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

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STIPULATION EXTENDING TIME TO ANSWER OR 

OTHERWISE RESPOND AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

Case No. 4:16-cv-00476-KAW

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BRIAN J. STRETCH (CABN 163973) 

United States Attorney 

THOMAS MOORE (ALBN 4305-O78T) 

Chief, Tax Division, Tax Division 

MICHAEL G. PITMAN (DCBN 484164) 

Assistant United States Attorney 

150 Almaden Boulevard, Suite 900 

San Jose, CA 95113 

Telephone: (408) 535-5040 

Facsimile: (408) 535-5081 

michael.g.pitman@usdoj.gov 

Attorneys for the United States of America 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

OAKLAND DIVISION 

Donald E. Morris, 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

 

United States of America, 

 Defendant. 

Case No. 4:16-cv-00476-KAW 

STIPULATION EXTENDING TIME TO 

ANSWER OR OTHERWISE RESPOND 

AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between Defendant the United States of America 

(“United States”), and Plaintiff Donald E. Morris (“Plaintiff”) by and through undersigned counsel and 

pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b)(4) and Local Civil Rule 6-2, that good cause exists and the parties 

request that the Court continue the date for the United States to answer or otherwise respond to 

Plaintiff’s Complaint, and the United States states as follows in support: 

Plaintiffs commenced the instant action on or about January 27, 2016. Upon learning of the 

Complaint, the Department of Justice contacted the Internal Revenue Service’s Office of Chief Counsel 

and requested the administrative file associated with this case. The Office of Chief Counsel has provided 

its analysis of the case which the United States is evaluating. 

Accordingly, the parties hereby stipulate that the United States shall have until August 12, 2016, 

to answer or otherwise respond to Plaintiff’s Complaint. The requested extension is not being made for 

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purposes of delay, but to allow for a review of the relevant administrative materials. The United States 

has previously obtained an extension of its date to answer or otherwise respond to Plaintiff’s Complaint 

on May 3, 2016 (Doc. # 11), and also on June 7, 2016 (Doc. # 13). 

Respectfully submitted this 24th day of June, 2016, 

 BRIAN J. STRETCH 

United States Attorney 

s/ Michael G. Pitman 

MICHAEL G. PITMAN 

Assistant United States Attorney 

Attorneys for United States of America 

 

s/ Edward I. Kaplan 

EDWARD I. KAPLAN 

Greene Radovsky Maloney Share Hennigh LLP 

4 Embarcadero Center, Suite 4000 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

415-248-1525 

Fax: 415-777-4961 

Email: ekaplan@greeneradovsky.com 

Attorney for Plaintiff Donald E. Morris 

[PROPOSED] ORDER 

 Upon stipulation of the parties, and for good cause shown, it is hereby ORDERED that the 

United States of America shall have until August 12, 2016, to answer or otherwise respond to Plaintiff’s 

Complaint. 

SO ORDERED THIS _____ DAY OF _________________, 2016. 

________________________________ 

THE HONORABLE KANDIS A. WESTMORE 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

28th June

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