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Parties Involved:
United States of America
Defendant
Woodlawn Foundation
Plaintiff

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SCOTT SCHOOLS (SCBN 9990)

United States Attorney

THOMAS MOORE (ASBN 4305-O78T)

Acting Chief, Tax Division

CYNTHIA STIER (DCBN 423256)

Assistant United States Attorney

450 Golden Gate Avenue, Box 36055

San Francisco, California 94102

Telephone: (415) 436-7000

Facsimile: (415) 436-6748

Attorneys for the United States of America

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

WOODLAWN FOUNDATION, )

) Case No. 06-3113-CRB

Plaintiff, )

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v. ) PARTIES’ SECOND STIPULATED

) REQUEST TO EXTEND 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) THE DEADLINE TO 

) REOPEN CASE AND 

Defendant. ) [proposed] ORDER

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) 

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IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED AND RESPECTFULLY

REQUESTED by and between the parties to this action, as reflected by the signatures of their

respective counsel as set forth below, that the deadline to reopen this case should be extended for

an additional one-hundred ninety days, from September 25, 2007 to April 1, 2008, for the reasons

set forth below. This Court previously granted the parties request to extend the deadline to reopen

the case for ninety (90) days, from June 26, 2007 to September 24, 2007. However, the parties are

seeking a further extension in order to consummate the terms of the proposed settlement pursuant

to the timeline described below. 

1. The parties have negotiated concrete terms of a potential settlement, subject

to the approval by the United States Department of Justice, Tax Division, Washington, D.C. The

Internal Revenue Service has been involved in negotiating the terms of the settlement proposal

and are in agreement with those terms. Accordingly, it is necessary to seek approval by the Tax

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Stipulated Request to Extend

Deadline to Reopen Case, 

Case No. 06-3113-CRB 2

Division, as well as implement steps in order to determine whether the settlement terms will

resolve this litigation. The parties submit that additional time is necessary 

The parties contemplate the following timeline for settlement:

a. By September 24, 2007, the Internal Revenue Service will provide written comments to

the proxy materials that Woodlawn Foundation (“Woodlawn”) has drafted for presentation of the

settlement to its Board members for their approval. 

b. By October 1, 2007, the Internal Revenue Service will provide written comments to the

articles that Woodlawn will review and present to its Board for approval of the settlement. 

c. By October 31, 2007, Woodlawn will file a new Form 1024 with the Internal Revenue

Service. Concurrently, Woodlawn will submit its written settlement proposal to the United States

for consideration by the Tax Division, Washington, D.C. 

d. By December 12, 2007, if necessary, Woodlawn members vote on the settlement

proposal. 

e. Subject to approval of the settlement by the Tax Division, by January 31, 2008, the

Internal Revenue Service will issue a favorable determination letter, retroactive to January 1,

2001.

2. The above recited timeline assumes that everything occurs on schedule. In the event

that the Form 1024 and/or member vote is delayed, the Internal Revenue Service determination

letter would also be delayed. Accordingly, the parties represent to the Court that they will

diligently strive to meet the

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Stipulated Request to Extend

Deadline to Reopen Case, 

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deadlines proposed above, however, in the event of an unforseen delay, the parties request

additional time until April 1, 2008, to consummate the terms of the proposed settlement. 

3. In the event that this Court denies this request to extend the deadline to reinstate the

case, the parties seek to have the case reinstated. 

Respectfully submitted,

CARR, McClellan, INGERSOLL,

THOMPSON & HORN

Dated: September 20, 2007 /s/ Lage Andersen 

 LAGE ANDERSEN

Attorney for Plaintiff 

SCOTT SCHOOLS

United States Attorney

Dated: September 20, 2007 By: /s/ Cynthia Stier 

CYNTHIA STIER

Assistant United States Attorney

Attorneys for the United States of America

ORDER

Pursuant to the Stipulation of the parties as set forth above, and for good cause shown,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the date by which any party must notify the Court to

reinstate this case, as set forth in this Court’s Orders entered February 27, 2007, ane June 6, 2007,

and is extended for an additional one-hundred ninety-days, to April 1, 2008. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: 

THE HONORABLE CHARLES W. BREYER

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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Judge Charles R. Breyer

09/21/07

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