Judge Sides With “John Doe 4”
U.S. Magistrate Judge Jacqueline Corley of the Northern District of California has ruled in favor of Coinbase customer known as “John Doe 4” against the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). In the 12-page court order, the judge grants Doe 4’s “motions to intervene as of right and permissively.” These interventions are provided for by Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 24. Fortune summarizes:
The judge agreed to let an anonymous customer, known only as “John Doe 4,” challenge the IRS’s power to enforce a sweeping summons it served on the San Francisco-based Coinbase last year for customer records.
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