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Nature of Suit Code: 625
Nature of Suit: Drug Related Seizure of Property
Cause of Action: 21:881 Forfeiture Property - Real Estate

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BRENDA GRANTLAND

Attorney for Claimant Patrick J. Cassidy

20 Sunnyside Suite A-204

Mill Valley, CA 94941

Telephone (415) 380-9108

McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

KRISTIN S. DOOR, SBN 84307

Assistant United States Attorney

501 I Street, Suite 10-100

Sacramento, CA 95814

Telephone: (916)554-2723

Attorneys for Plaintiff

United States of America

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA :

 : Case No. 07-CV-922-JAM-GGH

 Plaintiff, :

 :

 v. : STIPULATION TO MODIFY

 : SCHEDULING ORDER AND

REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT : ORDER THEREON 

10664 & 10683 BIRCHVILLE ROAD, :

NEVADA CITY, CA, NEVADA COUNTY :

APN NOS.: 60-290-06 & 60-290-13, :

INCLUDING ALL APPURTENANCES :

AND IMPROVEMENTS THERETO, :

:

Defendant. :

 : 

Claimant, Patrick J. Cassidy, and Plaintiff, the United States of America, through

undersigned counsel, hereby jointly request a modification of the Status (Pre-trial Scheduling)

Order in order to continue settlement negotiations. As grounds therefore, the parties state the

following:

1. The lienholder, MortgageIt, was served with the Complaint, and filed a Claim to the

property and an Answer to the Complaint. The plaintiff and MortgageIt entered into a

Stipulation for Expedited Settlement, which was approved by the Court on August 21, 2007. The

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lienholder was then excused from further participation in this action.

2. The Plaintiff and Claimant Patrick J. Cassidy completed discovery and have been

engaged in good-faith settlement negotiations. They are making progress in settlement, but had

to update the appraisal of the property because of the slump in the real estate market. Because

the equity in the property is relatively low, the parties are trying to settle the case without having

to incur additional attorneys fees and litigation costs briefing dispositive motions. They believe

that, given this further 60-day extension of the motions deadline, they will probably be able to

settle the case without having to file any dispositive motions.

3. Claimant Cassidy has kept the mortgage current, and promises to keep the mortgage

current during this period. Counsel contacted the attorney for the lienholder, and his position

was that since his client is no longer participating in the case (pursuant to the August 21, 2007

order), it would not oppose the extension of the motions deadline.

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4. Accordingly, the parties propose that the dates set forth in the Status (Pre-trial

Scheduling) Order be modified as follows:

EVENT CURRENT DATE PROPOSED DATE

File dispositive motions August 6, 2008 October 8, 2008

Hearing on dispositive

motions

September 3, 2008 November 5, 2008 at 9 a.m.

File Joint Final Pretrial

Statement

October 10, 2008 December 12, 2008

Final Pretrial Conference October 17, 2008 December 19, 2008 at 3:00

p.m.

Jury trial December 1, 2008 February 9, 2009 at 8:30 a.m.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

Dated: August 1, 2008 /s/ Brenda Grantland

 BRENDA GRANTLAND, ESQ.

Attorney for Claimant

20 Sunnyside Suite A-204

Mill Valley, CA 94941

Dated: August 1, 2008 McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

 By /s/ Kristin S. Door 

KRISTIN S. DOOR

Assistant U.S. Attorney

Attorneys for Plaintiff

United States of America

ORDER 

The Status (Pre-trial Scheduling) Order is modified as follows; the last day for filing

dispositive motions in October 8, 2008. Hearing on the motions will be on November 5, 2008, at

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9:00 a.m. The parties’ joint pretrial statement shall be filed on December 12, 2008. The final

pretrial conference will be on December 19, 2008, at 3:00 p.m. Trial will be scheduled on

February 9, 2009, at 8:30 a.m.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 5, 2008 /s/ John A. Mendez 

HON. JOHN A. MENDEZ

United States District Judge

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