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Nature of Suit Code: 870
Nature of Suit: Tax Suits
Cause of Action: 28:1345 Recovery of Debt to US

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STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER THEREON TO AMEND SCHEDULING ORDER 

1 Case No.: 

2:15-cv-01239-JAM-KJN

14520366.1 

MARY ELIZABETH RINALDI (CA Bar #200459) 

Thorn Law Group, PLLC 

888 16th Street NW 

Suite 800 

Washington, DC 20006 

202-270-7273 (v) 

202-743-7446 (f) 

mer@thorntaxlaw.com 

Attorney for Defendants 

ESTATE OF JOSEPH ARLEO, DECEASED 

and 

ANTHONY PESOLA, ADMINISTRATOR OF 

THE ESTATE OF JOSEPH ARLEO 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

ESTATE OF JOSEPH ARLEO, 

DECEASED 

and 

ANTHONY PESOLA, ADMINISTRATOR 

OF THE ESTATE OF JOSEPH 

ARLEO, 

Defendants. 

No. 2:15-CV-01239-JAM-KJN

STIPULATION AND ORDER THEREON TO 

AMEND SCHEDULING ORDER

Plaintiff UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (“United States”) and 

Defendants ESTATE OF JOSEPH ARLEO, DECEASED (the “Estate”) and 

ANTHONY PESOLA, ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF JOSEPH ARLEO (the 

“Administrator”), by and through their respective attorneys of 

record, and pursuant to USDC EDCA Local Rules 143 and 144 and 

FRCP 16(b), hereby stipulate and agree as follows: 

 

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WHEREAS, on or about February 26, 2016, this Court, pursuant 

to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure (“FRCP”) 16(b) and the FRCP 

26(f) Case Management Report of the parties, issued a Scheduling 

Order setting the case for trial and establishing the initial 

trial date of April 17, 2017; 

WHEREAS, due to the length of time elapsed between the 

actions allegedly giving rise to the complaint and the filing of 

the complaint, documentation is difficult to obtain; 

WHEREAS, the person who allegedly committed the act named in 

the complaint is deceased, and evidence relating to his actions 

and state of mind will have to be gathered from third parties, 

likely requiring multiple depositions, including depositions of 

persons located outside of California and the United States; 

WHEREAS, the parties are optimistic that the extensive time 

and expense that would be incurred preparing for, traveling to, 

and taking and defending depositions could be avoided if the 

matter is resolved prior to trial; 

WHEREAS, the parties are actively in the process of 

discussing settlement outcomes without resorting to trial, but no 

resolution has yet been reached from their dialogue; 

WHEREAS, the parties stipulate and agree that they are 

unable to concurrently exhaust settlement discussions and pursue 

costly and time-consuming discovery and depositions; 

WHEREAS, the Scheduling Order includes a November 17, 2016 

cutoff deadline for completion of fact discovery, a December 2, 

2016 cutoff deadline for all discovery, and a December 7, 2016 

cutoff deadline for expert depositions; 

 

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WHEREAS, the parties are loath to use further time and 

resources pursuing costly discovery and litigation while there is 

a very likely possibility of resolving the matter before trial; 

WHEREAS, the parties have diligently attempted to adhere to 

the current pretrial deadlines, and are making this request to 

the Court for modification of the current Scheduling Order, 

because, without an extension, the parties will be forced to 

immediately commence depositions and expert report preparation; 

WHEREAS, neither party will be prejudiced by a four month 

extension of the current trial date and related deadlines; and 

WHEREAS, there have been no previous requests that the Court 

amend the Scheduling Order to extend any deadlines or to continue 

the trial date. 

NOW THEREFORE, the parties, through their respective 

counsel, jointly propose and stipulate to the following: 

The deadlines in the Scheduling Order previously set forth 

by the Court shall be revised as follows, or set on such other 

dates as the Court determines: 

Event Current date Proposed new date

Fact Discovery cut-off Nov. 17, 2016 Mar. 16, 2017 

Discovery cut-off Dec. 2, 2016 Mar. 31, 2017 

Dispositive Motions cut-off Jan. 10, 2017 May 2, 2017 

Dispositive Motion Hearing Feb. 7, 2017 June 6, 2017 

Final Pre-Trial Conference Mar. 17, 2017 July 14, 2017 

Trial Apr. 17, 2017 Aug. 14, 2017 

 It is further stipulated and agreed between the parties that 

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all other provisions of the Scheduling Order of February 26, 2016 

shall remain in effect. This stipulation may be signed in 

counterparts and any facsimile or electronic signature shall be 

valid as an original signature. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: October 21, 2016 

 

 By:_/s/ Mary Elizabeth Rinaldi__ 

 MARY ELIZABETH RINALDI 

 Thorn Law Group, PLLC 

 888 16th Street NW 

 Suite 800 

 Washington, DC 20006 

 202-349-4033 (v) 

202-743-7446 (f) 

mer@thorntaxlaw.com 

Attorney for Defendants 

ESTATE OF JOSEPH ARLEO, 

DECEASED, and 

ANTHONY PESOLA, ADMINISTRATOR 

OF THE ESTATE OF JOSEPH ARLEO 

Dated October 21, 2016 

By:_/s/ Paul Butler (as 

authorized on 10/21/2016) 

 PAUL BUTLER 

 US Department of Justice 

 PO Box 683 

 Washington, DC 20044 

 202-514-1170 (v) 

 202-307-0054 (f) 

 Paul.T.Butler@usdoj.gov 

 Attorney for Plaintiff 

 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

 

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ORDER (AS AMENDED BY THE COURT) 

FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN, and pursuant to the Stipulation of the 

parties, the deadlines in the Scheduling Order previously set 

forth by the Court are revised as follows: 

Event Current date Proposed new date

Fact Discovery cut-off Nov. 17, 2016 Mar. 16, 2017 

Discovery cut-off Dec. 2, 2016 Mar. 31, 2017 

Dispositive Motions cut-off Jan. 10, 2017 May 9, 2017 

Dispositive Motion Hearing Feb. 7, 2017 June 6, 2017 

Final Pre-Trial Conference Mar. 17, 2017 

July 14, 2017 at 

10:00 a.m. 

Trial Apr. 17, 2017 

Aug. 21, 2017 at 

9:00 a.m. 

IT IS SO ORDERED

Dated: 10/24/2016 /s/ John A. Mendez________________ 

 The Hon. John A. Mendez 

United States District Court Judge 

 Eastern District of California

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