Cir
Konn v. Commissioner
Opinion
Opinion
MEMORANDUM
Beverly Konn appeals pro se from the Tax Court’s summary judgment permitting the Commissioner of Internal Revenue (“Commissioner”) to proceed with an action to collect her federal income tax liability for tax year 2004. We have jurisdiction under 26 U.S.C. § 7482 (a). We review de novo. Miller v. Comm’r, 310 F.3d 640, 642 (9th Cir.2002). We affirm.
The Tax Court properly determined that Konn was precluded from challenging her tax liability for tax year 2004 because she received notice of the deficiency but failed to petition the tax court for a deficiency hearing. See 26 U.S.C. § 6330 (c)(2)(B) (permitting challenge to the underlying tax liability if the taxpayer “did not receive any statutory notice of deficiency for such tax liability or did not otherwise have an opportunity to dispute such tax liability”). Contrary to her contention on appeal, Konn failed to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether she did not receive the notice of deficiency because she did not submit any evidence contradicting the postal form 3877 submitted by the Commissioner. See United States v. Zoi-la, 724 F.2d 808, 810 (9th Cir.1984) (holding that postal form 3877 is highly…