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Andre Belous v. City of Battle Creek, Michigan

IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 24-2082 · judgment July 17, 2025


Certiorari denied · June 15, 2026

Questions presented

  1. Oath of Office & Due Process Whether a state court judgment is void when initiated by a municipal officer who never filed the constitutionally required oath of office, and whether the Due Process Clause requires courts—particularly after Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, 603 U.S. (2024), and E.M.D. Sales, Inc. v. Carrera, 604 U.S. (2025)—to independently review such jurisdictional defects rather than presume regularity.

  2. Stateless Person & Federal Removal Whether a stateless resident of the United States, asserting violations of federal constitutional rights, is entitled to removal under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331, 1441, or 1443 when state courts refuse to adjudicate those federal claims

  3. Al-Assisted Petitioning & the First Amandmant Whether the First Amendment’s Petition Clause protects an individual’s right to use artificial intelligence as a speech-prosthetic to draft legal filings, and whether courts may disregard petitions prepared with Al assistance consistent with the right to petition for redress of grievances.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Andre Belous

For respondent
C. Marcel Stoetzel III
City Attorney's Office

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Proceedings

  1. Jun 15 2026
    Petition DENIED.
  2. May 27 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/11/2026.
  3. Mar 13 2026
    Petitioner complied with order of February 23, 2026.
  4. Feb 23 2026
    The motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is denied. Petitioner is allowed until March 16, 2026, within which to pay the docketing fee required by Rule 38(a) and to submit a petition in compliance with Rule 33.1 of the Rules of this Court.
  5. Jan 15 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/20/2026.
  6. Dec 30 2025
    Waiver of right of respondent City Battle Creek to respond filed.
  7. Dec 01 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 14, 2026)