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Nature of Suit Code: 870
Nature of Suit: Tax Suits
Cause of Action: 26:6502 IRS:Enforcement of tax liens

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-1- Joint Status Conf Statement and 

Motion to Continue Status Conf.

Case No. 05-1010 MMC

Robert D. Infelise (State Bar No. 93876)

 Email: rinfelise@coxcastle.com

Monali S. Sheth (State Bar No. 239511)

 Email: msheth@coxcastle.com

Cox, Castle & Nicholson LLP

555 Montgomery Street, 15th Floor

San Francisco, California 94111-2585

Telephone: (415) 392-4200

Facsimile: (415) 392-4250

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

KEVIN V. RYAN (CSBN 118321)

United States Attorney

JAY R. WEILL (CSBN 75434)

Assistant United States Attorney

Chief, Tax Division

CYNTHIA STIER (DCBN 423256)

Assistant United States Attorney

10th Floor Federal Building

450 Golden Gate Avenue, Box 36055

San Francisco, California 94102

Telephone: (415) 436-7017

Facsimile: (415) 436-6748

ROBERT J. HIGGINS (D.C. Bar No. 242966)

Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice

BART D. JEFFRESS (CT Juris No. 419184)

Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice

555 4th St., N.W.

Room 8816

Washington, D.C. 20001

Telephone: (202) 307-6580

Facsimile: (202) 514-9440

Email: robert.j.higgins@usdoj.gov 

Attorneys for Defendant

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, OAKLAND DIVISION

DR MANAGEMENT, LLC, a Delaware

limited liability company; DR

ACQUISITIONS I, LLC, a Delaware limited

liability company; DR HOLDINGS, LLC, a

Delaware limited liability company;

JENNIFER LIN; FREDERICK LIN; and

KEVIN LIN,

Plaintiffs,

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Case No. 05-1010 MMC

JOINT STATUS CONFERENCE

STATEMENT AND MOTION TO

CONTINUE STATUS CONFERENCE

ORDER RE:

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Motion to Continue Status Conf.

Case No. 05-1010 MMC

v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA et. al.,

Defendants.

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By order dated October 6, 2006, see Order [Doc. #18], the Court stayed all proceedings

in the above-captioned action pending the outcome of settlement negotiations, required this joint

status conference statement, and continued a status conference to February 2, 2007. The parties

hereby report on the status of settlement negotiations and request the Court to continue the

February status conference.

Pursuant to Magistrate Judge Elizabeth D. Laporte’s Order [Doc. #16], plaintiffs

submitted a written settlement offer to defendant on September 13, 2006. Since that time,

defendant has been processing the offer in accordance with the standard procedures of the

Department of Justice. Tthe offer is now being considered by the Tax Division’s Office of

Review.

In connection with plaintiffs’ offer to settle this case, plaintiffs are attempting to resolve

issues with the IRS for tax years not in suit that involve transactions related to the one in this

case and, in some instances, transactions concerning different parcels of the land. Plaintiffs’ and

the governments’ desire for a global settlement of all related tax liabilities necessitates

coordination between plaintiffs, defendant, and the IRS, and therefore will require a longer

period than otherwise necessary for negotiations.

While settlement of this case remains only a possibility, the parties have made substantial

progress and wish to continue their efforts. In this regard, the parties believe it would be a

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Motion to Continue Status Conf.

Case No. 05-1010 MMC

 more efficient use of their resources to focus on settlement rather than attend a status

conference, and therefore believe the case status conference scheduled for February 2, 2007, can

be continued at this time.

FOR THE PLAINTIFFS

Cox, Castle & Nicholson LLP Date: January 25, 2007 By s/Robert D. Infelise 

 Robert D. Infelise

 Attorneys for Plaintiffs

FOR THE UNITED STATES

UNITED STATES ATTORNEY

 Kevin V. Ryan, Esq.

 Jay R. Weill, Esq.

 Cynthia Stier, Esq.

 Robert J. Higgins, Esq.

 Bart D. Jeffress, Esq.

Date: January 26, 2007 By s/Robert J. Higgins 

 Robert J. Higgins

 Attorneys for Defendant

PURSUANT TO THE PARTIES’ JOINT MOTION, IT IS SO ORDERED, 

Date: ___________ _______________________

MAXINE M. CHESNEY

United States District Judge

and the Status

Conference is CONTINUED to March 30, 2007. A joint status conference statement

shall be filed no later than March 23, 2007.

January 29, 2007

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