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Zamzam v. Commissioner IRS, 01-1944 (2002)

Court: Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Number: 01-1944 Visitors: 12
Filed: Jan. 14, 2002
Latest Update: Mar. 28, 2017
Summary: UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 01-1944 SALIH M. ZAMZAM; MARIAM ZAMZAM; SALIH M. ZAMZAM, M.D., INCORPORATED, Petitioners - Appellants, versus COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent - Appellee. Appeal from the United States Tax Court. (Tax Ct. Nos. 97-2984, 97-3004) Submitted: December 21, 2001 Decided: January 14, 2002 Before WIDENER, LUTTIG, and MOTZ, Circuit Judges. Affirmed in part and dismissed in part by unpublished per curiam opinion. Salih M. Za
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                            UNPUBLISHED

                   UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT


                            No. 01-1944



SALIH M. ZAMZAM; MARIAM ZAMZAM;      SALIH   M.
ZAMZAM, M.D., INCORPORATED,

                                           Petitioners - Appellants,

          versus


COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE,

                                              Respondent - Appellee.



Appeal from the United States Tax Court.     (Tax Ct. Nos. 97-2984,
97-3004)


Submitted:   December 21, 2001            Decided:   January 14, 2002


Before WIDENER, LUTTIG, and MOTZ, Circuit Judges.


Affirmed in part and dismissed in part by unpublished per curiam
opinion.


Salih M. Zamzam, Mariam Zamzam, Appellants Pro Se. Gilbert Steven
Rothenberg, Joel L. McElvain, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE,
Washington, D.C., for Appellee.


Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:

     Salih M. Zamzam, Mariam Zamzam, and Salih M. Zamzam M.D.,

Inc., appeal from the tax court’s order determining deficiencies

and penalties with respect to their 1990 through 1994 federal

income tax liabilities.   The Commissioner of Internal Revenue has

moved to dismiss the appeal by Salih M. Zamzam M.D., Inc., because

the corporation is not represented by counsel.    Salih and Mariam

Zamzam have moved for appointment of counsel for the corporation.

We deny this motion.   See Rowland v. California Men’s Colony, 
506 U.S. 194
, 197-98    (1993) (only natural person may be granted in

forma pauperis status).    A corporation cannot appear in federal

court except through its attorney. Id. at 201-02. Accordingly, we

grant the Commissioner’s motion and dismiss the corporation’s

appeal.

     With respect to the Zamzams’ appeal, we have reviewed the

record and the tax court’s opinions and find no reversible error.

Accordingly, we affirm on the reasoning of the tax court.   Zamzam

v. Comm’r., Nos. 97-2984, 97-3004 (U.S. Tax Ct. Dec. 7, 2000 & May

18, 2001).    We dispense with oral argument because the facts and

legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before

the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.



                               AFFIRMED IN PART; DISMISSED IN PART




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