Mertes v. Internal Revenue Service

Filing 40

JOINT STIPULATION OF PARTIAL DISMISSAL AND ORDER signed by District Judge Anthony W. Ishii on 2/18/2021.(Gonzales, V)

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DAVID HUBBERT
Acting Assistant Attorney General
EMILY K. MILLER
Trial Attorney, Tax Division
United States Department of Justice
P.O. Box 227
Ben Franklin Station
Washington, D.C. 20044
[phone]
[e-mail]
Counsel for the Defendant, the Internal Revenue Service

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CHRISTIAN A. SPECK
WAGNER KIRKMAN BLAINE KLOMPARENS & YOUMANS LLP
10640 Mather Blvd. Suite 200
Mather, California 95655
[phone]
[e-mail]
Counsel for the Plaintiff, Billie M. Mertes

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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BILLIE M. MERTES,

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No. 1:19-cv-1218-AWI-SKO

Plaintiff,
v.

JOINT STIPULATION OF PARTIAL
DISMISSAL AND PROPOSED ORDER

INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE,
Defendant.

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Joint Stipulation of Partial Dismissal

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Plaintiff, Billie M. Mertes, and Defendant, the Internal Revenue Service (Service) hereby

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stipulate to dismiss with prejudice all remaining claims on the merits in this Freedom of

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Information Act action. However, the Court shall retain jurisdiction to adjudicate briefing on a

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motion for attorney’s fees and costs that Plaintiff Mertes may file.

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Dated: February 18, 2021
DAVID HUBBERT
Acting Assistant Attorney General
/s/ Emily Katherine Miller
EMILY K. MILLER
Trial Attorney, Tax Division
United States Department of Justice
P.O. Box 227
Ben Franklin Station
Washington, D.C. 20044
[phone]
[e-mail]
Counsel for the Internal Revenue Service

/s/ Christian A. Speck ________
(as authorized via email on Feb. 18, 2021)
CHRISTIAN A. SPECK
Wagner Kirkman Blaine
Klomparens & Youmans LLP
10640 Mather Blvd. Suite 200
Mather, California 95655
[phone]
[e-mail]
Counsel for Billie M. Mertes

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: February 18, 2021
SENIOR DISTRICT JUDGE

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Joint Stipulation of Partial Dismissal

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