United States of America v. In the Matter of Tax Liabilities of: John Does

Filing 7

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KEVIN V. RYAN (CSBN 118321) United States Attorney JAY R. WEILL (CSBN 75434) Assistant United States Attorney Chief, Tax Division CYNTHIA STIER (DCBN 423256) Assistant United States Attorney 450 Golden Gate Avenue, Box 36055 San Francisco, California 94102 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Email: [e-mail] ANTON L. JANIK, JR. Trial Attorney, Tax Division U.S. Department of Justice P.O. Box 683 Ben Franklin Station Washington, D.C. 20044-0683 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Email:[e-mail] Attorneys for the United States of America IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA IN THE MATTER OF TAX LIABILITIES OF: JOHN DOES, United States taxpayers who, during the years ended December 31, 1999 through December 31, 2004, had signature authority over bank accounts at or over MasterCard, VISA, or American Express cards issued by, through, or on behalf of banks or other financial institutions in Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Dominica, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guernsey/Sark/Alderney, Hong Kong, Isle of Man, Jersey, Latvia, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Case No. C 05-4167 PVT

DECLINATION TO PROCEED BEFORE A MAGISTRATE JUDGE AND REQUEST FOR REASSIGNMENT TO A UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

DECLINATION TO PROCEED BEFORE A MAGISTRATE JUDGE AND REQUEST FOR REASSIGNMENT TO A UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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Lichtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Nauru, Netherlands Antilles, Panama, Samoa, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Singapore, Switzerland, Turks and Caicos, and Vanuatu

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REQUEST FOR REASSIGNMENT TO A UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE The undersigned party hereby declines to consent to the assignment of this case to a

6 United States Magistrate Judge for disposition and hereby requests the reassignment of this case 7 to a United States District Judge. 8 DATED this 16th day of November, 2005. 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
DECLINATION TO PROCEED BEFORE A MAGISTRATE JUDGE AND REQUEST FOR REASSIGNMENT TO A UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Respectfully submitted, KEVIN V. RYAN United States Attorney JAY R. WEILL Assistant United States Attorney Chief, Tax Division CYNTHIA STIER Assistant United States Attorney /s/ Anton L. Janik, Jr. ANTON L. JANIK, JR. Trial Attorney, Tax Division U.S. Department of Justice Post Office Box 683 Ben Franklin Station Washington, D.C. 20044 Telephone: [phone] Attorneys for the United States

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