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United States v. Vernon

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
Oct 16, 2012
485 F. App'x 892 (9th Cir. 2012)

Opinion

No. 11-35515 D.C. No. 4:09-cv-00038-LRS

10-16-2012

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-counter-defendant Appellee, v. LONNIE G. VERNON; KAREN L. VERNON, Defendants-counter-claimants-plaintiffs - Appellants.


NOT FOR PUBLICATION


MEMORANDUM

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.


Appeal from the United States District Court

for the District of Alaska

Lonny R. Suko, District Judge, Presiding

Before: RAWLINSON, MURGUIA, and WATFORD, Circuit Judges.

Lonnie G. Vernon and Karen L. Vernon appeal pro se from the district court's summary judgment in the government's action to reduce unpaid tax assessments to judgment and to foreclose on federal tax liens on the Vernons' property. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo. Stead v. United States, 419 F.3d 944, 947 n.3 (9th Cir. 2005). We affirm.

The district court properly granted summary judgment because the Vernons failed to establish a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether the government's assessments and all required notices were properly made. See Hansen v. United States, 7 F.3d 137, 138 (9th Cir. 1993) ("Form 4340 is probative evidence in and of itself and, in the absence of contrary evidence, is sufficient to establish that notices and assessments were properly made." (alteration, citation, and internal quotation marks omitted)). Accordingly, the district court properly concluded that the Vernons' property could be sold to satisfy their tax debt. See 26 U.S.C. § 7403(a).

The Vernons' contentions that the government lacks the authority to assess or collect taxes and their contentions concerning discovery are unpersuasive.

AFFIRMED.


Summaries of

United States v. Vernon

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
Oct 16, 2012
485 F. App'x 892 (9th Cir. 2012)
Case details for

United States v. Vernon

Case Details

Full title:UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-counter-defendant Appellee, v. LONNIE…

Court:UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

Date published: Oct 16, 2012

Citations

485 F. App'x 892 (9th Cir. 2012)