Alexandre Balkanski Trading Partner, LP et al v. United States Of America

Filing 22

ORDER continuing cmc to 2/6/09. Signed by Judge Illston on 11/13/08. (ts, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 11/13/2008)

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Case 3:08-cv-02494-SI Document 21 Filed 11/12/2008 Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 JOSEPH P. RUSSONIELLO United States Attorney THOMAS MOORE Assistant United States Attorney Chief, Tax Division DAVID L. DENIER Assistant United States Attorney 10th Floor Federal Building 450 Golden Gate Avenue, Box 36055 San Francisco, California 94102 Telephone: (415) 436-6888 Fax: (415) 436-6748 W. CARL HANKLA (DCBN 41165) Trial Attorney, Tax Division United States Department of Justice P.O. Box 683, Ben Franklin Station Washington, D.C. 20044 Telephone: (202) 307-6448 Fax: (202) 307-0054 E-mail: w.carl.hankla@usdoj.gov IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE 12 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 13 SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED by the plaintiffs and defendant, pursuant to Local 22 Rule 6-1(a), that (1) the defendant shall have an additional extension of time, from November 14, 2008 23 through January 14, 2009, in which to answer or otherwise respond to the complaint, and (2) the case 24 management conference, currently scheduled for December 5, 2008, should be continued to February 6, 25 2009 or later, with the joint case management statement due a week before the conference. 26 27 28 S T I P U L A T I O N FOR EXTENSION OF TIME ALEXANDRE BALKANSKI TRADING PARTNER, LO; AAB & SB, LLC, Tax Matters Partner; ALEXANDRE BALKANSKI, Sole Member-Manager, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) CV 08-002494 SI STIPULATION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO ANSWER AND CONTINUANCE OF CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE No. CV-08-002494 SI -1- Case 3:08-cv-02494-SI Document 21 Filed 11/12/2008 Page 2 of 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 The parties respectfully represent they have good cause for making this request: 1. This case is complex federal tax proceeding. It arises from the Internal Revenue Service's proposed disallowance of millions of dollars of losses the plaintiff partnership claimed on federal tax returns by means of an allegedly abusive tax shelter. See IRS Notice 2002-35 (identifying "notional principal contract" shelters and warning that "the tax benefits purportedly generated by these transactions are not allowable for federal income tax purposes"). The plaintiffs contend that the positions taken on the tax returns were correct. 2. The parties are discussing a possible settlement based on terms similar to those on which other cases involving this type of tax shelter have been settled. 3. Postponement of the answer due date and case management conference date while settlement discussions continue would be in the interest of judicial economy. DATED this 12th day of November, 2008. 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 UNIT ED S 14 S DISTRICT TE C TA ER A LI FO u Judge S san Illst on R NIA O OR IT IS S DERED JOSEPH P. RUSSONIELLO United States Attorney THOMAS MOORE Assistant United States Attorney Chief, Tax Division DAVID L. DENIER Assistant United States Attorney 10th Floor Federal Building 450 Golden Gate Avenue, Box 36055 San Francisco, California 94102 Telephone: (415) 436-6888 Fax: (415) 436-6748 /s/ W. Carl Hankla W. CARL HANKLA Trial Attorney, Tax Division United States Department of Justice P.O. Box 683, Ben Franklin Station Washington, D.C. 20044 Telephone: (202) 307-6448 Fax: (202) 307-0054 E-mail: w.carl.hankla@usdoj.gov RT U O S T I P U L A T I O N FOR EXTENSION OF TIME No. CV-08-002494 SI NO RT H N D IS T IC T R OF C -2- Case 3:08-cv-02494-SI Document 21 Filed 11/12/2008 Page 3 of 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 DATED this 12th day of November, 2008. ALEXANDRE BALKANSKI TRADING PARTNER, LP; AAB & SB. LLC., Tax Matters Partner, ALEXANDRE BALKANSKI, Sole Member-Manager /s/ Edward M. Robbins, Jr. EDWARD M. ROBBINS, JR. CHARLES P. RETTIG DAVID ROTH HOCHMAN, SALKIN, RETTIG, TOSCHER & PEREZ, P.C. 9150 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 300 Beverly Hills, CA 90212 Telephone: (310) 281-3200 Fax: (310) 859-5129 S T I P U L A T I O N FOR EXTENSION OF TIME No. CV-08-002494 SI -3-

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