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

Filing 8

ORDER 7 signed by Judge Frank C. Damrell, Jr. on 4/9/2009 GRANTING the parties an extension of time until 5/20/09 to file a Joint Status Report. (Krueger, M)

1 LAWRENCE G. BROWN Acting United States Attorney 2 SARALYN M. ANG-OLSON, SBN 197404 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 ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) APPROXIMATELY $133,803.53 IN ) U.S. CURRENCY SEIZED FROM ) WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, ET AL.) ) ) ) Defendants. ) ______________________________) 2:09-CV-00461-FCD-KJM ORDER FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE JOINT STATUS REPORT IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DATE: N/A TIME: N/A COURTROOM: N/A

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

20 the United States District Court, Eastern District of California, 21 Plaintiff United States of America ("Plaintiff") hereby requests 22 that the joint status report currently due on April 20, 2009, in 23 the above-captioned matter be continued for approximately 30 24 days, or effectively be due on May 20, 2009. 25 See L. R. 6-144(a).

Plaintiff makes this request for the following reasons:

26 On March 18, 2009, potential claimant, Lawrence Leland "Lee" 27 Loomis ("Loomis") was granted an extension of time to file his 28 claim to the defendant currency to April 27, 2009, because he 1

1 needed additional time to seek legal representation for the 2 above-captioned civil action. 3 this action. Loomis has not filed any claim in

Nor has Loomis presented any counsel in a position

4 to contribute meaningfully either to the process of conferring on 5 this civil matter as required by Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(f) or to the 6 preparation of a resulting joint status report as required by the 7 Court's Order dated February 18, 2009. 8 Without delay, counsel for Plaintiff hereby makes the

9 request for an extension of time pursuant to Rule 6-144(d). 10 See L. R. 6-144(d). 11 As further required pursuant to Rule 6-144(b), the Plaintiff

12 hereby represents that no prior extensions of time have been 13 sought in regard to the filing of the joint status report. 14 L. R. 6-144(b). 15 Dated: April 20, 2009 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 ORDER For the reasons set forth above, the parties shall submit a LAWRENCE G. BROWN Acting United States Attorney See

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

23 joint status report on or before May 20, 2009. 24 IT IS SO ORDERED. 25 26 Dated: April 9, 2009 27 28

_______________________________________ FRANK C. DAMRELL, JR. UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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