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Federal Claims· 9/27/2011

Gravatt v. United States

Citations

  • 100 Fed. Cl. 279
  • 2011 U.S. Claims LEXIS 1950
  • 2011 WL 4467770

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that “[n]either birth certificates nor social security numbers recognize or impose contractual rights, obligations, or duties” and determining that such claims are “frivolous”
  • holding that plaintiff’s complaint was frivolous and should be counted as a “strike” under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g)
  • holding that section 2042 is not money-mandating because “it describes the requirements for disbursement of money paid into the court by private parties .... [and] does not impose any specific monetary obligations on the government”
  • noting that “[s]o-called sovereign citizens believe that they are not subject to government authority and employ various tactics in an attempt to, among other things, avoid paying taxes, extinguish debts, and derail criminal proceedings”
  • noting that “[s]o-called sovereign citizens believe that they are not subject to government authority and employ various tactics in an attempt to, among other things, avoid paying taxes, extinguish debts, and derail criminal proceedings”
  • explaining that “[s]o called sovereign citizens believe that they are not subject to government authority and employ various tactics in an attempt to, among other this, avoid paying taxes, extinguish debts, and derail criminal proceedings.”

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Judges: Sweeney

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Cites

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