Case Name: Roger CAHILL, Petitioner-Appellant, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2003-06-18
Citations: 67 F. App'x 490
Docket Number: No. 02-72985
Parties: Roger CAHILL, Petitioner-Appellant, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: Before: RYMER, THOMAS, and SILVERMAN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 67
Pages: 490–490

Head Matter:
Roger CAHILL, Petitioner-Appellant, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 02-72985.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted June 9, 2003.
Decided June 18, 2003.
Before: RYMER, THOMAS, and SILVERMAN, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Roger Cahill appeals pro se the tax court's decision dismissing his petition for redetermination of deficiencies in his income tax for tax years 1994 through 1997. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 26 U.S.C. § 7482(a)(1). We review for abuse of discretion the tax court's dismissal for lack of prosecution and review for clear error its factual findings. Edelson v. Comm'r, 829 F.2d 828, 831 (9th Cir.1987). We affirm.
The tax court properly dismissed Ca-hill's petition for lack of prosecution, and the tax court's factual findings are not clearly erroneous. See id.
Cahill's contention that the tax court lacked jurisdiction to attribute to him income earned by a limited liability company, or to determine a trust is invalid, lacks merit. "[T]he Commissioner may deny legal effect to a transaction if its sole purpose is to evade taxation." Zmuda v. Comm'r, 731 F.2d 1417, 1421 (9th Cir.1984).
Cahill's contention that Judge Cohen should have recused herself is without merit because a judge's views on legal issues may not form the basis for a recusal motion. See United States v. Wilkerson, 208 F.3d 794, 797 (9th Cir.2000).
Cahill's remaining contentions lack merit.
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.