Outerbridge v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 10-1442 SHENAE A. OUTERBRIDGE, Petitioner – Appellant, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent – Appellee. Appeal from the United States Tax Court. (Tax Ct. No. 7907-08) Submitted: July 27, 2010 Decided: August 4, 2010 Before TRAXLER, Chief Judge, and WILKINSON and KEENAN, Circuit Judges. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Shenae A. Outerbridge, Appellant Pro Se. John DiCicco, Kenneth W. Rosenberg, Bridget Maria Rowan, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C.; William J. Wilkins, INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, Washington, D.C., for Appellee. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM: Shenae A. Outerbridge appeals from the tax court’s order disallowing her claimed business expenses and determining a deficiency in her 2006 income tax. We have reviewed the record and the tax court’s opinion and find no abuse of discretion and no clear error. Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the tax court. Outerbridge v. Comm’r of Internal Revenue, Tax Ct. No. 7907-08 (U.S.T.C. July 21, 2009 & Jan. 11, 2010). We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process. AFFIRMED 2