Case Name: James A. WIDTFELDT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE; James Daugherty, Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-06-23
Citations: 565 F. App'x 577
Docket Number: No. 13-3072
Parties: James A. WIDTFELDT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE; James Daugherty, Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 565
Pages: 577–577

Head Matter:
James A. WIDTFELDT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE; James Daugherty, Defendants-Appellees.
No. 13-3072.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted: June 16, 2014.
Filed: June 23, 2014.
James A. Widtfeldt, Atkinson, NE, pro se.
Sara Ann Ketchum, Martin M. Shoemaker, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellees.
Before BYE, COLLOTON, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.
[Unpublished]

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
James Widtfeldt appeals the district court's dismissal of his pro se action, in which he alleged, among other things, that defendants attempted to violate a tax court order by pursuing tax collection against him. He sought damages and injunctive relief. Upon careful review, see Pagonis v. United States, 575 F.3d 809, 812 (8th Cir.2009), we conclude that dismissal was proper: sovereign immunity shields defendants from Widtfeldt's claim for money damages, see F.D.I.C. v. Meyer, 510 U.S. 471, 474, 114 S.Ct. 996, 127 L.Ed.2d 308 (1994), and his attempt to enjoin tax collection is prohibited by the Anti-Injunction Act, see 26 U.S.C. § 7421(a). Accordingly, we affirm.
. The Honorable Joseph F. Bataillon, United States District Judge for the District of Nebraska.