Legal Opinion

John H. Fortney v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided June 29, 1995No. 94-15250PublishedCited by 54 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BEEZER, Circuit Judge:

We decide whether the Internal Revenue Service, after serving a summons on a third-party reeordkeeper, must serve an attested copy of the summons on the taxpayer.

John H. Fortney appeals pro se the district court’s dismissal of his motion to quash Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) summonses issued to third-party recordkeepers pursuant to 26 U.S.C. § 7602. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. Because we conclude that 26 U.S.C. § 7609(a) does not require an attested copy of the summons be served on the taxpayer, we affirm.

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