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Richard Boggs v. United States
IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, No. 25-6347 · judgment February 24, 2026
Question presented
STATEMENT OF THE ISSUES PRESENTED Issue 1. Under Moore et ux. v. United States, 602 U.S. 572 (2024) the income tax is an indirect tax under Article I, Section 8, clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution and cannot be enforced as the non-apportioned direct tax that was assessed by the IRS (See Appendices E and F) and enforced by the lower courts. Issue 2. Under Moore, all direct taxes are constitutionally required to be apportioned to the “several States” for payment in proportion to the census. Issue 3. The federal personal income tax is not a non-apportioned direct tax on income under authority of the 16th Amendment. Issue 4. Under the Supreme Court decisions taken in Moore et ux. v. U.S., 602 U.S. 572, (2024), the federal courts lack the subject matter jurisdiction to enforce crimes against individual defendants based on a direct tax on income under an alleged authority of the IRS to assess tax directly and without limitation under the 16th Amendment. Issue 5. Fatally lacking a constitutionally granted subject matter jurisdiction to enforce a direct tax on income against an individual person, the
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Richard Edward Boggs
For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Aug 13 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2026.
- Aug 11 2026Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- Jul 13 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 17, 2026)