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Nature of Suit Code: 870
Nature of Suit: Tax Suits
Cause of Action: 26:6703 IRS: Refund of Tax Penalty

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Stip. Amend Scheduling Order 1

McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

Hilarie E. Snyder

United States Department of Justice

Trial Attorney, Tax Division

P.O. Box 7238

Ben Franklin Station

Washington, DC 20044

Telephone: (202) 307-2708

Facsimile: (202) 514-6770

hilarie.e.snyder@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for Defendant

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

HARGROVE & COSTANZO etc.,

Plaintiff,

vs.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Defendant.

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Counterclaim Plaintiff,

vs.

 

HARGROVE & COSTANZO, RICHARD

H. HARGROVE, HARGROVE &

COSTANZO, P.C., and NEAL

COSTANZO,

Counterclaim Defendants.

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Case No. 1:06-CV-00046-AWI-DLB

STIPULATION TO AMEND 

SCHEDULING ORDER

-and- ORDER THEREON

[Trial date 11-10-08]

The parties to this case stipulate to the following extensions:

1. The expert disclosure deadline will be extended from April 18, 2008 to May 23,

2008.

2. The expert discovery cut-off will be extended from June 2, 2008 to July 7, 2008.

3. The filing deadline for all non-dispositive motions will be extended from May 21,

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2008 to July 11, 2008 and hearing thereon be scheduled no later than August 11, 2008

Such extensions will not affect the other dates set in the Court’s present scheduling

order, including the dispositive-motions deadline and the trial date. 

GOOD CAUSE exists for such extensions in that the parties have now completed fact

discovery and hope to engage in some settlement negotiations within the next few weeks. With

some extra time, the parties will be able to discuss and exhaust their settlement options while

minimizing expert witness fees. Additionally and alternatively, both parties experts are opining

about 18 transactions across approximately five years. The transactions are reasonably

complicated and discovery has amassed hundreds of thousands of documents, as well as

numerous deposition transcripts. The experts will need some additional time to compile their

reports. 

Dated: March 10, 2008 s/ Theodore W. Phillips

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Theodore W. Phillips, Attorney for

Plaintiff

Dated: March 10, 2008 s/ Hilarie E. Snyder

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Hilarie E. Snyder, Attorney for

Defendant

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: March 11, 2008 /s/ Dennis L. Beck 

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Stip. Amend Scheduling Order 3

3b142a UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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