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Parties Involved:
Lorena Ramos
Plaintiff
Kathryn A. Settle
Defendant
Jeffrey D. Settle
Defendant
United States of America
Plaintiff

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BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

GLEN F. DORGAN (SBN 160502)

Assistant United States Attorney

United States Courthouse

2500 Tulare Street, Suite 4401

Fresno, California 93721

Telephone: (559) 497-4000

Facsimile: (559) 497-4099

Attorneys for Petitioners United States of America

and Revenue Officer Lorena Ramos

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and ) 

LORENA RAMOS, Revenue )

Officer, Internal Revenue Service, )

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Petitioners, )

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v. )

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JEFFREY D. SETTLE, KATHRYN A. )

SETTLE, and JEFFREY D. SETTLE, as )

president of Settco Ltd., )

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Respondent )

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1:09-cv-02254-LJO-DLB

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE:

ENFORCEMENT OF INTERNAL

REVENUE SERVICE SUMMONSES 

Date: February 19, 2010

Time: 9:00 a.m.

Ctrm: 9

Upon review of Petitioners United States of America and Revenue Officer Lorena Ramos’

Verified Petition to Enforce Internal Revenue Service Summonses and the Memorandum of

Points and Authorities filed in support of the petition,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Respondents JEFFREY D. SETTLE, individually and as

president of Settco, Ltd., and KATHRYN A. SETTLE (“Respondents”) appear before United

States Magistrate Judge Dennis L. Beck, in Courtroom No. 9, in the United States Courthouse,

2500 Tulare Street, Fresno, California, 93721, on Friday, February 19, 2010, at 9:00 a.m. to show

cause why they should not be compelled to obey the Internal Revenue Service summonses served

upon them on May 6, 2009 and attached to the United States’ Verified Petition to Enforce

Internal Revenue Service Summons.

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IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this Order to Show Cause,

together with one copy each of the Verified Petition to Enforce Internal Revenue Service

Summonses and the Memorandum of Points and Authorities filed in support of the petition, shall

be served upon Respondents on or before January 22, 2010, unless such service cannot be made

despite reasonable efforts. If Petitioners are unable to serve Respondents despite making

reasonable efforts to do so, the documents may be served by any other means of service permitted

by Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 4(e) or petitioners may request a court order granting leave

to serve by other means. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 81(a)(5).

IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED that within 14 days of service of a copy of this

Order to Show Cause and accompanying papers, Respondents shall file and serve a written

response to the Petition to Enforce Internal Revenue Service Summonses, supported by

appropriate declaration(s), as well as any motions the Respondents desire to make. The United

States may file a reply no later than five days before the hearing. All motions and issues raised by

the Respondents will be considered on the return date of this Order, and any uncontested

allegations in the Verified Petition to Enforce Internal Revenue Service Summonses will be

deemed admitted. Issues that are not raised by motion, or are not brought into controversy by the

responsive pleadings and supported by declaration(s), will not be considered on the return date of

this Order.

IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED that if the summonses are ordered to be

enforced, the Court shall retain jurisdiction to enforce its order by its contempt power.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 8, 2010 /s/ Dennis L. Beck

3b142a UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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