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Joseph Allen May v. United States, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, No. 18-1411 · judgment December 13, 2018


Certiorari denied · October 7, 2019
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

Under Title 26 § 7431, under what authority do the Federal Courts deny Discovery, when the IRS and IRS officers have all of the documents and the United States' employees were the perpetrators? Under Title 26 § 7431, does the lower federal Courts have to authority to refuse to enforce and raise the standards (bar) of the intent of Congress (rule of Law) in refusing to enforce unauthorized disclosures and financial damages of taxpayers information under Title 26 § 7431 as defined in Title 26 § 6103 by raising the standards to bring suit? Do attorneys who acquire U.S. Income Tax Income Returns for the purpose of calculating child support create a new class of individuals under Title 26 § 6103(a)(3) and/or § 7431(a)(2) who are prohibited from release of taxpayer's information as detailed in Title 26 § 6103 (1)(1-6)?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Joseph Allen May

For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 07 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jul 03 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
  3. Jun 05 2019
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  4. May 17 2019
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 21, 2019)