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Charles TUMMINO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES Of America; Internal Revenue Service, Defendants—Appellees.
    No. 10-35236.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted May 15, 2012.
    
    Filed May 24, 2012.
    Charles Tummino, Rogue River, OR, pro se.
    Christine Durney Mason, Michael R. Pahl, Esquire, Bruce R. Ellisen, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellees.
    Before: CANBY, GRABER, and M. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Charles Tummino appeals pro se from the district court’s summary judgment upholding the Internal Revenue Service’s (“IRS”) determination sustaining a proposed tax lien to collect civil penalties assessed against Tummino for promoting a tax-evasion scheme. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo, Rene v. MGM Grand Hotel, Inc., 305 F.3d 1061, 1064 (9th Cir.2002) (en banc), and we affirm.

The district court properly granted summary judgment because Tummino failed to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether his role in selling a pay-phone investment plan and falsifying its tax benefits failed to satisfy the requirements for a civil penalty for promoting an abusive tax shelter. See 26 U.S.C. §§ 6700(a)(1)(B), (a)(2)(A); United States v. Estate Pres. Servs., 202 F.3d 1093, 1098 (9th Cir.2000) (listing factors for liability under § 6700). Tummino also failed to raise a triable dispute as to whether the IRS correctly calculated the amount of the penalty. See 26 U.S.C. § 6700(a) (penalty is the lesser of $1,000 for each activity as to each scheme or 100 percent of income from the scheme).

Tummino’s remaining contentions are unpersuasive.

Arguments not raised in Tummino’s opening brief are deemed waived. See Smith v. Marsh, 194 F.3d 1045, 1052 (9th Cir.1999).

AFFIRMED. 
      
       This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.