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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff,

v.

KENDELL LANG; KENDELL LANG, as

Personal Representative of the ESTATE OF

PATRICIA LANG; CASCADE

PROFESSIONAL TRUST, 

KENDELL LANG, Trustee; NATIONAL

PROPERTY TRUST; WHITE MEMORIAL

MEDICAL CENTER; STATE OF

CALIFORNIA, FRANCHISE TAX BOARD,

Defendants.

Civil No. 06-cv-2648-JM-LSP

ORDER OF FORECLOSURE AND

JUDICIAL SALE

PURSUANT to the Order Granting the United States’ Motion for Summary Judgment, filed

herewith, and 28 U.S.C. §§ 2001 & 2002, and 26 U.S.C. §§ 7402 & 7403, it is FURTHER ORDERED as

follows:

1. Execution of this Order of Foreclosure and Judicial Sale shall be delayed for ten days

from the date of entry. Should Defendants Kendell Lang, the Estate of Patricia Lang, or the Cascade

Professional Trust file a timely notice of appeal of this Order of Foreclosure, execution of this Order of

Foreclosure shall be stayed pending the resolution of the appeal. However, once this Order of

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Foreclosure is executed, it shall act as a special writ of execution and no further orders or process from

the Court shall be required.

2. Defendants Kendell Lang and the Estate of Patricia Lang are indebted to Plaintiff, the

United States of America (“United States”) for unpaid assessed balances of federal income taxes for the

1993 and 1995 tax years, plus interest and statutory additions accruing after the dates of assessment

pursuant to 26 U.S.C. §§ 6601, 6621 and 6622, and 28 U.S.C. § 1961(c) until paid. On July 25, 2008, the

Court entered judgment in favor of the United States and against Kendell Lang and the Estate of Patricia

Lang for federal income tax liabilities arising from the 1993 and 1995 tax years, plus interest and

penalties, calculated through April 30, 2008, in the amount of $296,107.92, and such additional statutory

additions, including interest, that continues to accrue until paid in full. 

3. Defendant Kendell Lang is indebted to the United States for unpaid assessed balances of

federal income taxes for the 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2004 tax years, plus interest and statutory

additions accruing after the dates of assessment pursuant to 26 U.S.C. §§ 6601, 6621 and 6622, and 28

U.S.C. § 1961(c) until paid. On July 25, 2008, the Court entered judgment in favor of the United States

and against Kendell Lang for federal income tax liabilities arising from the 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, and

2004 tax years, plus interest and penalties, calculated through April 30, 2008, in the amount of

$102,476.89, and such additional statutory additions, including interest, that continues to accrue until

paid in full.

4. The Estate of Patricia Lang is indebted to the United States for unpaid assessed balances

of penalties under 26 U.S.C. §§ 6651(a)(1), 6651(a)(2), and 6654 for the 2002 tax years plus interest and

statutory additions accruing after the dates of assessment pursuant to 26 U.S.C. §§ 6601, 6621 and 6622,

and 28 U.S.C. § 1961(c) until paid. On July 25, 2008, the Court entered judgment in favor of the United

States and against the Estate of Patricia Lang for federal income tax liabilities arising from the 2002 tax

year, plus interest and penalties, calculated through April 30, 2008, in the amount of $39,227.66, and

such additional statutory additions, including interest, that continues to accrue until paid in full.

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5. The property upon which foreclosure is residential real property located at 2605 Lone

Jack Road, Encinitas, California (“the Subject Property”), and legally described as follows:

PARCEL 1 OF PARCEL MAP NO. 14474 IN THE CITY OF INCOGNITAS, FILED IN

THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY,

SEPTEMBER 19, 1886, AS FILE NO. 86-415214 OF OFFICIAL RECORDS.

Defendant Cascade Professional Trust acquired title to this Subject Property by individual grant deed

filed with the San Diego County Recorder’s Office on December 3, 1993. In the Order filed herewith,

the Court entered judgment in favor of the United States finding that Cascade Professional Trust holds

the above-described Subject Property as a nominee of Kendell Lang.

