Tortorelli v. U.S.

Full title: John Tortorelli dba Western Wood Lumber Company, Plaintiff, v. United…

Court: United States District Court, W.D. Washington, at Seattle

Date published: Jan 30, 2003

No. 02-2417Z (W.D. Wash. Jan. 30, 2003)

Opinion

No. 02-2417Z

January 30, 2003

John McKay, United States Attorney.

Robert P. Brouillard, Assistant U.S. Attorney.

Frederick S. Wermuth, Trial Attorney, Tax Division U.S. Department of Justice Washington, DC, Attorneys for United States.

Robert M. McCallum, LeSourd Patten, P.S. Seattle, WA, Attorney for Plaintiff.

STIPULATED MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO RESPOND TO PLAINTIFF'S COMPLAINT

THOMAS ZILLY, United States District Judge

Defendant United States moves to extend the time for answering or otherwise responding to the complaint in this action. The grounds for this motion are as follows:

Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 6, the Court may extend the time to answer or otherwise respond to the complaint in this action. Fed.R.Civ.P. 6(b).

The United States' answer is due on or about February 1, 2003. At this time, undersigned counsel has not received any files from the Internal Revenue Service that would enable him to admit or deny the allegations in the complaint.

Plaintiff's counsel agrees that the United States should be allowed additional time up to and including March 3, 2003 in which to respond to plaintiff's complaint.

WHEREFORE, the United States requests that the time for answering or otherwise responding to the complaint in this action be extended to March 3, 2003.

IT IS SO ORDERED.