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In Re Kaysha F. N. Dery

Paid petition

Certiorari denied · April 19, 2021

Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

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

Questions presented

Is it constitutional to detain someone who is fleeing torture and terrorism? Is it constitutional when that person is the posterity of the UNITED STATES?
Who are the people of the UNITED STATES? Is it the posterity of the UNITED STATES? Is it all persons born or naturalized in the UNITED STATES and their posterity? Is it INDIANS born within the territorial limits of the UNITED STATES and their posterity? Or is it all of the above?
What is an INDIAN? Is it the indigenous peoples? Is it posterity of the indigenous peoples? Is it the METIS? Or is it all of the above? Or is it the interpretation of 50% blood quantum under the Immigration and Nationality Act? Does the UNITED STATES have the right define the same?
Do the METIS and their posterity, being taxed or taxable INDIANS, which were deported to CANADA, have the right to be counted as part of the whole number of persons in each State for the purpose of appointing representatives for the electors for President and Vice-President of the United States, Representatives in Congress, the Executive and Judicial officers of a State, or the members of the Legislature thereof?
Is evicting and/or banning a person or persons from the UNITED STATES when such person or persons has a right to be on AMERICAN soil or attempting to do the same a restriction of their liberty and a form of illegal confinement and

For petitioner
Kaysha F.N. Dery

For respondent
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