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Nature of Suit Code: 870
Nature of Suit: Tax Suits
Cause of Action: 26:7422 IRS: Refund Excise Tax

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO EXTEND DISCOVERY PERIOD

CHARLES P. RETTIG, State Bar No. 97848

STEVEN TOSCHER, State Bar No. 91115

AVRAM SALKIN, State Bar No. 30412

EDWARD M. ROBBINS, JR., State Bar No. 82696

SHARYN M. FISK, State Bar No. 199898

Hochman Salkin Rettig Toscher & Perez, P.C.

9150 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 300

Beverly Hills, CA 90212

Phone: 310/281-3200

Fax: 310/859-1430

E-Mail: sf@taxlitigator.com

JOSEPH P. RUSSONIELLO 

United States Attorney

THOMAS M. NEWMAN

Assistant United States Attorney

HENRY C. DARMSTADTER

JAMES E. WEAVER

STEVEN P. JOHNSON 

Trial Attorneys, Tax Division

U.S. Department of Justice

P.O. Box 683, Ben Franklin Station

Washington, D.C. 20044-0683

Telephone: (202) 307-6481

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SANTA CLARA VALLEY HOUSING 

GROUP, INC. and KRISTEN M. BOWES,

Plaintiffs,

v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Defendant.

CASE NO. 08-cv-05097-JW

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]

ORDER TO EXTEND THE

DISCOVERY PERIOD AND OTHER

PRETRIAL DATES 

SANTA CLARA VALLEY HOUSING GROUP, INC. (“Santa Clara”), and KRISTEN M.

BOWES (“Bowes”) (collectively referred to as “Plaintiffs”), and the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

(“United States”), by and through their attorneys, pursuant CIV. L. R. 6-2, hereby stipulate that the

discovery period and other pretrial dates established by the Court in the Scheduling Order of April 8,

2009 be extended for a three month period due to lengthy delays experienced in connection with

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obtaining and reviewing extensive documentsfrom various third parties, including KPMG, LLP. These

delays are described in more detail in the attached declaration of James E. Weaver. This income tax

refund suit is the initial SC2 tax transaction to be litigated. Therefore, as a case of first impression,

involving substantial tax revenue, the United States has requested and the plaintiffs have agreed to the

extensions sought herein. This is the first modification of the Case Schedule sought by the parties in

this action.

Therefore, the parties hereby stipulate that the Case Schedule be modified as follows:

Close of All Discovery: July 12, 2010;

Disclosure of Expert Witnesses: May 10, 2010;

Disclosure of Rebuttal Expert Witnesses: June 10, 2010;

Last Day for Hearing Dispositive Motions: September 27, 2010;

Preliminary Pretrial Conference: June 7, 2010;

Preliminary Pretrial Conference Statements: May 28, 2010.

Respectfully submitted this 8 day of January, 2010. th

HOCHMAN, SALKIN, RETTIG, TOSCHER & PEREZ, P.C.

By: /s/ Steven Toscher 

CHARLES P. RETTIG

STEVEN TOSCHER

AVRAM SALKIN

EDWARD M. ROBBINS, JR.

SHARYN M. FISK

Hochman, Salkin, Rettig, Toscher & Perez, P.C.

9150 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 300

Beverly Hills, California 90212-3414

Telephone: (310) 281-3200

Facsimile: (310) 859-1430

Rettig@taxlitigator.com

Toscher@taxlitigator.com

Salkin@taxlitigator.com

Robbins@taxlitigator.com

Fisk@taxlitigator.com

Attorneys for SANTA CLARA VALLEY HOUSING GROUP, INC. 

and KRISTEN M. BOWES

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Respectfully submitted this 8 day of January, 2010. th

JOSEPH P. RUSSONIELLO 

United States Attorney

THOMAS NEWMAN 

Assistant United States Attorney

 /s/ Henry C. Darmstadter 

HENRY C. DARMSTADTER

JAMES E. WEAVER

STEVEN P. JOHNSON

ADAM D. STRAIT

Trial Attorneys, Tax Division

U.S. Department of Justice

Attorneys for the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

January 14, 2010 

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