Tahoe Forest Health District v. USA

Filing 10

STIPULATION and ORDER signed by Senior Judge Morrison C. England, Jr. on 3/31/2021 EXTENDING time to 5/25/2021, in which the USA has to file an answer, or otherwise respond to the First Amended Complaint. (Tupolo, A)

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DAVID A. HUBBERT
Acting Assistant Attorney General
BORIS KUKSO
M. BLAIR HLINKA
Trial Attorney, Tax Division
U.S. Department of Justice
P.O. Box 683
Washington, D.C. 20044
202-353-1857 (Kukso)
202-307-6483 (Hlinka)
202-307-0054 (f)
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
Attorneys for United States

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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TAHOE FOREST HEALTH DISTRICT,
Plaintiff,

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v.

No. 2:20-cv-02028-MCE-CKD
STIPULATION AND ORDER TO
EXTEND TIME FOR THE UNITED
STATES TO RESPOND TO PLAINTIFF’S
COMPLAINT (SECOND REQUEST)

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Defendant.

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Pursuant to L.R. 144, Plaintiff, TAHOE FOREST HEALTH DISTRICT (“TFHD”), and

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Defendant, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (“United States”), by and through their

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undersigned counsel, hereby stipulate as follows:

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Plaintiff filed its Complaint with the Court on October 9, 2020 and served the United
States of America on November 20, 2020. On January 22, 2020 the Court approved the parties’

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stipulation that Plaintiff may file an amended complaint and the United States would have sixty

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(60) days from the date of filing the amended complaint to answer or otherwise respond. ECF

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No. 6. On January 25, 2021, Plaintiff filed the First Amended Complaint. ECF No. 7. The

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current deadline to respond is March 26, 2021.
The parties stipulate and request that the United States shall have additional sixty (60)
days, until May 25, 2021, to answer or otherwise respond to the First Amended Complaint. The

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parties are engaged in discussions to resolve some or all the issues and will use the additional
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time to do so. This is the second extension of time requested, and the total period of extensions

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already obtained by the parties is 60 days.

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Dated: March 26, 2021.

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DAVID A. HUBBERT
Acting Assistant Attorney General
/s/William Weissman
WILLIAM HAYS WEISSMAN
LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C.
Treat Towers
1255 Treat Boulevard
Suite 600
Walnut Creek, CA 94597
925-932-2468 (v)
925-946-9809 (f)
[e-mail]

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/s/ Boris Kukso
BORIS KUKSO
M. BLAIR HLINKA
Trial Attorney, Tax Division
U.S. Department of Justice
P.O. Box 683
Washington, D.C. 20044
202-353-1857 (Kukso)
202-307-6483 (Hlinka)
202-307-0054 (f)
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
Attorneys for United States

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: March 31, 2021

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