6. On March 3, 1997, and November 21, 2005, a duly authorized delegate of the Secretary of

the Treasury, made assessments against Kendell Lang and Patricia Lang for unpaid federal income taxes,

penalties, interest, and other statutory additions for the tax period ending December 31, 1993.

7. On December 9, 1996, and November 21, 2005, a duly authorized delegate of the

Secretary of the Treasury, made assessments against Kendell Lang and Patricia Lang for unpaid federal

income taxes, penalties, interest, and other statutory additions for the tax period ending December 31,

1995.

8. On March 27, 2006, a duly authorized delegate of the Secretary of the Treasury, made

assessments against Kendell Lang for unpaid federal income taxes, penalties, interest, and other statutory

additions for the tax period ending December 31, 1999, and December 31, 2000.

9. On May 15, 2006, and July 3, 2006, a duly authorized delegate of the Secretary of the

Treasury, made assessments against Kendell Lang for unpaid federal income taxes, penalties, interest,

and other statutory additions for the tax period ending December 31, 2001.

10. On March 27, 2006, and May 15, 2006, a duly authorized delegate of the Secretary of the

Treasury, made assessments against Kendell Lang for unpaid federal income taxes, penalties, interest,

and other statutory additions for the tax period ending December 31, 2002.

11. On October 30, 2006, a duly authorized delegate of the Secretary of the Treasury, made

assessments against Kendell Lang for unpaid federal income taxes, penalties, interest, and other statutory

additions for the tax period ending December 31, 2004.

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12. On April 3, 2006, and May 22, 2006, a duly authorized delegate of the Secretary of the

Treasury, made assessments against Patricia Lang for unpaid federal income taxes, penalties, interest,

and other statutory additions for the tax period ending December 31, 2002.

13. The United States has valid and subsisting tax liens on all property and rights to property

of Defendants Kendell Lang and the Estate of Patricia Lang, including the Subject Property, arising from

the above-described assessments, which tax liens are effective as of the dates of those assessments. 

14. Section 7403 of Title 26, United States Code entitles the United States to enforce its liens

against the Subject Property in order to apply the proceeds towards the tax liabilities of Defendants

Kendell Lang and the Estate of Patricia Lang.

15. The United States’ liens against the Subject Property are hereby foreclosed. 

16. The United States Marshal for the Southern District of California, his/her representative,

or an Internal Revenue Service Property Appraisal and Liquidation Specialist (“PALS”), is authorized

and directed under 28 U.S.C. §§ 2001 & 2002 to offer for public sale and to sell the Subject Property. 

The United States may choose either the United States Marshal or a PALS to carry out the sale of the

Subject Property under this Order and shall make the arrangements for any sale as set forth in this Order. 

17. The Marshal, his or her representative, or a PALS representative is authorized to have free

access to the Subject Property and to take all actions necessary to preserve the Subject Property,

including, but not limited to, retaining locksmiths or other persons to change or install locks or other

security devices on any part of the Subject Property, until the Subject Property are delivered to the

ultimate purchasers.

18. The terms and conditions of the sale of the Subject Property are as follows:

a. The sale of the Subject Property shall be free and clear of the interests of all

parties to this lawsuit;

b. The sale of the Subject Property shall be subject to building lines, if established,

all laws, ordinances, and governmental regulations (including building and zoning

ordinances) affecting the Subject Property, and easements and restrictions of

record, if any;

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c. The sale of the Subject Property shall be held at the courthouse of the county or

city in which the Subject Property is located, on the premises of the Subject

Property, or at any other place in accordance with the provisions of 28 U.S.C. §§

2001 and 2002;

d. The date and time for the sale of the Subject Property is to be announced by the

United States Marshal, his/her representative, or a PALS;

e. Notice of the sale of the Subject Property shall be published once a week for at

least four consecutive weeks before the sale in at least one newspaper regularly

issued and of general circulation in the county in which the Subject Property is

located, and, at the discretion of the Marshal, his/her representative, or a PALS, by

any other notice deemed appropriate. The notice shall contain a description of the

