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David Paul Biesemeyer v. Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 24-5670 · judgment December 22, 2025
(petition-stage, structural)
Well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Questions presented
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Whether a municipality’s continued retention of surplus proceeds from a tax foreclosure constitutes an ongoing violation of the Takings Clause under Tyler v. Hennepin County, 598 U.S. 631 (2023), when the government still holds the identifiable equity that common-law principles recognize as the former owner’s property.
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Whether, under Board of Regents v. Tomanio, 446 U.S. 478 (1980), a borrowed state statute of limita tions may bar a § 1983 claim where the government’s own notice procedures allegedly prevented meaningful opportunity to claim surplus equity before the statutory deadline expired.
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Whether the Excessive Fines Clause limits a municipality’s retention of surplus equity grossly dis proportionate to the underlying tax debt.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
David Paul Biesemeyer
For respondent
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Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Sep 02 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2026.
- Jun 24 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 21, 2026)