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Nature of Suit Code: 870
Nature of Suit: Tax Suits
Cause of Action: 26:7401 IRS: Tax Liability

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California 

** E-filed July 29, 2010 ** 

NOT FOR CITATION 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN JOSE DIVISION 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and 

DAVID PALMER, Revenue Officer, 

 Plaintiffs, 

 v. 

KEVIN and NANCY RYAN, 

 

 Defendants. 

____________________________________/

No. C08-04823 JF 

ORDER EXCUSING PERSONAL 

ATTENDANCE AT SETTLEMENT 

CONFERENCE 

 By written request dated July 18, 2010, plaintiff United States of America, by and through 

its counsel, Thomas M. Newman, requested that the individual with full settlement authority be 

excused from personally appearing at the settlement conference in this case, scheduled for August 

13, 2010. According to Mr. Newman, the individual with full settlement authority is Richard Ward, 

Chief of the Western Section of the Tax Division of the United States Department of Justice. No 

opposition was filed by any party, and the time for doing so has now expired. 

Having considered the Government’s request, and good cause appearing, the Court grants 

the request, provided that Mr. Ward remain available by telephone from 9:30 a.m. Pacific Standard 

Time until further notice on August 13, 2010. If the Court concludes, however, that the absence of 

Mr. Ward is interfering with the settlement conference, the Court may continue the settlement 

conference and may order personal attendance by each party. 

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: July 29, 2010

HOWARD R. LLOYD 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California 

C 08-02921 HRL Notice will be electronically mailed to: 

Gerald Bingham Sweeney gsweeney@sweeneylev.com 

Thomas M. Newman thomas.newman2@usdoj.gov 

Notice will be provided by other means to: 

Dennis M Hasse 

Sweeney Lev LLC 

460 Bloomfield Avenue 

Suite 200 

Montclair, NJ 07042 

Counsel are responsible for distributing copies of this document to co-counsel who have not 

registered for e-filing under the court’s CM/ECF program. 

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