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Nature of Suit Code: 870
Nature of Suit: Tax Suits
Cause of Action: 28:1346 Recovery of IRS Tax

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DAVID A. HUBBERT

Deputy Assistant Attorney General

ADAIR F. BOROUGHS (TnSBN 026210)

Trial Attorney

Adair.F.Boroughs@usdoj.gov

Tax Division, U.S. Department of Justice

P.O. Box 683

Washington, DC 20044

Tel: ( (202) 305-7546 

Fax: (202) 307-0054

Attorneys for United States of America

MELINDA L. HAAG (CaSBN 132612)

United States Attorney

Northern District of California

Of Counsel

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

SHASTA STRATEGIC INVESTMENT )

FUND, LLC; AND PRESIDIO GROWTH )

LLC (Tax Matters Partner), )

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Petitioners, ) 

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 v. )

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, )

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Respondent. )

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And Related Cases )

Case No. C-04-4264-RS

Related to Case Nos. C-04-4309-RS, C-04-4398-

RS, C-04-4964-RS, C-05-1123-JW, C-05-1996-

RS, C-05-2835-RS, and C-05-3887-RS

STIPULATION TO MODIFY SCHEDULE

Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 6-2, Respondent requests that the date for filing pretrial motions

be extended by approximately 60 days and that trial be moved to October 7, 2013. The other parties

do not object to this request. In support of this request Respondent submits the following:

STIPULATION

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1. Lead counsel for the United States, Stuart Gibson, is retiring as of January 3, 2013,

and has or will be filing a withdrawal of counsel in these cases on that date. Mr. Gibson has been

the lead counsel on these cases since their inception in 2004 and 2005. 

2. In the next few weeks, the Tax Division will be assigning a new lead counsel to these

cases who will need time to become familiar with the facts, law and procedural history of these

cases.

3. Under the Court’s October 15, 2012 Case Management Scheduling Order, all pretrial

motions must be heard by February 21, 2013, which requires that they be filed and served by

January 17, 2013. The final pretrial conference is set for April 4, 2013, and the trial date is set for

April 15, 2013.

Previous Time Modifications

4. This Court previously granted stipulated requests to extend time to file answers in

some of these related cases. Shasta Strategic Investment Fund, LLC v. United States, Case No. 04-

4264 (N.D. Cal.), Dkt. Nos. 13, 18; Belford Strategic Investment Fund, LLC v. United States, Case

No. 04-4309 (N.D. Cal.), Dkt. Nos. 8, 11; Princeton Strategic Investment Fund, LLC v. United

States, Case No. 04-4310 (N.D. Cal.), Dkt. Nos. 11, 15; Sanford Strategic Investment Fund, LLC v.

Untied States, Case No. 04-4398 (N.D. Cal.), Dkt. Nos. 9, 12; Olympus Strategic Investment Fund,

LLC v. United States, Case No. 04-4399 (N.D. Cal.), Dkt. Nos. 9, 13; Sill Strategic Investment Fund,

LLC v. United States, Case No. 04-4964 (N.D. Cal.), Dkt. Nos. 10,13.

5. This Court previously granted Petitioners’ Motion to Shorten Time to Hear Motion to

Compel 30(b)(6) Deposition. Dkt. No. 48. 

6. This Court granted Respondent's motion to stay these related cases on November 7,

2005, due to parallel criminal proceedings. Dkt. No. 95. This Court grated a subsequent motion to

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stay these related cases on October 2, 2006. Dkt. No. 103. This Court lifted the stay on June 9,

2011. Dkt. No. 124.

7. This Court previously granted a stipulated request to enlarge time for briefing in

response to Respondent’s Motion for Summary Judgment in Princeton Strategic Investment Fund,

LLC v. United States, Case No. 04-4310 (N.D. Cal.). Princeton, Dkt. No. 37.

8. The Court previously granted three other stipulated requests to extend deadlines. 

Dkt. Nos. 130, 133, and 140.

9. After Judge Ware retired and Judge Seeborg held a scheduling conference with the

parties, the Court entered a Case Management Scheduling Order modifying the remaining schedule

in the case. Dkt. No. 160.

10. This Court previously granted a stipulated request to enlarge time for briefing in

response to Intervenor’s Motion to Dismiss or, in the alternative, Motion for Summary Judgment in

Twenty-Two Strategic Investment Funds v. United States, Case No. 05-02835-RS (N.D. Cal.). 

Effect on the Schedule for the Case

11. The requested change would move the final date for hearing all pretrial motions by

approximately 60 days, move the trial date to October 7, 2013, and vacate the final pretrial

conference date, which will be set by further order of the Court.

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS AGREED AND STIPULATED by the parties, subject to an

order of the Court that:

(A) All pretrial motions must be filed and served pursuant to Civil Local Rule 7. All pretrial

motions shall be heard no later than April 25, 2013.

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(B) The final pretrial conference currently set for April 4, 2013, is vacated, and a final

pretrial conference will be held on at a date and at a time to be set by further order the Court;

(C) Trial shall commence on October 7, 2013, at 9:00 a.m., in Courtroom 3, 17th Floor,

United States Courthouse, 450 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, California.

Dated: January 4, 2013 Respectfully submitted

/s/ Margaret Tough /s/ Adair F. Boroughs 

MARGARET TOUGH ADAIR F. BOROUGHS

Latham & Watkins Trial Attorney

Attorney for Petitioners Tax Division, Department of Justice

Attorney for Respondent

/s/ Willam E. Taggart, Jr. /s/ Martin A. Schainbaum 

WILLIAM E. TAGGART, JR. MARTIN A. SCHAINBAUM

Attorney for Intervenors Attorney for Intervenors

Adkison, McNair, and Salmon Ventures Soward/Voltaire and Gonzales/Birch

/s/ Jessica C. Munk 

Jessica C. Munk

Law Office of David W. Wiechert

Attorney for Intervenors Clarence Ventures, LLC and J. Paul Reddam

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: ____________________________

Richard Seeborg

United States District Judge

STIPULATION

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