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Nature of Suit Code: 870
Nature of Suit: Tax Suits
Cause of Action: 26:7402 IRS: Petition to Enforce IRS Summons

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McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

JUSTIN S. KIM

G. PATRICK JENNINGS

Trial Attorneys, Tax Division

United States Department of Justice

P.O. Box 683, Ben Franklin Station

Washington, DC 20044

Telephone: (202) 307-0977

Facsimile: (202) 307-0054

Email: justin.s.kim@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for the United States of America

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

 Plaintiff,

 v.

MICHAEL TARANTINO,

 Defendant.

Civil No. 2:06-cv-00618-GEB-PAN

ORDER PERMITTING SERVICE OF

DEFENDANT MICHAEL TARANTINO

BY PUBLICATION

Plaintiff, United States of America (hereinafter “United States”), has filed in the United States

District Court for the Eastern District of California, in the above-captioned action, a complaint to nullify

false tax liens filed by Defendant Michael Tarantino against employees of the United States. The United

States has moved the Court for entry of an Order authorizing service of process by publication on

Michael Tarantino. Having considered the application, the submissions, and the applicable law, the

Court ORDERS the following:

1. Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(m) and Cal. Civ. Proc. § 415.50, service upon Michael

Tarantino shall be effectuated by publication of the summons not less that once a week for

four weeks in the Sacramento Business Journal and the Reno-Gazette Journal.

2. Michael Tarantino shall appear or plead in this action no later than twenty days after

service by publication is complete, and if there is no appearance or pleading by such date,

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the Court shall proceed as if the absent defendant had been served with process within the

State of California.

3. The United States is granted a 60-day extension of time to effect service of process upon

Michael Tarantino. Service of process on Michael Tarantino shall be completed within 60

days of the date of this order.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 18, 2006

/s/ Garland E. Burrell, Jr.

GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR.

United States District Judge

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