A California court dismissed a Coinbase user's objection to an IRS subpoena.

PANews reported on March 19th that, according to Cointelegraph, a judge in the Northern District of California rejected Coinbase user Roger Metz's application to dismiss an IRS subpoena. Metz filed the application in May 2025, attempting to prevent the IRS from requesting Coinbase to provide financial records related to its 2022 tax returns. His lawyers argued that the subpoena violated privacy rights, was too broad, and failed to meet basic administrative requirements. The judge ruled that Metz failed to formally notify the U.S. Attorney General of the application within the stipulated 90-day period, constituting insufficient service of process, and therefore dismissed the application. This dismissal is a "non-substantive" dismissal, meaning Metz can resubmit the application in the future. In a similar case last year, James Harper accused the IRS of violating his Fourth Amendment rights by obtaining his data from the exchange through a John Doe subpoena; the Supreme Court declined to hear the case.