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Nature of Suit Code: 895
Nature of Suit: Freedom of Information Act of 1974
Cause of Action: 05:552 Freedom of Information Act

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Stipulation 1

RICHARD ZUCKERMAN

Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General

EMILY K. MILLER

Trial Attorney, Tax Division

United States Department of Justice

P.O. Box 227

Ben Franklin Station

Washington, D.C. 20044

(202) 353-7509

Emily.K.Miller@usdoj.gov

Counsel for the Defendant, the Internal Revenue Service

CHRISTIAN A. SPECK

WAGNER KIRKMAN BLAINE KLOMPARENS & YOUMANS LLP

10640 Mather Blvd. Suite 200

Mather, California 95655

(916) 920-5286

CSpeck@wkblaw.com

Counsel for the Plaintiff, Billie M. Mertes

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BILLIE M. MERTES,

Plaintiff,

v.

INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE,

Defendant.

No. 1:19-cv-1218-AWI-SKO

JOINT STIPULATION AND

PROPOSED ORDER

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Stipulation 2

Plaintiff, Billie M. Mertes, and Defendant, the Internal Revenue Service (Service) 

stipulate that the adequacy of the Service’s search for the requested records is not at issue in this 

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) case. Accordingly, the only remaining issue in this case to 

be resolved upon summary judgment is the appropriateness of the exemptions from disclosure,

which the Service asserted under the FOIA.

Dated: January 31, 2020

RICHARD E. ZUCKERMAN

Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General

/s/ Emily Katherine Miller /s/ Christian A. Speck ________

EMILY K. MILLER (as authorized via email on Jan. 30, 2020)

Trial Attorney, Tax Division CHRISTIAN A. SPECK

United States Department of Justice Wagner Kirkman Blaine

P.O. Box 227 Klomparens & Youmans LLP

Ben Franklin Station 10640 Mather Blvd. Suite 200

Washington, D.C. 20044 Mather, California 95655

(202) 353-7509 (916) 920-5286

Emily.K.Miller@usdoj.gov CSpeck@wkblaw.com

Counsel for the Internal Revenue Service Counsel for Billie M. Mertes

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 31, 2020 

 SENIOR DISTRICT JUDGE

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