Steeves

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

9 DEAN ALLEN STEEVES, on behalf of CASE NO. 20cv204-LAB (BGS) 10 Brother’s Keeper Ministries, et al., Plaintiffs, ORDER TO RETAIN COUNSEL

vs.

INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, Defendants. Plaintiff Dean Allen Steeves moves to quash a subpoena issued by the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) to Wells Fargo Bank. That subpoena sought financial records related to an organization known as Camp Noble, which, according to Steeves’ Motion, is an “integrated auxiliary” of Brother’s Keeper Ministries, a religious organization of which Steeves is a trustee. The gist of Steeves’ argument is that the IRS lacks authority to subpoena information about Camp Noble and its associated entities because they are tax-exempt religious organizations. The problem at this stage is that Steeves has filed this suit “on behalf of Brother’s Keeper Ministries”, (Civil Cover Sheet, Dkt. 1-1), and “as Acting Trustee of Brother’s Keeper Ministries . . . and All Related Parties on the IRS…