Schiff v. Internal Revenue Service, et al

Schiff v. Internal Revenue Service, et al

Plaintiff:	PETER DAVID SCHIFF
Defendant:	INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, Federal agency responsible for tax collection and enforcement, JIM LEE, in the personal and official capacities as former IRS Chief of Criminal Investigations, OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS OF PUERTO RICO, Puerto Rico government agency regulating financial institutions, NATALIA ZEQUEIRA-DIAZ, in the personal and official capacities as OCIF Commissioner, WIGBERTO LUGO-MENDER, in the official capacity as OCIF's trustee, WILL DAY, in the personal and official capacities as Australian Taxation Office (ATO) representative, ERIC FERRON, in the personal and official capacities as Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) representative, NIELS OBBINK, in the personal and official capacities as Fiscale Inlichtingen- en Opsporingsdienst (FIOD) representative, SIMON YORK, in the personal and official capacities as His Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) representative, THE NEW YORK TIMES, Inc., individually, MATTHEW GOLDSTEIN, a NY Times Reporter, CHARLOTTE GRIEVE, a Journalist of The Age in Melbourne, NICK MCKENZIE, Journalist of The Age in Melbourne, Australia, THE AGE, Newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, UNITED STATES, JUSTIN T. COLE, MATT LINE and MIKE MATDORF
Case Number:	26-1656
Filed:	June 5, 2026
Court:	U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit
Nature of Suit:	Other Civil Rights

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Date Filed	Document Text
June 8, 2026	NOTICE of appearance on behalf of Appellant Peter David Schiff filed by Attorney Ismael Torres-Pizarro. Served on 06/08/2026. [26-1656] (IT) [Entered: 06/08/2026 10:31 AM]
June 8, 2026	TRANSCRIPT report/order form filed by Appellant Peter David Schiff indicating transcripts are not necessary for this appeal. Served on 06/08/2026. [26-1656] (IT) [Entered: 06/08/2026 10:26 AM]
June 8, 2026	DOCKETING statement filed by Appellant Peter David Schiff. Served on 06/08/2026. [26-1656] (IT) [Entered: 06/08/2026 10:47 AM]
June 5, 2026	CIVIL CASE docketed. Notice of appeal (doc. #291) filed by Appellant Peter David Schiff. Appearance form and Docketing Statement due 06/22/2026 . [26-1656] (AVN) [Entered: 06/05/2026 10:34 AM]

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Plaintiff: PETER DAVID SCHIFF
Represented By:	Ismael Torres-Pizarro
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Defendant: INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, Federal agency responsible for tax collection and enforcement
Represented By:	Alexander J. Yun
Represented By:	Beatriz T. Saiz
Represented By:	Juan Carlos Reyes-Ramos
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Defendant: JIM LEE, in the personal and official capacities as former IRS Chief of Criminal Investigations
Represented By:	Alexander J. Yun
Represented By:	Beatriz T. Saiz
Represented By:	Juan Carlos Reyes-Ramos
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Defendant: OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS OF PUERTO RICO, Puerto Rico government agency regulating financial institutions
Represented By:	Heriberto Lopez-Guzman
Represented By:	Jan Carlos Bonilla-Silva
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Defendant: NATALIA ZEQUEIRA-DIAZ, in the personal and official capacities as OCIF Commissioner
Represented By:	Heriberto Lopez-Guzman
Represented By:	Jan Carlos Bonilla-Silva
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Defendant: WIGBERTO LUGO-MENDER, in the official capacity as OCIF's trustee
Represented By:	Eyck O. Lugo-Rivera
Represented By:	Wigberto Lugo-Mender
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Defendant: WILL DAY, in the personal and official capacities as Australian Taxation Office (ATO) representative
Represented By:	William Todd Miller
Represented By:	Rafael Escalera-Rodriguez
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Defendant: ERIC FERRON, in the personal and official capacities as Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) representative
Represented By:	Victoria M. Rivera-Llorens
Represented By:	Leslie Yvette Flores-Rodriguez
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Defendant: NIELS OBBINK, in the personal and official capacities as Fiscale Inlichtingen- en Opsporingsdienst (FIOD) representative
Represented By:	William Todd Miller
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Defendant: SIMON YORK, in the personal and official capacities as His Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) representative
Represented By:	Margarita Luisa Mercado-Echegaray
Represented By:	Daniel Brown-Saenz
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Defendant: THE NEW YORK TIMES, Inc., individually
Represented By:	Jorge A. Candelaria-Serrano
Represented By:	Salvador J. Antonetti-Stutts
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Defendant: MATTHEW GOLDSTEIN, a NY Times Reporter
Represented By:	Jorge A. Candelaria-Serrano
Represented By:	Salvador J. Antonetti-Stutts
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Defendant: CHARLOTTE GRIEVE, a Journalist of The Age in Melbourne
Represented By:	Suleicka Tulier Vazquez
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Defendant: NICK MCKENZIE, Journalist of The Age in Melbourne, Australia
Represented By:	Suleicka Tulier Vazquez
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Defendant: THE AGE, Newspaper in Melbourne, Australia
Represented By:	Suleicka Tulier Vazquez
Represented By:	Roberto A. Camara-Fuertes
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Defendant: UNITED STATES
Represented By:	Alexander J. Yun
Represented By:	Beatriz T. Saiz
Represented By:	Juan Carlos Reyes-Ramos
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Defendant: JUSTIN T. COLE
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Defendant: MATT LINE
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Defendant: MIKE MATDORF
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