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Parties Involved:
Lowell Baisden
Defendant
United States of America
Plaintiff

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BAKERSFIELD DIVISION

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, )

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Plaintiff, ) Civil No. 1:06-cv-01368-OWW-TAG

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v. ) Order on Plaintiff’s Motion to Re- 

) Open Discovery and Continue Trial

LOWELL BAISDEN, )

) Hearing: March 3, 2008, 9:30 a.m.

Defendant. ) March 21, 2008, 9:00 a.m.

) Hon. Oliver W. Wanger

The parties appeared before the Court for a supplemental status conference on March 21,

2008 on the Motion of the United States to re-open discovery, to continue trial and other dates,

and to compel responses to discovery requests. (Doc. 131.) Upon consideration of the arguments

of the parties at the initial hearing and supplemental status conference, and the parties’ prior

written submissions, (Docs. 135, 137, 140), the Court finds that the defendant’s failure to

respond to written discovery and the imminence of the criminal investigation of Baisden

constitute sufficient cause to reopen discovery through and including April 21, 2008. The United

States will be allowed to conduct depositions only of those persons not subject to the Court’s

subpoena power – witnesses outside of California-- and must complete such depositions on or

before April 21, 2008. The United States has not shown sufficient cause to continue the trial

currently scheduled for June 17, 2008 because this matter has been pending for more than one

year.

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Plaintiff’s Motion to Re-Open Discovery is hereby GRANTED, subject to the above

limitations. The discovery deadline is set for April 21, 2008.

Plaintiff’s Motion to Continue Trial is DENIED. The trial will take place on June 17,

2008. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

/s/ OLIVER W. WANGER

Hon. Oliver W. Wanger

United States District Judge

Dated: April 1, 2008 

Prepared and Submitted, this 26th day of March, 2008, by:

McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

 /s/ Jacqueline Brown

Jacqueline C. Brown

Trial Attorney, Tax Division

U.S. Department of Justice

Post Office Box 7238

Washington, D.C. 20044

Attorneys for Plaintiff, United States

 /s/ Lara Z. Moriarty *

Lara Z. Moriarty, Esq.

Jerry D. Casheros, Esq.

Mccormick, Barstow, Sheppard Wayte & Carruth, Llp

5 River Park Place East

Fresno, California 93720

 /s/ Emily J. Kingston *

Emily J. Kingston, Esq.

Sideman & Bancroft LLP

One Embarcadero Center, Eighth Floor

San Francisco, CA 94111-3629

Arthur Pearson, Esq.

Murphy, Pearson, Bradley & Feeney

88 Kearny Street, #1100

San Francisco, CA 94108

Attorneys for Defendant Lowell Baisden

* signed by Jacqueline C. Brown with permission of Lara Z. Moriarty and Emily J. Kingston

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