiffs submitted an offer to settle all issues in

this case. The offer is being considered by the Department of Justice in accordance

with its usual procedures and in coordination with the Internal Revenue Service. The

plaintiffs have provided the Internal Revenue Service additional information regarding

the underlying tax liabilities but must file returns due for taxable years 2004 and 2005

before consideration of the settlement offer can be completed.

In light of the continued pendency of Stein and plaintiffs’ pending settlement

offer, the parties jointly move the Court for a continuance of the case management

conference until April, 2008.

Respectfully Submitted,

FOR THE PLAINTIFFS

GODDARD LLP

 Bradley A. Patterson, Esq.

 Date: November 29, 2007 By s/Bradley A. Patterson 

 Bradley A. Patterson

 Attorney for Plaintiffs

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 Management Conference

FOR THE UNITED STATES

UNITED STATES ATTORNEY

 Scott N. Schools, Esq.

 Thomas Moore, Esq.

 Robert J. Higgins, Esq. 

 Bart D. Jeffress, Esq.

Date: November 28, 2007 By s/Robert J. Higgins 

 Robert J. Higgins

 Attorneys for Defendant

ORDER

The Case Management Conference, previously set for December 18, 2007, at

2:00 p.m., is continued until ______________________.

Date: ______________ ____________________________________

CLAUDIA WILKEN

United States District Judge

April 15, 2008, at 2:00 p.m. 12/5/07

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