United States v. Shearer et al

Filing 110

ORDER signed by District Judge Troy L. Nunley on 4/23/2020 GRANTING 109 Joint Request to Extend Fact Discovery and other Pretrial Deadlines. The deadline for fact discovery is CONTINUED from 6/15/2020, to 9/15/2020. All pretrial deadlines set fort h in the Court's 2/25/2020 Order are CONTINUED for 90 days. The Court will RESET the Final Pretrial Conference and Trial currently scheduled for 8/20/2020, and 10/26/2020, respectively, by further court order. The Parties shall file a Joint Status Report on or before 9/15/2020 to advise the Court of the status of this case. (Zignago, K.)

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RICHARD E. ZUCKERMAN
Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General

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CHRISTIAN MEJIA
Trial Attorney, Tax Division
U.S. Department of Justice
P.O. Box 683
Washington, D.C. 20044
202-305-7548 (v)
202-307-0054 (f)
[e-mail]
McGREGOR W. SCOTT
United States Attorney
Eastern District of California
Of Counsel

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Attorneys for the United States of America
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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ORDER ON JOINT REQUEST TO
EXTEND FACT DISCOVERY AND
OTHER PRETRIAL DEADLINES DUE TO
COVID-19 GLOBAL PANDEMIC

Plaintiff,

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No. 2:12-CV-02334-TLN-DB

United States of America,

v.
L. Richard Shearer; Diane Shearer; Stanley
Swenson as Trustee of the Hotlum Trust,
Berryvale Trust, and Regency Trust; et al.;

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Defendants.

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On April 22, 2020, the parties filed a “Joint Request to Extend Fact Discovery and other
Pretrial Deadlines due to COVID-19 Global Pandemic.”

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In consideration of the Joint Request and for good cause shown, IT IS HEREBY
ORDERED:

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(1)

September 15, 2020;

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The deadline for fact discovery is CONTINUED from June 15, 2020, to

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All pretrial deadlines set forth in the Court’s February 25, 2020 Order are

CONTINUED for 90 days;

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(3)

for August 20, 2020, and October 26, 2020, respectively, by further court order; and

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The Parties shall file a Joint Status Report on or before September 15, 2020 to

advise the Court of the status of this case.

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The Court will RESET the Final Pretrial Conference and Trial currently scheduled

IT IS SO ORDERED.
DATED: April 23, 2020

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Troy L. Nunley
United States District Judge

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Order

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