Hunter Biden Loses Bid to Halt Tax Evasion Court Proceedings as 9th Circuit Dismisses Appeal

Judge Mark Scarsi denied Mr. Biden’s motion for a stay of proceedings after a Ninth Circuit appeals panel dismissed his appeal.

Hunter Biden (L), son of President Joe Biden, arrives with attorney Abbe Lowell at the O'Neill House Office Building for a closed-door deposition in a Republican-led investigation into the Biden family, on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Feb. 28, 2024. J. Scott Applewhite/AP

Hunter Biden lost his bid to halt his tax evasion district court proceedings in California on Wednesday after the Ninth Circuit declined to hear his appeal.

District Judge Mark Scarsi denied Mr. Biden’s motion for a stay of proceedings in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California pending the outcome of his appeal. The stay had been requested on May 10 after Mr. Biden filed his interlocutory appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.