United States of Am. & Internal Revenue Serv. Officer, Amelia Lerma v. Ada D. Lavoie, 799 F.2d 229 (5th Cir. 1986). · Go Syfert
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UNITED STATES of America and Internal Revenue Service Officer, Amelia Lerma, Petitioners-Appellees,
v.
Ada D. LAVOIE, Respondent-Appellant
86-2178.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Sep 12, 1986.
Published opinion
799 F.2d 229
1986 U.S. App. LEXIS 30473
Ada D. Lavoie, pro se., Harold Wayne Campbell, Asst. U.S. Atty., Corpus Christi, Tex., for petitioners-appellees.
Gee, Reavley, Jolly.
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OPINION

PER CURIAM:

This pathetic and frivolous appeal from the trial court’s order enforcing an administrative summons for documents and records of income for taxable years 1982, 1983 and 1984 is entirely lacking in merit. [1] We have repeatedly warned, in opinions too numerous to collect here [2] , against the bringing of such frivolous appeals; and while we take no pleasure in punishing misguided persons such as the present appellant, such actions cannot be allowed to continue. We grant the Government’s motion for damages and double costs and remand for assessment of their amount.

AFFIRMED and REMANDED.

1

. Appellant contends, for illustration, that as a "Sovereign Texas citizen" she is "not the object nor the subject of the revenue laws.” Insofar as we can comprehend her remaining contentions, such as that of a right to be represented by

2

. See Stites v. United States, 746 F.2d 1085 (5th Cir.1984), and cases cited at 1086.