The United States Supreme Court has refused to hear a case associated with a coinbase user, alleging its fourth amendment rights violating the data sent to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

In Monday’s notice, the country’s top court rejected A proposal to review James Harper’s case against IRS and several of its officers. The case was forced to compel the coinbase to turn on the data of some users in the “John Doo” summons, resulting in a case against the Federal Tax Collection Agency in 2020.

Harper’s initial complaint Solemn IRS and its officials operated an “illegal discovery and seizure” [his] Private financial information, “in violation of the fourth amendment of the US Constitution.

The US district court for the district of New Hampshire dismissed the case in March 2021, making an appeal with the first circuit, which also issued a decision against Harper.

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Without the Supreme Court, considering a potentially different decision in the case, the decision of the lower court will set an important example for Digital Privacy Rights for Crypto users in the US.

coincidence An amicus briefly filed Supporting Harper’s petition, claiming that, the ruling stand of the lower court, the US government can detect every crypto transaction of users in the past and monitor every crypto transaction in the future. ,

Connected: The Supreme Court’s decision ‘Changes the game for us’ for crypto firms

“We believe in tax compliance, but it is beyond a narrow and analog request and beyond crypto,” Said Paul Grewal, Chief Legal Officer of Coinbase, in 30 April X Post. “It applies to banks, phone companies, ISP, email, you name it […] You should have the right to privacy for your inbox or account as you have for a letter in your mailbox. ,

After 2025 tax season, crypto users are reports of IRS warning letters

Crypto tax software company Coinledger reported an increase of 758% in its users, referring to IRS letters in the support chat. It suggested that the agency may be suggested to increase the number of letters that may release in response to unrestricted or weak digital asset transactions. Although the company reported the data before the Supreme Court refused to review Harper’s plea, it was motivated to impact users’ privacy.

,[IRS Letters] Not necessarily indicating wrongdoing, “Coinledagar said.” In many cases, recipients are only Crypto investors known for IRS, which have been released for exchanges such as coinbase and pollonics through John Do Saman. ,