USA v. Approximately $133,803.53 in U.S. Currency seized from Washington Mutual Bank et al

Filing 22

ORDER signed by Judge Frank C. Damrell, Jr. on 8/17/09 ORDERING that the parties shall submit a further Joint Status Report on or before 9/21/09. (Engbretson, K.)

1 LAWRENCE G. BROWN United States Attorney 2 SARALYN M. ANG-OLSON, SBN 197404 Special Assistant United States Attorney 3 501 I Street, Suite 10-100 Sacramento, CA 95814 4 Telephone: [phone] Attorneys for Plaintiff United States of America 6 7 8 9 10 11 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) APPROXIMATELY $133,803.53 IN U.S. ) CURRENCY SEIZED FROM WASHINGTON ) MUTUAL BANK, N.A., ACCOUNT ) #4420842802, HELD IN THE NAME OF ) ADVANTAGE FINANCIAL GROUP HOLDINGS ) MANAGEMENT LLC, and ) ) APPROXIMATELY $328,495.75 IN U.S. ) CURRENCY SEIZED FROM WASHINGTON ) MUTUAL BANK, N.A., ACCOUNT ) #4412174338, HELD IN THE NAME OF ) LOOMIS WEALTH SOLUTIONS LLC, ) ) Defendants. ) ) 2:09-CV-00461-FCD-KJM STIPULATED REQUEST FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE FURTHER JOINT STATUS REPORT; ORDER IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Pursuant to Rule 6-144(a) of the Local Rules of Practice for

23 the United States District Court, Eastern District of California, 24 Plaintiff United States of America ("Plaintiff") and claimant 25 Flagstar Bank ("Flagstar") (collectively, the "Parties"), by and 26 through their respective counsel, agree to and hereby request 27 that the further joint status report currently due on 28 August 18, 2009, pursuant to the Court's Order filed on April 9,

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1 2009, be continued for approximately 34 days, or effectively be 2 due on September 21, 2009. 3 The Parties make this request for the following reason:

4 Plaintiff and Flagstar are in the process of exploring possible 5 options for resolving this dispute. Counsel for both Parties are

6 diligently investigating the possible options in the effort to 7 determine the feasibility and/or advisability of various possible 8 outcomes. Under the circumstances, the Parties are not in a

9 position to contribute meaningfully either to the process of 10 conferring on the matter as required by Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(f) or 11 to the preparation of a resulting joint status report that 12 outlines discovery and other plans of proceeding in litigation as 13 anticipated by the Court's Order on April 9, 2009. 14 As soon as the need has become apparent, the Parties without

15 delay hereby make their request pursuant to Rule 6-144(d). 16 See L. R. 6-144(d). 17 The Parties have previously sought and received two prior

18 extensions of a total period of 79 days to file a joint status 19 report. See L. R. 6-144(b). LAWRENCE G. BROWN United States Attorney

20 Date: August 14, 2009 21 22 23 24 25 Date: August 14, 2009 26 27 28

/s/ Saralyn M. Ang-Olson SARALYN M. ANG-OLSON Special Assistant U.S. Attorney

/s/ Janet Sherman JANET SHERMAN Attorney for Claimant Flagstar Bank (Attorney signature retained on file) 2

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ORDER For the reasons set forth above, the Parties shall submit a

3 further Joint Status Report on or before September 21, 2009. 4 IT IS SO ORDERED. 5 6 7 Dated: August 17, 2009 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 FRANK C. DAMRELL, JR. UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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