No. 19-1460

Jan Major Mengedoht, Individually, and as Executor of the Carl A. Mengedoht Estate and as Trustee of the H C J Holdings Trust - Carl A. Mengedoht - H C J Holdings Trust v. United States

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-07-07
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: administrative-record assessment assessment-authority civil-procedure-jurisdiction conveyance estate-tax estate-tax-lien lien property-conveyance small-business-self-employed subject-matter-jurisdiction treasury-delegation
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Latest Conference: 2020-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

May a federal court exercise subject matter jurisdiction in an action to reduce to judgment an asserted estate tax lien case

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED — ; 1. May a federal court exercise subject matter jurisdiction in an action to “reduce to judgment’ an asserted estate tax lien case where exhibits in the court record establish that . a. the decedent had conveyed the property sought to be solid “in satisfaction” years prior to his passing; and, b. there is no evidence in the administrative record that the estate involved met the "~**"_ federal estate tax filing threshold in effect for the year of decedent's passing? 2. May a federal court exercise such subject matter jurisdiction in said action where the administrative record establishes that a. the purported “assessment” upon which the claimed “estate tax lien” was made by an employee of the “Smal! (“Examination”) Division; rather , than. ‘ ; b. by the delegate of the Secretary of Treasury duly-appointed as an assessment officer pursuant to 26 C.F.R. § 301.6203-1?

Docket Entries

2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-07-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-07-13
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-04-17
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 6, 2020)

Attorneys

Jan M. Mengedoht
Jan Major Mengedoht — Petitioner
Jan Major Mengedoht — Petitioner
United States
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent