United States of America v. William R Miller

Filing 2

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE by Judge Andrew J. Guilford; IT IS ORDERED that Respondent appear on 11/7/2011 10:00 AM before Judge Andrew J. Guilford and show cause why testimony and production of books, papers, records and other data demanded in the subject IRS summons should not be compelled. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that within 10 days after service, Respondent shall file and serve response(see Order for specifics). (ln)

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1 7 ANDRÉ BIROTTE JR. United States Attorney SANDRA R. BROWN Assistant United States Attorney Chief, Tax Division TAMAR KOUYOUMJIAN (CA SBN 254148) Assistant United States Attorney Room 7211, Federal Building 300 North Los Angeles Street Los Angeles, California 90012 Telephone: (213) 894-7388 Facsimile: (213) 894-0115 Email: tamar.kouyoumjian@usdoj.gov 8 Attorneys for United States of America 2 3 4 5 6 9 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 10 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 11 SOUTHERN DIVISION 12 13 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 14 15 16 17 18 ) Case No. SACV 11-1412-AG(MLGx) ) Petitioner, ) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE ) vs. ) ) WILLIAM R. MILLER, ) ) Respondent. ) ________________________________) 19 Upon the Petition and supporting Memorandum of Points and 20 Authorities, and the supporting Declaration to the Petition, the 21 Court finds that Petitioner has established its prima facie case 22 for judicial enforcement of the subject Internal Revenue Service 23 (“IRS” and “Service”) summons. See United States v. Powell, 379 24 U.S. 48, 57-58, 85 S.Ct. 248, 13 L.Ed.2d 112 (1964); see also 25 26 27 Crystal v. United States, 172 F.3d 1141, 1143-1144 (9th Cir. 1999); United States v. Jose, 131 F.3d 1325, 1327 (9th Cir. 1997); Fortney v. United States, 59 F.3d 117, 119-120 (9th Cir. 28 1 1 1995) (the Government’s prima facie case is typically made 2 through the sworn declaration of the IRS agent who issued the 3 summons); accord, United States v. Gilleran, 992 F.2d 232, 233 4 (9th cir. 1993). 5 THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that Respondent appear before this 6 District Court of the United States for the Central District of 7 California in Courtroom No. 10D, 8 9 _XX_ 10 Ronald Reagan Federal Building and United States Courthouse 411 West Fourth Street, Santa Ana, California 92701 11 12 on November 7, 2011, at 10:00 a.m. and show cause why the 13 testimony and production of books, papers, records and other data 14 demanded in the subject Internal Revenue Service summons should 15 not be compelled. 16 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that copies of this Order, the Petition, Memorandum 17 of Points and Authorities, and accompanying Declaration be served 18 promptly upon Respondent by any employee of the Internal Revenue 19 Service or by the United States Attorney’s Office, by personal 20 delivery, or by leaving copies of each of the foregoing documents 21 at the Respondent’s dwelling or usual place of abode with someone 22 of suitable age and discretion who resides there, or by certified 23 mail. 24 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that within ten (10) days after service upon 25 Respondent of the herein described documents, Respondent shall 26 file and serve a written response, supported by appropriate sworn 27 statements, as well as any desired motions. If, prior to the 28 2 1 return date of this Order, Respondent files a response with the 2 Court stating that Respondent does not desire to oppose the 3 relief sought in the Petition, nor wish to make an appearance, 4 then the appearance of Respondent at any hearing pursuant to this 5 Order to Show Cause is excused, and Respondent shall be deemed to 6 have complied with the requirements of this Order. 7 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that all motions and issues raised by the 8 pleadings will be considered on the return date of this Order. 9 Only those issues raised by motion or brought into controversy by 10 the responsive pleadings and supported by sworn statements filed 11 within ten (10) days after service of the herein described 12 documents will be considered by the Court. 13 the Petition not contested by such responsive pleadings or by 14 sworn statements will be deemed admitted. All allegations in 15 16 DATED:September 14, 2011 17 ___________________________ United States District Judge Andrew J. Guilford 18 Presented By: 19 ANDRÉ BIROTTE JR. United States Attorney SANDRA R. BROWN Assistant United States Attorney Chief, Tax Division 20 21 22 23 24 25 ________________________________ TAMAR KOUYOUMJIAN Assistant United States Attorney Attorneys for United States of America Petitioner 26 27 28 3

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