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John Zilei ZHONG, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
MEMORANDUM **
John Zilei Zhong appeals pro se from the district court judgment dismissing for lack of subject matter jurisdiction Zhong's action brought under the Administrative Procedure Act (“APA”) challenging his suspension from practice before the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo, Gallo Cattle Co. v. U.S. Dep't of Agric., 159 F.3d 1194, 1196 (9th Cir. 1998), and we affirm.
The district court properly dismissed Zhong's action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction because the IRS's expedited suspension of Zhong's right to practice is not a final agency decision. See id. at 1198-99, 1200 (holding that there is no subject matter jurisdiction under the APA in the absence of “final agency action” and explaining when an agency action is “final”); see also 31 C.F.R. §§ 10.60, 10.82(g); Navajo Nation v. Dep't of the Interior, 876 F.3d 1144, 1171-72 (9th Cir. 2017) (concluding that “[section] 704's ‘final agency action’ limitation applies only to APA claims”).
AFFIRMED.
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Docket No: No. 17-55549
Decided: February 05, 2018
Court: United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
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