First Survivor Winner Loses Appeal Over Longstanding Tax Bill

The first winner of the game show Survivor can’t appeal a district court’s partial summary judgment regarding his longstanding tax dispute because the court lacks jurisdiction, a federal appeals court said.

The US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit can’t review Richard Hatch’s appeal because its jurisdiction extends only to final decisions and certain interlocutory or collateral orders.

“The decisions Hatch seeks to challenge do not fall within either category,” the court said.

Hatch sought to appeal a 2025 decision granting the government’s motion to reduce the tax assessments to judgment but preventing the government from foreclosing on two ...