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Bernard D. Holland v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, No. 22-1007 · judgment May 23, 2022


Certiorari denied · October 2, 2023
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

  1. QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW

  2. Is the Internal Revenue Service required to follow the Law as written in The United States Constitution regarding Direct Taxation?

  3. Is the Internal Revenue Service required to follow the Law as written in Title 26, U.S. Code including, but not limited to, the definitions found therein?

  4. Does the Internal Revenue Service have the Lawful authority to ignore the Petitioner’s use of the proper I.R.S. forms, “Form 4852”, to rebut erroneous claims filed on Forms “W-2”, Form “1099-R” or Form “SSA1099”, made by a third party, to correct errors?

  5. Absent any exercise of “privilege” is it Lawful to tax the Petitioner’s earnings?

  6. Did The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals err in denying the Petitioner the opportunity to defend this case?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Bernard D. Holland

For respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Proceedings

  1. Jan 08 2024
    Rehearing DENIED.
  2. Dec 06 2023
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/5/2024.
  3. Oct 19 2023
    Petition for Rehearing filed.
  4. Oct 02 2023
    Petition DENIED.
  5. Jul 19 2023
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
  6. Jul 17 2023
    Waiver of right of respondent Commissioner of Internal Revenue to respond filed.
  7. Nov 21 2022
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 24, 2023)