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Thomas H. Bienert, Jr., CA State Bar No. 135311

(Admitted Pro Hac Vice)

tbienert@bmkattorneys.com

Kenneth M. Miller, CA State Bar No. 151874

(Admitted Pro Hac Vice)

kmiller@bmkattorneys.com

Anthony R. Bisconti, CA State Bar No. 269230

(Admitted Pro Hac Vice)

tbisconti@bmkattorneys.com

Whitney Z. Bernstein, CA State Bar No. 304917

(Admitted Pro Hac Vice)

wbernstein@bmkattorneys.com

BIENERT, MILLER & KATZMAN, PLC

903 Calle Amanecer, Suite 350

San Clemente, California 92673

Telephone (949) 369-3700 / Facsimile (949) 369-3701

Attorneys for James Larkin

Paul J. Cambria, Jr., NY State Bar No. 15873

(Admitted Pro Hac Vice)

pcambria@lglaw.com

Erin McCampbell, NY State Bar No. 4480166

(Admitted Pro Hac Vice)

emccampbell@lglaw.com

LIPSITZ GREEN SCIME CAMBRIA LLP

42 Delaware Avenue, Suite 120

Buffalo, New York 14202

Telephone (716) 849-1333 / Facsimile (716) 855-1580

Attorneys for Michael Lacey

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

United States of America,

 Plaintiff,

 vs.

Michael Lacey, et al., 

 Defendants.

Case No. CR-18-00422-PHX-SPL (BSB)

MOTION FOR LEAVE TO LATE FILE 

REPLY ON CROSS-MOTION FOR 

DISCOVERY IN RESPONSE TO UNITED 

STATES’ MOTION TO RESOLVE 

PRIVILEGE ISSUES (First Request)

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MOTION FOR LEAVE TO LATE FILE REPLY ON CROSS-MOTION FOR DISCOVERY IN RESPONSE 

TO UNITED STATES’ MOTION TO RESOLVE PRIVILEGE ISSUES (FIRST REQUEST)

James Larkin, by and through counsel, Bienert, Miller & Katzman, PLC, and Michael 

Lacey, by and through counsel, Lipsitz Green Scime Cambria LLP, respectfully move this 

Court for an order granting leave to late file their Reply on Cross-Motion for Discovery in 

Response to United States’ Motion to Resolve Privilege Issues. 

Defendants’ Reply on Cross-Motion for Discovery in Response to the United States’ 

Motion to Resolve Privilege Issues is being filed late due to the press of other business that 

counsel has been addressing in this matter including but not limited to: the government’s 

continuing seizure of defendants’ assets, the issuance of seizure warrants in the Central 

District of California, the seizure of law firm retainers, defense counsel’s efforts to elicit 

cooperation to obtain discovery necessary for the pending motions, the government’s 

demand for return of documents previously produced, and other pending motions. 

The Court has set oral argument on the government’s Motion and defendants’ CrossMotion for October 4, 2018 at 1:30 p.m. (See Dkt. No. 291). The government’s response 

to Defendants’ Cross-Motion was filed on August 17, 2018 (see Dkt. No. 269). Defendants

recognize that under the local rules, their timely reply to the government’s responsive 

pleading was therefore due August 24, 2018. Counsel apologizes for the delay in filing and, 

on behalf of Mr. Larkin and Mr. Lacey, respectfully requests that the Court allow this Reply 

on Cross-Motion for Discovery in Response to United States’ Motion to Resolve Privilege 

Issues be filed as of September 4, 2018. Defendants submit that, because this is a reply 

brief to which no further response is permitted, with oral argument one month away, the 

government will not be prejudiced if the Court accepts Defendants’ Reply brief late.

Counsel conferred with government counsel regarding this request. The government, 

through Assistant U.S. Attorney Kevin M. Rapp, opposes this request. 

For the above reasons, Mr. Larkin and Mr. Lacey respectfully move for leave to late 

file his Reply on Cross-Motion for Discovery in Response to United States’ Motion to 

Resolve Privilege Issues. 

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MOTION FOR LEAVE TO LATE FILE REPLY ON CROSS-MOTION FOR DISCOVERY IN RESPONSE 

TO UNITED STATES’ MOTION TO RESOLVE PRIVILEGE ISSUES (FIRST REQUEST)

Respectfully submitted,

Dated: September 4, 2018 /s/ Thomas H. Bienert, Jr.

BIENERT, MILLER & KATZMAN, PLC

Attorneys for James Larkin

/s/ Paul J. Cambria Jr.

LIPSITZ GREEN SCIME CAMBRIA LLP

Attorneys for Michael Lacey

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MOTION FOR LEAVE TO LATE FILE REPLY ON CROSS-MOTION FOR DISCOVERY IN RESPONSE 

TO UNITED STATES’ MOTION TO RESOLVE PRIVILEGE ISSUES (FIRST REQUEST)

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I certify that on this 4th day of September, 2018, I electronically transmitted a 

PDF version of this document to the Clerk of Court, using the CM/ECF System, for 

filing and for transmittal of a Notice of Electronic Filing to the following CM/ECF 

registrants listed below.

s/ Toni Thomas

 Toni Thomas

CM/ECF Registrants: 

Reginald Jones, reginald.jones4@usdoj.gov 

Peter Kozinets, peter.kozinets@usdoj.gov 

Margaret Perlmeter, margaret.perlmeter@usdoj.gov 

Kevin Rapp, kevin.rapp@usdoj.gov 

Andrew Stone, andrew.stone@usdoj.gov 

Paul Cambria, pcambria@lglaw.com 

Tom Bienert, tbienert@bmkattorneys.com 

Bruce Feder, bf@federlawpa.com 

Michael Kimerer, mdk@kimerer.com 

Stephen Weiss, sweiss@karpweiss.com

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