The IRS trying to get the release schedule out of the judge's hands, and into an informal arrangement with JW... so that eventually, they'd tell JW to go pound sand, which they cannot do and get away with via the court.
Only an IRS Thug lawyer could think up that strategy. The run of the mill IRS Thug Bureaucrat wouldn't think of it. Do it yes--think of it--no. The fish stinks from the head down.