Filed: Jan. 22, 2013
Latest Update: Jan. 22, 2013
Summary: JOINT STATUS REPORT MIRANDA M. DU, District Judge. Plaintiff and Counterclaim Defendant Hutchins Drywall, Inc. ("Hutchins") and Defendant and Counterclaim Plaintiff the United States of America ("United States") by and through their undersigned counsel, pursuant to the Order entered October 22, 2012, hereby submit the following: 1. Hutchins submitted a written offer to the United States to settle this suit. 2. On October 22, 2012, pursuant to the Joint Motion to Take Pending Dates off Calend
Summary: JOINT STATUS REPORT MIRANDA M. DU, District Judge. Plaintiff and Counterclaim Defendant Hutchins Drywall, Inc. ("Hutchins") and Defendant and Counterclaim Plaintiff the United States of America ("United States") by and through their undersigned counsel, pursuant to the Order entered October 22, 2012, hereby submit the following: 1. Hutchins submitted a written offer to the United States to settle this suit. 2. On October 22, 2012, pursuant to the Joint Motion to Take Pending Dates off Calenda..
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JOINT STATUS REPORT
MIRANDA M. DU, District Judge.
Plaintiff and Counterclaim Defendant Hutchins Drywall, Inc. ("Hutchins") and Defendant and Counterclaim Plaintiff the United States of America ("United States") by and through their undersigned counsel, pursuant to the Order entered October 22, 2012, hereby submit the following:
1. Hutchins submitted a written offer to the United States to settle this suit.
2. On October 22, 2012, pursuant to the Joint Motion to Take Pending Dates off Calendar, the Court entered a stay of this action and required the parties to file a joint status report on or before January 15, 2013.
3. In order to fully consider the offer submitted by Hutchins, the United States requested that Hutchins submit additional documents. Hutchins complied with this request and the United States has forwarded the additional documents to the Internal Revenue Service for review.
4. As set forth in more detail in the Joint Motion to Take Pending Dates off Calendar, due to the monetary amount involved in this case, a settlement has to go through several layers of review within the Department of Justice.
5. Accordingly, the parties request a continuing stay of this case so that the parties can work on a settlement of this matter without incurring any additional costs and expenses associated with trial preparation.
6. Given this status, the parties respectfully request that the Court set an April 21, 2013 deadline for a status report on the continued progress toward a final resolution, in the event that the parties have not jointly move for dismissal of this action with prejudice.
7. The parties make this request in good faith and for the purpose of attempting to resolve this action through settlement, without incurring any further costs, and not for purposes of delay.
ORDER
Upon consideration of the Joint Status Report, and for good cause shown,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the stay entered in this case (Dkt No. 43) remains in effect and the parties shall file a Joint Status Report on or before April 21, 2013.
