Aruanno

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 JOSEPH ARUANNO, Case No. 22-cv-08915-PJH

Plaintiff,

ORDER OF TRANSFER

v. 9 Re: Dkt. No. 2 I.R.S., Defendant.

12 Plaintiff, a New Jersey state prisoner, proceeds with a pro se civil action against a governmental entity. Plaintiff is incarcerated in the District of New Jersey and raises a claim against defendants in that district. He states that the Internal Revenue Service sent to him at his prison his economic impact payment (“EIP”) pursuant to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (The “CARES Act”), Pub. L. No. 116-136, 134 17 Stat. 281 (2020). He contends that the prison officials in New Jersey are withholding the 18 funds from him and other prisoners. For relief, plaintiff seeks money damages and for his 19 EIPs to be provided. 20 In Scholl v. Mnuchin, 494 F. Supp. 3d 661 (N.D. Cal. 2020) this court found that 21 the Department of Treasury and Internal Revenue Service could not withhold advance 22 refunds or credits to individuals solely because they were incarcerated. …