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Nature of Suit Code: 870
Nature of Suit: Tax Suits
Cause of Action: 26:7402 IRS: Petition to Enforce IRS Summons

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

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RICHARD E. ZUCKERMAN 

Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General 

AMY MATCHISON (CABN 217022) 

Trial Attorney 

United States Department of Justice, Tax Division 

P.O. Box 683, Ben Franklin Station 

Washington, D.C. 20044 

Telephone: (202) 307-6422 

Fax: (202) 307-0054 

E-mail: Amy.T.Matchison@usdoj.gov 

 Western.Taxcivil@usdoj.gov

DAVID L. ANDERSON 

United States Attorney 

450 Golden Gate Avenue, 11th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94102 

Attorneys for United States of America 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) 

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 Petitioner, ) 

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 v. ) 

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FRANCIS BURGA; FRANCIS BURGA AS ) 

THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE ) 

OF MARGELUS BURGA; and ) 

RUSSELL MANSKY, ) 

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 Respondents. ) 

_______________________________________) 

Case No. 5:18-cv-01633-BLF 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER REQUESTING 

CONTINUANCE OF JUNE 25, 2019 

HEARING AND TO SET BRIEFING 

SCHEDULE 

Petitioner United States of America, respondents Francis Burga (in her individual capacity and as 

the Administrator of the Estate of Margelus Burga) and Russell Mansky, through their respective 

undersigned counsel of record, stipulate as follows and respectfully request an order pursuant to this 

stipulation for a continuance of the hearing date currently set for the United States’ Brief Challenging 

Respondents’ Assertions of Privilege (Docket No. 26) and for other relief: 

1. The United States filed its Petition to Enforce Internal Revenue Summonses on March 

15, 2018 (“Petition to Enforce Summons”). (Docket No. 1). 

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2. On June 5, 2018, the Court ordered the Petition to Enforce granted and enforced the six 

Internal Revenue Service summonses at issue. The Court further ordered that respondents had to provide 

the United States with revised privilege logs and give testimony as to their efforts to comply with the 

summonses. (Docket No. 19). 

3. Respondents have since provided the United States with revised privilege logs and have 

provided testimony. (Docket No. 21). Efforts at compliance remain underway. (Docket No. 27). 

4. On May 16, 2019, the United States filed its brief challenging some of respondents’ 

claims of privilege. (Docket No. 26). That matter was set for hearing before Judge Beth Labson 

Freeman on November 7, 2019. 

5. In a status report the parties also filed on May 16, 2019, the parties stipulated to an 

enlarged briefing schedule with response and reply dates in July. (Docket No. 27). 

6. On May 17, 2019, the Court referred the privilege matter to Magistrate Judge Susan van 

Keulen and vacated the November 7, 2019 hearing. The Court also denied without prejudice the parties’ 

proposed briefing schedule, for resubmission to Judge van Keulen. (Docket No. 28). 

7. On May 22, 2019, the Court set the privilege matter for hearing on June 25, 2019, at 

10:00 a.m. and set June 6, 2019, as the deadline for responses and June 14, 2019, as the deadline for 

replies. (Docket No. 29). 

8. Due to a scheduling conflict with government counsel’s calendar, the parties seek to 

continue the hearing currently set for June 25, 2019, at 10:00 a.m. to July 30, 2019, at 10:00 a.m. 

9. Further, the parties seek to modify the briefing schedule and agree that respondents 

should have up to and including July 2, 2019, to file any response to the United States’ Brief 

Challenging Respondents’ Assertions of Privilege and the United States should have up to and including 

July 16, 2019, to file any replies. 

10. This is the parties’ first stipulation for a continuance of this hearing and for a modified 

briefing schedule. 

 

 

 

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 Dated this 28th day of May, 2019 

 RICHARD E. ZUCKERMAN 

Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General 

/s/ Amy Matchison 

AMY MATCHISON (CA SBN 217022) 

Trial Attorney, Tax Division 

United States Department of Justice 

 Dated this 28th day of May, 2019 

 SIDEMAN & BANCROFT LLP 

 By: /s/ Jay R. Weill

 Jay R. Weill 

 Steven M. Katz 

 Emily J. Kingston 

 Travis W. Thompson 

 Attorneys for FRANCIS BURGA; 

FRANCIS BURGA AS THE 

ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF 

MARGELUS BURGA 

 Dated this 28th day of May, 2019 

 WOOD ROBBINS, LLP 

 By: /s/ Denise Mejlszenkier

Denise Mejlszenkier 

Attorneys for Respondent RUSSELL 

MANSKY 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated this __ day of May, 2019 

__________________________ 

SUSAN VAN KEULEN 

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

 

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ECF CERTIFICATION 

 Pursuant to Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), I hereby attest that I obtained concurrence in the filing of 

this document from the signatories indicated by the conformed signatures (/s/) of Jay R. Weill and 

Denise Mejlszenkier. 

/s/ Amy Matchison 

AMY MATCHISON 

Trial Attorney, Tax Division 

 U.S. Department of Justice 

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