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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:1346 Recovery of IRS Tax

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McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

PAUL S. HAM

Trial Attorney, Tax Division

United States Department of Justice

P.O. Box 683, Ben Franklin Station

Washington, DC 20044-0683

Telephone: (202) 307-6421

Facsimile: (202) 307-0054

Attorneys for the United States of America

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BLAKE WINGLE,

 Plaintiff,

 v.

INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE and

DEPARTMENT OF THE

TREASURY/UNITED STATES OF

AMERICA,

 Defendants.

Civil No. F-05-0160 REC LIO

UNITED STATES’ EX-PARTE

APPLICATION FOR AN EXTENSION

OF TIME TO RESPOND TO

COMPLAINT, and ORDER.

Defendant United States of America, through undersigned counsel, respectfully requests

that this Court grant the United States a 60-day extension of time, until October 3, 2005, to

respond to Plaintiff’s Complaint. In support thereof, the United States states as follows:

1. Plaintiff Blake Wingle served a copy of his “Amended Petition: For Protection of 

Inalienable Rights...” (hereinafter, construed as “Complaint”) upon the United States on June 2,

2005.

2. Mr. Wingle’s Complaint appears very similar to his previous complaint filed with 

this Court on August 19, 2003 (Docket No. 1:03-cv-06122-AWI-LJO). In that previous action,

this Court dismissed Mr. Wingle’s complaint with prejudice on August 31, 2004 (see Docket,

No. 8) and denied Mr. Wingle’s Motion for Reconsideration on January 31, 2005 (see Docket,

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Blake Wingle v. Internal Revenue Service, et al.

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No. 42). Mr. Wingle has since appealed this Court’s decision to the Ninth Circuit Court of

Appeals. See Docket, No. 43.

3. This motion is not made for purposes of delay, but only so that the Internal

Revenue Service and the United States Department of Justice can coordinate their resources and

respond fully and adequately to the Complaint. Moreover, the United States intends to file a

motion for sanctions against Mr. Wingle if it discovers that his current cause of action is virtually

identical to his prior action that was dismissed with prejudice and Mr. Wingle refuses to

withdraw his Complaint. This proposed extension will, consequently, also afford Mr. Wingle

time to review the United States’ proposed motion for sanctions and withdraw his Complaint

before the motion is filed. 

4. In conjunction with the extension, the United States requests that the Scheduling 

Conference, currently set for September 27, 2005, also be continued to a date deemed appropriate

by this Court given the United States’ proposed October 3, 2005 response date. 

5. A proposed Order is provided herewith.

WHEREFORE, the United States requests that it be allowed until October 3, 2005 to

respond to Plaintiff’s Complaint and that the Scheduling Conference, currently set for September

27, 2005, also be continued.

Dated this 6th day of July, 2005.

McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

 /s/ - Paul Ham 

PAUL S. HAM

Trial Attorney, Tax Division

United States Department of Justice

P.O. Box 683, Ben Franklin Station

Washington, DC 20044-0683

Telephone: (202) 307-6421

Facsimile: (202) 307-0054

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Order

Having considered the United States’ Ex-Parte Application for Extension of Time to

Respond to Complaint, this Court GRANTS the application and ORDERS that the United States

has until October 3, 2005 to respond; the Court further RESETS the September 27, 2005

Scheduling Conference to November 17, 2005 at 8:30 a.m. in Department 6 (LJO).

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 7, 2005 /s/ Lawrence J. O'Neill 

66h44d UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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