USA v. BRIGGS

Filing 7

ORDER affirming the Recommended Decision of the Magistrate Judge re 6 Report and Recommendations. for 1 Petition to Enforce IRS Summons, filed by USA, 6 Report and Recommended Decision ; granting 1 Petition to Enforce IRS Summons By JUDGE JOHN A. WOODCOCK, JR. (sfw)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MAINE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Petitioner,
v.
DAVID A. BRIGGS, JR.,
Respondent.

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1:16-mc-00300-JAW

ORDER AFFIRMING THE RECOMMENDED
DECISION OF THE MAGISTRATE JUDGE
No objection having been filed to the Magistrate Judge’s Recommended
Decision filed January 11, 2017 (ECF No. 6), and the Court having performed
a de novo review in accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 626(b)(1)(B), the Court
hereby accepts the Recommended Decision.
Accordingly, the Court hereby (1) finds that the Petitioner has
complied with all statutory requirements necessary to support the
administrative summons and that the Respondent has unjustifiably failed to
comply with the same; (2) GRANTS the Petitioner’s Petition to Enforce IRS
Summons (ECF No. 1); (3) ORDERS Respondent, with respect to the relevant
summons tax periods, to produce the requested documents (i.e., the
documents described in the summons) to the Internal Revenue Service,
Revenue Officer Susan M. Formanski, or any other officer of the Internal
Revenue Service at the office of the Internal Revenue Service, Edmund

Muskie Federal Building, 68 Sewall Street, Room 311, August, Maine, within
seven days of this Order; and, (4) CAUTIONS Respondent that failure to
comply with this Order within the deadline set forth above could result in a
finding that Respondent is in contempt of Court.
SO ORDERED.
/s/ John A. Woodcock, Jr.
JOHN A. WOODCOCK, JR.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Dated this 26th day of January, 2017

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