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Norman Douglas Diamond v. United States, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 18-55376 · judgment April 23, 2019

Certiorari denied · October 21, 2019
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate: the model weighted this down for a self-represented petitioner.

Questions presented

  1. Despite the US jailing former IRS employees for stolen identity refund fraud, the IRS still refuses to refund the legitimate taxpayer's overpayments. Inconsistent administrative transcripts reveal ongoing corruption of IRS records. Despite statutes designed to make victims whole, the government and courts repeatedly deny jurisdiction, Do US non-resident citizens have any right to recovery of illegally retained tax overpayments, and to compensation for unauthorized collection actions?

  2. A US District Court neither filed nor returned documents submitted for filing, and denied receiving a witness's notarized declaration despite its server holding the return receipt for USPS certified mail signed by a court employee. Is dismissal with prejudice a proper method to handle a District Court's destruction of documents?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Norman Douglas Diamond

For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day

Case

Subject area
Federal Taxation (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Order
Order list, October 21, 2019 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Oct 21 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Oct 02 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/18/2019.
  3. Sep 20 2019
    Waiver of right of respondents United States, et al. to respond filed.
  4. Sep 09 2019
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 15, 2019)