John Hom v. Cir

Opinion

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS AUG 28 2019 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JOHN C. HOM, No. 18-72939 Petitioner-Appellant, Tax Ct. No. 9778-16L

v.

MEMORANDUM*

COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE,

Respondent-Appellee.

Appeal from a Decision of the United States Tax Court

Submitted August 19, 2019** Before: SCHROEDER, PAEZ, and HURWITZ, Circuit Judges.

John C. Hom appeals pro se from the Tax Court’s decision, following a bench trial, sustaining the Commissioner of Internal Revenue’s notice of federal tax lien related to Hom’s tax liabilities for tax years 2005 through 2008. We have jurisdiction under 26 U.S.C. § 7482(a)(1). We review de novo the Tax Court’s

*

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.

**

The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).

legal conclusions, Ann Jackson Family Found. v. Comm’r, 15 F.3d 917, 920 (9th Cir. 1994), and for clear error its factual determinations, Boyd Gaming Corp. v. Comm’r, 177 F.3d 1096, 1098 (9th Cir.1999). We affirm.

The Tax Court properly determined that the Commissioner did not err in sustaining the federal tax lien because the record shows that the statutory obligations were met by the settlement officer. See 26 U.S.C. § 6330(c)(3) (setting forth matters an appeals officer must consider in making a determination to sustain a proposed levy action). Moreover, the Tax Court properly concluded that Hom was not entitled to challenge his underlying tax liabilities during his collection due process hearing because he was sent a statutory notice of deficiency and previously litigated those liabilities in this court. See id. § 6330(c)(2)(B).

AFFIRMED.

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