Legal Opinion
Powell v. Internal Revenue Service
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided August 17, 2017No. Civil Action No. 2017-0278PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION & ORDER
JAMES E. BOASBERG, United States District Judge '
Plaintiff William E. Powell, proceeding pro se, filed this action in February 2017 as part of his ongoing quest for tax records relating to his family’s printing companies and a few of his forebears. The case, to date, has barely gotten off the ground. Defendants Internal Revenue Service, Department of Justice, and U.S. Attorney (presumably, of the Eastern District of Michigan) initially moved to dismiss the Complaint as lacking a cognizable cause of action, but that motion became moot when Powell swiftly filed an…
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