Holcomb
Holcomb v. Internal Revenue Service
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ROBERT ERIC HOLCOMB, Case No.: 19cv1482-LAB
Plaintiff,
ORDER DEEMING PLAINTIFF’S
v. RESPONSE STRICKEN IN
PART; AND
INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE,
Defendant. ORDER OF DISMISSAL 16 Background After Plaintiff Robert Holcomb filed his motion to quash a summons served on Wells Fargo Bank by the I.R.S., the Court issued several orders to show cause in an effort to determine whether there was more than one Plaintiff, and what he or they were asking for, as well as to confirm its jurisdiction. After Holcomb responded to the first order, it became clear he was the only Plaintiff who was properly before the Court. Although the initiating pleading suggested that Brother’s Keeper Ministry might also be a Plaintiff, the Ministry could not proceed either pro se or represented by a non-lawyer such as Holcomb. It also appeared likely the Court lacked jurisdiction. The Court’s next orders focused…