Mertes v. Internal Revenue Service

1 2 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 4 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 5 6 BILLIE MERTES, CASE NO. 1:19-CV-1218 AWI SKO 7 Plaintiff ORDER REGARDING MOOTNESS 8 v. FOLLOWING DISCLOSURE OF DOCUMENT 9 INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, 10 Defendant (Doc. Nos. 35, 36) 11 12 13 This is s Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) case brought by Plaintiff Billie Mertes 14 against Defendant the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”). Mertes seeks production of an allegedly 15 fraudulent IRS Form 709 gift tax form (hereinafter “the Form 709”). On August 31, 2020, the 16 Court issued an order of clarification. As part of that…