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Francis Burns v. United States
IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, No. 23-1116 · judgment March 21, 2025
Questions presented
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Was Petitioner, Francis Burns denied his Constitutionally-protected Common Law right under the Taxpayer Bill of Rights where the UNITED f . STATES OF AMERICA, andtheSTATEOFWISCONSIN,hereinafter known as the Respondents, has converted the rights of the TaxPayer into a privilege?
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Was the Petitioner, Francis Burns denied due process of law hy the Respondents wherein the Respondents ignored the Common Law principles of a crime and prosecuted the Petitioner under Statutory Rules that , circumvent the United States Constitution and the Common Law?
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Were Petitioner’s First,Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eleventh, Fourteenth Amendment, and Bill of Rights violated by the Respondents trial and criminal conviction for not following tax payer policies? The Respondents Statutes and Tax Code requires tax payers to follow all tax laws under the protection of the TaxPayer Bill of Rights. The Probate Laws for Estates & Trust, protected by the "Foreign S Sovereign Immunity Act”, prevent all third party intervenor such as courts and private corporations. The Joint Committee for Taxation (JCT), consisting of ten members of Congress, who prohibit the interference of the Internal Revenue Service and the Department of Treasury on accounts of Taxpayers with Large Refunds operating under Trust. The Federal Tax Law require that any tax liability a "Method of assessment" (26 U.S.C.S. § 6203) the assessment shall be made by recording the liability of the taxpayer in the office of the Secretary in accordance with rules or regulations prescribed by the Secretary. Francis Burns Estate as taxpayer made the request to the SecHetatiy to fuHnish the taxpayeW a copy of the tiecoUd of the assessment. Which all parties have failed to comply with.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Francis Burns
For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Oct 14 2025Petition DENIED.
- Sep 25 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/10/2025.
- Sep 23 2025Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- Aug 28 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 6, 2025)