Mertes v. Internal Revenue Service

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 BILLIE MERTES, CASE NO. 1:19-CV-1218 AWI SKO 8 Plaintiff ORDER ON DEFENDANT’S MOTION 9 v. FOR IN CAMERA REVIEW 10 INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, (Doc. No. 18) 11 Defendant 12 13 This is a

5 U.S.C. § 552

Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) case brought by Plaintiff 14 Billie Mertes against the United States Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”). Mertes seeks a copy of 15 a United States Gift (and Generation-Skipping Transfer) Tax Form that was used to assess gift 16 taxes against Mertes for the tax year 2012 (the “Mertes Form 709”).…