Legal Opinion
Ellis v. Jarvis
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided May 31, 2016No. Civil Action No. 2016-0031Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA MICHAEL BEALS ELLIS, Plaintiff, v. Civil Action No. 16-31 (JEB) DAVID L. JARVIS, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION It is undoubtedly true that many people would prefer not to pay taxes. Yet the great majority of us do so as the price of living in a civilized society. Such a lesson seems lost on pro se Plaintiff Michael Ellis, who has waged a long-running war with the Internal Revenue Service to avoid filing tax returns. In this latest suit against a number of federal officials, he contends once again that the IRS has no authority…
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