STIPULATION TO MODIFY AMENDED ORDER 

SETTING TRIAL DATE & RELATED DATES - 1 

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CHICOINE & HALLETT, P.S. 

719 SECOND AVENUE, SUITE 425 

MILLENNIUM TOWER 

SEATTLE, WA 98104 

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The Honorable Robert S. Lasnik 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 

 

 

MARK G. & BERNEE D. STROM, 

 

 Plaintiffs, 

 

 v. 

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

 

 Defendant. 

 

 

 

 Case No. C06-00802RSL 

 

 

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

TO MODIFY THE AMENDED 

ORDER SETTING TRIAL DATE 

& RELATED DATES OF 

NOVEMBER 21, 2007 

 

 

 

 

The parties, by and through their undersigned counsel, hereby stipulate to 

modifying the Amended Order Setting Trial Date & Related Dates (Docket No. 18) 

entered on November 21, 2007. The parties stipulate to the postponement of the dates 

set forth in the Court’s Minute Order by approximately sixty (60) days to afford the 

parties additional time to explore a potential out-of-court resolution of this case through 

mediation. The parties have contemporaneously filed a motion to assign a mediator to 

this case. 

 

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STIPULATION TO MODIFY AMENDED ORDER 

SETTING TRIAL DATE & RELATED DATES - 2 

3068760.1

CHICOINE & HALLETT, P.S. 

719 SECOND AVENUE, SUITE 425 

MILLENNIUM TOWER 

SEATTLE, WA 98104 

(206) 223-0800 FAX (206) 467-8170 

 

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WHEREFORE, the parties have respectfully stipulated to the following revised 

dates: 

EVENT REVISED 

DATE 

TRIAL DATE September 8, 2008 

All motions related to discovery must be noted on the motion 

calendar no later than the Friday before discovery closes 

pursuant to CR7(d)(3) or CR37(a)(2)(B) 

Discovery completed by May 2, 2008 

All dispositive motions must be filed and noted on the June 6, 2008 

motion calendar by no later than the fourth Friday thereafter 

(see CR 7(d)) 

Settlement conference per CR 39.1(c)(2) held no later than March 31, 2008 

Mediation per CR 39.1(c)(3) held no later than April 30, 2008 

All motions in limine must be filed by August 1, 2008 

and noted on the motion calendar seven judicial days 

thereafter pursuant to CR7(d)(2) 

Agreed pretrial order due August 15, 2008 

Pretrial conference to be scheduled by the Court 

Trial briefs and trial exhibits due August 26, 2008 

 

Length of Trial: 4 days Non Jury 

 

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CHICOINE & HALLETT, P.S. 

719 SECOND AVENUE, SUITE 425 

MILLENNIUM TOWER 

SEATTLE, WA 98104 

(206) 223-0800 FAX (206) 467-8170 

 

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DATED this 15th day of February, 2008. 

CHICOINE & HALLETT, P.S. 

 

 

s/ Cori Flanders-Palmer 

Cori Flanders-Palmer, WSBA# 

34893 

Darrell D. Hallett, WSBA# 00562 

719 Second Avenue, Suite 425 

Seattle, WA 98104 

Telephone: (206) 223-0800 

Facsimile: (206) 467-8170 

 

Attorneys for Mark & Bernee Strom 

 

s/ Jennifer Auchterlonie 

Jennifer Auchterlonie WSBA#29481 

Trial Attorney, Tax Division 

U.S. Department of Justice 

P.O. Box 683 

Washington, D.C. 20044-0683 

Telephone: (202) 514-9593 

Facsimile: (202) 307-0054 

 

Attorney for the United States 

 

IT IS SO ORDERED that the Amended Order Setting Trial Date & Related Dates dated 

November 21, 2007 is amended as set forth in the above stipulation. 

Dated this 25th day of February, 2008.

A

Robert S. Lasnik 

United States District Judge 

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