Court Opinion

ID: 2659390
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2014-04-03 02:28:37.819546+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:47:36.912994
License: Public Domain

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 5                UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
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   INDIANA LOW INCOME AND
 8 ELDERLY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT     ORDER TRANSFERRING
   CORPORATION,                    ACTIONS
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                   Plaintiff,
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           v.                      CASE NO. C14-5149 BHS
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   JULIA FIFER,
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                   Defendant.
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   INDIANA LOW INCOME AND
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   CORPORATION,
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                   Plaintiff,
                                   CASE NO. C14-5150 BHS
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           v.
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   CHERYL CARPENTER,
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                   Defendant.
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     ORDER - 1
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   INDIANA LOW INCOME AND
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   CORPORATION,
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                   Plaintiff,
                                                         CASE NO. C14-5151 BHS
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          v.
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   CARL BANKS,
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            This matter comes before the Court on review of the complaints in the above
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     actions and Plaintiff Indiana Low Income and Elderly Housing Development
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     Corporation’s (“Plaintiff”) response to the Court’s order to show cause.
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            On February 21, 2014, Plaintiff Indiana Low Income and Elderly Housing
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     Development Corporation (“Plaintiff”) filed the three complaints requesting that the
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     Court issue declaratory judgments. See, e.g., C14-5149BHS, Dkt. 1. Plaintiff asserts that
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     the Court has jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2201. Id. However, in an action for a
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     declaratory judgment as to its status under 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3), Plaintiff may file an
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     appropriate pleading only in “the United States Tax Court, the United States Court of
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     Federal Claims, or the district court of the United States for the District of Columbia ....”
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     28 U.S.C. § 7428(a). On March 24, 2014, Plaintiff responded to the Court’s order to
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     show cause regarding jurisdiction and requested that the Court transfer the cases to the
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     Atlanta Georgia Tax Court. Dkt. 3.
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 1         The Court is unable to grant Plaintiff’s request because there is not a tax court in

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 3 the tax court and the court of federal claims have different jurisdictions, filing

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 7         IT IS SO ORDERED.

 8         Dated this 27th day of March, 2014.

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                                                 BENJAMIN H. SETTLE
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               See http://www.uscfc.uscourts.gov and/or http://www.ustaxcourt.gov/

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