Santa Clara Valley Housing Group, Inc. et al v. United States of America

Filing 39

ORDER by Judge Lucy H. Koh granting 38 Stipulated Motion to Continue. (lhklc2, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 9/28/2010).

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Santa Clara Valley Housing Group, Inc. et al v. United States of America Doc. 39 1 STEVEN TOSCHER, State Bar No. 91115 CHARLES P. RETTIG, State Bar No. 97848 2 AVRAM SALKIN, State Bar No. 30412 EDWARD M. ROBBINS, JR., State Bar No. 82696 3 SHARYN M. FISK, State Bar No. 199898 Hochman Salkin Rettig Toscher & Perez, P.C. 4 9150 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 300 Beverly Hills, CA 90212 5 Phone: 310/281-3200 Fax: 310/859-1430 6 E-Mail: sf@taxlitigator.com 7 Attorneys for Plaintiffs Santa Clara Valley Housing Group, Inc. and Kristen M. Bowes 8 9 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 10 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 SANTA CLARA VALLEY HOUSING GROUP, INC. ("Santa Clara"), and KRISTEN M. BOWES ("Bowes") (collectively referred to as "Plaintiffs") and the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ("United States") , by and through their attorneys, hereby request that the Case Management Conference be continued from October 20, 2010 to October 27, 2010 and that the expert discovery deadlines be extended as set forth below. The reasons for the continuances are as follows: 1. This income tax refund action was filed by Plaintiffs on November 7, 2008, and the case UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Defendant. v. SANTA CLARA VALLEY HOUSING GROUP, INC. and KRISTEN M. BOWES, Plaintiffs, CASE NO. 08-cv-05097-LHK JOINT STIPULATION TO CONTINUE CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE, INCREASE NUMBER OF DEPOSITIONS, EXTEND EXPERT DISCOVERY DEADLINES AND [PROPOSED] ORDER was initially assigned to United States Magistrate Judge Howard R. Lloyd. 1 Joint Stipulation to Continue Case Management Conference, Increase Number of Depositions, Extend Expert Discovery Deadlines and [Proposed] Order Dockets.Justia.com 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 2. Upon Defendant's Declination to Proceed Before a U.S. Magistrate Judge and Request for Reassignment to a United States District Judge, this case was reassigned to United States Judge James Ware. 3. On April 8, 2009, the initial Joint Case Management Conference scheduled for April 13, 2009, was vacated by the Court and a Scheduling Order was issued. 4. On August 2, 2010, the Court issued a Reassignment Order where upon this case was reassigned to United States Judge Lucy H. Koh. Pursuant to the Court's Reassignment Order, the Case Management Conference date of September 20, 2010 was vacated and the parties were ordered to file a Joint Case Management Statement by August 18, 2010. 5. On August 10, 2010, the Court set a new Case Management Conference for Wednesday, October 20, 2010. 6. Statement. 7. Pursuant to the Local Rule 16-10(a), lead trial counsel for each party must attend the On August 16, 2010, the parties filed a Second Joint Case Management Conference initial Case Management Conference. 8. Lead trial counsel for Plaintiffs, Steven Toscher, has a prior commitment in New York, for which he has already made flight arrangements on October 20, 2010. He would be unable to attend the Case Management Conference via telephone conference as he will be in flight at the scheduled time. 9. Plaintiffs' counsel has conferred with counsel for Defendant regarding this request to continue the Case Management Conference from October 20, 2010 to October 27, 2010. Defendant supports this request. Accordingly, Plaintiffs request that this Court continue the Case Management Conference from October 20, 2010 to October 27, 2010. 10. The parties anticipate that fact discovery can be completed by the current fact discovery deadline of October 15, 2010. The United States, however, believes it will be necessary to take a total of 26 fact depositions, which is one more than the 25 depositions permitted in the discovery plan adopted by the Court. The United States, therefore, requests that the Court permit the government to take 26 fact depositions. The Plaintiffs do not oppose this request. 2 Joint Stipulation to Continue Case Management Conference, Increase Number of Depositions, Extend Expert Discovery Deadlines and [Proposed] Order 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 11. On August 23, 2010, the parties designated expert witnesses and exchanged expert reports. The Plaintiffs designated four experts, and the United States designated two experts. In light of the number of experts and complex nature of opinions expressed, the parties request that the disclosure of rebuttal experts, currently set for October 22, 2010, be extended to November 15, 2010 and that the close of expert discovery, currently set for December 15, 2010, be extended to December 31, 2010. 11. follows: · Deadline to file and serve Notice of Motion to Exclude expert testimony or portion thereof be extended from January 11, 2011 to January 31, 2011; · Deadline to file dispositive motions be extended from January 11, 2011 to January 31, 2011; · Deadline to file responses to dispositive motions be extended from February 11, 2011 to February 28, 2011; · Deadline to file replies to responses to dispositive motions be extended from March 11, 2011 to March 28, 2011; · Last date for hearing dispositive motions be extended from March 21, 2011 to April 7, 2011. The parties also request that other deadlines (set prior to reassignment) be continued as DATED: September 22, 2010 HOCHMAN, SALKIN, RETTIG, TOSCHER & PEREZ, P.C. By: /s/ Sharyn M. Fisk SHARYN M. FISK Hochman, Salkin, Rettig, Toscher & Perez, P.C. 9150 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 300 Beverly Hills, California 90212-3414 Telephone: (310) 281-3200 Facsimile: (310) 859-1430 Fisk@taxlitigator.com Attorney for SANTA CLARA VALLEY HOUSING GROUP, INC. and KRISTEN M. BOWES 3 Joint Stipulation to Continue Case Management Conference, Increase Number of Depositions, Extend Expert Discovery Deadlines and [Proposed] Order 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DATED: September 22, 2010 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE By: /s/ Henry C. Darmstadter HENRY C. DARMSTADTER JAMES E. WEAVER STEVEN P. JOHNSON Trial Attorneys, Tax Division U.S. Department of Justice P.O. Box 683, Ben Franklin Station Washington, D.C. 20044-0683 Telephone: (202) 307-6581 henry.c.darmstadter@usdoj.gov james.e.weaver@usdoj.gov steven.p.johnson@usdoj.gov Attorneys for the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 10 11 PURSUANT TO THE ABOVE STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 4 Joint Stipulation to Continue Case Management Conference, Increase Number of Depositions, Extend Expert Discovery Deadlines and [Proposed] Order 303 666 .1 September Dated this 28th day of ______________, 2010 ___ ____________________________________ HON. LUCY H. KOH UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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