Zyskowski
Zyskowski v. Schoonmaker
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 JOSEPH ADAM ZYSKOWSKI, Case No. 1:23-cv-00433-ADA-EPG Plaintiff, v. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE REGARDING
SUBJECT-MATTER JURISDICTION
NEIL T. SCHOONMAKER, (ECF No. 1) Defendant.
15 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Joseph Adam Zyskowski sues an IRS employee, Defendant Neil T. Schoonmaker, over a dispute as to whether Plaintiff owes penalties from allegedly filing a frivolous tax return. Because the complaint does not sufficiently allege that the Court has subject- 19 matter jurisdiction of this case, the Court issues this order requiring Plaintiff to show cause why 20 this case should not be dismissed. Alternatively, Plaintiff may file an amended complaint.
II. SUMMARY OF COMPLAINT
22 Plaintiff filed his complaint on March 22, 2023, and has recently paid the $402 filing fee.1 23 (ECF No. 1). The complaint alleges that Plaintiff does “not volunteer [his] private sector 24 earnings” so as “to be subject to the federal income excise tax.” In 2020, he sent an…