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Parties Involved:
Sigurd Anderson
Defendant
United States of America
Plaintiff

Document Text:

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING 

PETITIONER UNITED STATES OF AMERICA'S 

PETITION TO ENFORCE IRS SUMMONS 

Civil No. 3:15-cv-04345-JST

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BRIAN J. STRETCH (CABN 163973) 

Acting United States Attorney 

THOMAS MOORE (ALBN 4305-O78T) 

Chief, Tax Division 

MICHAEL G. PITMAN (DCBN 484164) 

Assistant United States Attorney, Tax Division 

150 Almaden Boulevard, Suite 900 

San Jose, CA 95113 

Telephone: (408) 535-5040 

Facsimile: (408) 535-5081 

michael.g.pitman@usdoj.gov 

 

Attorneys for the United States of America 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

United States of America, 

 Petitioner, 

 v. 

Sigurd Anderson, 

 Respondent. 

Civil No. 3:15-cv-04345-JST 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

GRANTING PETITIONER UNITED 

STATES OF AMERICA'S PETITION TO 

ENFORCE IRS SUMMONS 

 

 IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED by Petitioner the United States of America, and 

Respondent Sigurd Anderson, by and through undersigned counsel:

1. This Stipulation is entered into by and between all parties to this matter 

2. The Court has jurisdiction over this matter under 26 U.S. C. §§ 7402(b) & 7604(a), and 28 

U.S.C. § 1345, and venue is proper in the Northern District of California pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1391. 

 3. The United States has established, by way of its Verified Petition to Enforce Internal 

Revenue Service Summons and the Declaration in support thereof, a prima facie case under United 

States v. Powell, 379 U.S. 48 (1964) for enforcement of the Internal Revenue Service summons dated 

June 24, 2015, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 2 to the United States’ Petition. 

 4. Respondent does not seek to rebut the government’s prima facia showing. 

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 5. The United States is entitled to entry of the [Proposed] Order attached hereto enforcing 

the summons at issue, and ordering Respondent to comply therewith. 

Respectfully submitted this 21st day of November, 2016, 

 BRIAN J. STRETCH 

Acting United States Attorney 

s/ Michael G. Pitman 

MICHAEL G. PITMAN 

Assistant United States Attorney, Tax Division 

Attorneys for United States of America 

s/ Jay R. Weill 

JAY R. WEILL 

SIDEMAN & BANCROFT LLP 

One Embarcadero Center, Twenty-Second Floor 

San Francisco, California 94111-3711 

E-Mail: jweill@sideman.com 

Telephone: (415) 392-1960 

Facsimile: (415) 392-0827 

Attorneys for Respondent Sigurd Anderson 

 

[PROPOSED] ORDER 

 Based upon the Stipulation of the parties, the United States’ Verified Petition to Enforce Internal 

Revenue Service Summons, the Declaration in support thereof, and for good cause shown, IT IS 

HEREBY ORDERED as follows: 

 1. The United States has established a prima facie case under United States v. Powell, 379 

U.S. 48 (1964) for enforcement of the Internal Revenue Service summons at issue, and Respondent does 

not seek to rebut the government’s prima facia showing. Accordingly, the Court GRANTS the United 

States’ petition to enforce the Internal Revenue Service summons attached as Exhibit 2 to the United 

States’ Petition. 

 2. Respondent Sigurd Anderson is ORDERED to appear before Revenue Agent Sarah Ho, 

or any other proper officer or employee of the IRS, at such time and place as may be set by Revenue 

Agent Ho or her designee, and produce the documents and give the testimony called for by the terms of 

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the summons dated June 24, 2015, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 2 to the United States’ petition 

to enforce the IRS summons. 

 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Date: ________________ _________________________________ 

 HONORABLE JON S. TIGAR 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

November 21, 2016

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

 Judge Jon S. Tigar 

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