Chiang

Chiang v. United States

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31 F. App'x 412
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitFebruary 21, 2002No. 01-15556; D.C. No. CV-00-02635-SICalifornia377 words

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MEMORANDUM **

James Chiang appeals the district court’s order enforcing the Internal Revenue Service’s (“IRS”) administrative summonses issued to third-party record keepers in connection with the IRS’s investigation of appellants’ tax liability for 1997 and 1998, and the district court’s order denying appellants’ motion to quash. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review for clear error, United States v. Saunders, 951 F.2d 1065, 1066 (9th Cir.1991), and we affirm.

It was not clear error for the district court to deny appellants’ motion to quash the summons and grant the government’s motion to enforce the summons, because appellants failed to show an abuse of process or lack of instructional good faith in response to the government’s prima facie case to enforce the summons. See United States v. Dynavac, Inc., 6 F.3d 1407, 1414 (9th Cir.1993).

The district court properly construed appellants’ motion for a new trial as a motion for reconsideration. See Hoffman v. Gen. Motors Acceptance Corp., 814 F.2d 1385, 1387 (9th Cir.1987) (per curiam). The district court did not abuse its discretion by denying appellants’ motion for reconsideration and motion to vacate because…

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