Wingeart et al v. United States of America

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ORDER Granting 29 Joint Status Report. See Order for deadlines. Signed by Magistrate Judge Brenda Weksler on 9/9/2021. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - MR)

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1 CHRISTOPHER CHIOU
Acting United States Attorney
2 District of Nevada
Nevada Bar No. 14853
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TROY K. FLAKE
4 BRIAN W. IRVIN
Assistant United States Attorneys
5 501 Las Vegas Blvd. So., Suite 1100
Las Vegas, Nevada 89101
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[e-mail]
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8 Attorneys for the United States
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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Leah Wingeart, Individually, and as Special Case No.: 2:19-cv-01395-RFB-BNW
Administratrix of the Estate of James
Edward Fischer,
Plaintiffs,

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Joint Status Report Regarding Settlement

v.

16 United States of America,
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Defendant.

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On June 3, 2021, the parties participated in a settlement conference before the Court.

20 The parties agreed to settle this matter. The parties continue to cooperate in good faith to
21 follow the necessary procedures to finalize the settlement and regularly updated the Court
22 regarding the status. See ECF #25, #27.
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The parties have agreed to all terms and prepared all documents necessary

24 to resolve this case. The final administrative step in the process of consummating
25 this agreement is approval by the Acting Assistant Attorney General pursuant to 28
26 C.F.R. §§ 0.160(a)(3), 0.168(d)(2). On September 2, 2021, Acting Assistant
27 Attorney General Brian M. Boynton provided final approval.
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Now that the administrative steps are complete the United States Attorney’s

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Office has initiated the required process to request that the Department of the

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Treasury electronically transfer the settlement amount. Normally this process takes

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less than 30 days, so the parties anticipate that they will file a notice of dismissal

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within 30 days without assistance from the Court. Should this expectation not be

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met, the parties will provide another status report to the Court on or before October

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8, 2021.

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Respectfully submitted this 8th day of September, 2021.

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LAIRD LAW, PLLC

CHRISTOPHER CHIOU
Acting United States Attorney

/s/ Danial Laird
DANIAL LAIRD
8991 West Flamingo Rd., Suite C
Las Vegas, NV 89147

/s/ Troy K. Flake
TROY K. FLAKE
Assistant United States Attorney

Attorney for Plaintiff

Attorneys for the United States

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Order
IT IS SO ORDERED
DATED: 10:01 am, September 09, 2021

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BRENDA WEKSLER
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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