Jones v. United States

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS RICKI JONES, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) vs. ) Cause No. 3:20-cv-00285 -GCS ) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. ) ) Defendant. ) ) MEMORANDUM & ORDER SISON, Magistrate Judge: Plaintiff Ricki Jones brings suit to claim tax refunds, including interest and attorneys’ fees. (Doc. 23). Specifically, Jones seeks a tax refund of at least $1,473,036.00 of assessed civil fraud penalties which Jones contends were waived by the U.S. Tax Court in 2014, in a decision that was drafted by, and stipulated to, by the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”). His…