HOBBS v. U.S. EX REL. RUSSELL

No. 99-20273.

209 F.3d 408 (2000)

Booker T. HOBBS, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, ex rel. Sandra Russell in Her Own Right, and Internal Revenue Service, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 20, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Booker T. Hobbs, Jr., Houston, TX, pro se.

Annette Marie Wietecha, Jonathan S. Cohen, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Tax Div., Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before REAVLEY, SMITH and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges.


JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

Booker Hobbs, Jr., pro se, appeals the determination that he is not entitled to recover damages under the Internal Revenue Code ("I.R.C."), 26 U.S.C. § 7431, or the Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552a, for the disclosure of his federal income tax returns. Concluding that the disclosures were authorized under I.R.C. § 6103, we affirm.

I.

Hobbs was employed by the Internal Revenue Service ("I.R.S.") as...

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