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Kurt Kanam v. Doug Burgum, Secretary of the Interior, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, No. 24-5003 · judgment April 18, 2024


Certiorari denied · October 6, 2025
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

This case concerns yet another agency overreach involving-the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act (“List Act”), and whether the statute has judiciary branch tribal recognition or whether it can be removed from the “List Act” using a fictitious administrative action and invalidated case law. The questions presented are:

  1. Whether the Rule 60 motion should have been granted because the previous District Court and Court of Appeals decisions were void because the lower Court’s lacked jurisdiction.

  2. Whether the Rule 60 motion should have been granted because the agency acted in a legally forbidden manner and deceived the District Court and Court of Appeals regarding its administrative procedures for judiciary branch tribal recognition.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Kurt Kanam

For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 06 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jul 09 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
  3. Jun 30 2025
    Waiver of right of respondent Federal Respondents to respond filed.
  4. Jun 11 2024
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 30, 2025)