Subject Property for sale and shall contain the terms and conditions of sale in this

order of sale;

f. The minimum bid will be set by the Internal Revenue Service. If minimum bid is

not met or exceeded, the Marshal, his or her representative, or a PALS may,

without further permission of this Court, and under the terms and conditions in this

order of sale, hold a new public sale, if necessary, and reduce the minimum bid or

sell to second highest bidder;

g. The successful bidder shall be required to deposit at the time of the sale with the

Marshal, his/her representative, or a PALS, a minimum of ten percent of the bid,

with the deposit to be made by certified or cashier’s check payable to the United

States District Court for the Southern District of California.

h. Before being permitted to bid at the sale of the Subject Property, bidders shall

display to the Marshal, his/her representative, or a PALS proof that they are able

to comply with this requirement. No bids will be received from any persons who

have not presented proof that, if they are the successful bidders, they can make the

deposit required by this Order;

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i. The balance of the purchase price for the Subject Property is to be paid to the

United States Marshall or a PALS (whichever person is conducting the sale)

within 20 days after the date the bid is accepted, by a certified or cashier’s check

payable to the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. 

If the bidder fails to fulfill this requirement, the deposit shall be forfeited and shall

be applied to cover the expenses of the sale, including commissions due under 28

U.S.C. § 1921(c), with any amount remaining to be distributed in accordance with

numbered paragraph 21, below. The Subject Property shall be again offered for

sale under the terms and conditions of this Order;

j. The sale of the Subject Property shall be subject to confirmation by this Court. 

The Marshal or a PALS shall file a report of sale with the Court, together with a

proposed order of confirmation of the sale and a proposed deed, within 20 days

from the date of receipt of the balance of the purchase price for the Subject

Property;

k. On confirmation of the sale of the Subject Property, the Internal Revenue Service

shall execute and deliver a deed of judicial sale conveying the Subject Property

sold to the purchaser;

l. On confirmation of the sale of the Subject Property, all interests in, liens against,

or claims to, the Subject Property that are held or asserted by any party to this

action are discharged and extinguished;

m. The sale of the Subject Property is ordered pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2001, and is

made without rights of redemption.

19. Until the Subject Property is sold, Defendant Kendell Lang shall take all reasonable steps

necessary to preserve the Subject Property (including all buildings, improvements, fixtures and

appurtenances on the Subject Property) in its current condition including, without limitation, maintaining

a fire and casualty insurance policy on the Subject Property. He shall neither commit waste against the

Subject Property nor cause or permit anyone else to do so. He shall neither do anything that tends to

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reduce the value or marketability of the Subject Property nor cause or permit anyone else to do so. He

shall not record any instruments, publish any notice, or take any other action (such as running newspaper

advertisements or posting signs) that may directly or indirectly tend to adversely affect the value of the

Subject Property or that may tend to deter or discourage potential bidders from participating in the public

auction, nor shall he cause or permit anyone else to do so. 

20. All persons occupying the Subject Property shall leave and vacate the Subject Property

permanently within 60 days of the service of a copy of this Order on any such persons, each taking with

them his or her personal property (but leaving all improvements, buildings, fixtures, and appurtenances

to the Properties). If any person fails or refuses to leave and vacate the Subject Property by the time

specified in this Order, the United States Marshal’s Office, alone, is authorized to take whatever action it

deems appropriate to remove such person from the premises, whether or not the sale of such Subject

Property is being conducted by a PALS. If any person fails or refuses to remove his or her personal

property from the Subject Property by the time specified herein, the personal property remaining on the

Subject Property thereafter is deemed forfeited and abandoned, and the United States Marshal’s Office is

authorized to remove it and to dispose of it in any manner it deems appropriate, including sale, in which

case the proceeds of the sale are to be applied first to the expenses of sale and the balance to be paid into

the Court for further distribution.

21. The proceeds arising from sale are to be paid to the Clerk of this Court and applied as far

as they shall be sufficient to the following items, in the order specified:

a. To the United States Marshal or the PALS (whichever person conducted the sale

as arranged by the United States) for the costs of the sale;

b. Then to all taxes unpaid and matured that are owed to (county, borough or school

district) for real property taxes on the Subject Property;

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c. Any balance remaining after the above payments shall be held by the Clerk until

further order of the Court.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: July 25, 2008

 Hon. Jeffrey T. Miller

 United States District Judge

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