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Kenneth Allen Pruitt v. Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 22-40625 · judgment January 31, 2023

Certiorari denied · May 30, 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

For Judicial efficiency to place Questions Presented in context, see Pruitt's Complaint [01/19/2021] ROA.8-47, para 83-84. Pruitt squarely addressed 'standing' two years ago. Pruitt anchored his Complaint to domestic laws referenced by U.S. at 2006 U.S. entry to 2003-31-OCT MERIDA UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION AGAINST CORRUPTION (UNCAC):

At 2006 U.S. entry to UNCAC, U.S. Senate asserted that U.S. has domestic law that complies with UNCAC. Based on assertion of said compliance, U.S. Senate made a UNCAC Sec 66(b) withdrawal from hearings by International Court of Justice (ICJ).
Failure of U.S. Supreme Court to hear this matter, if relief by this [District] Court is hereby denied and denial is appealed, places that Senate assertion of existence of domestic law in question and allows ICJ jurisdiction for Plaintiffs [Pruitt’s] appeal to ICJ. Outcome determinative Questions Presented: Are "Pruitt-type" Complaint(s) of corrupt acts by ultra vires actors (acts not within proper scope of governmental authority) a special species of

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Kenneth Allen Pruitt

For respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

May 30 2023
Petition DENIED.
May 09 2023
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/25/2023.
May 04 2023
Waiver of right of respondents Biden, President of U.S., et al. to respond filed.
Main Document
Mar 23 2023
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 5, 2023)
Petition Appendix Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count