Third Circuit· 12/21/2021

United States v. Donte Taylor

Citations

21 F.4th 94

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

stating that a sovereign citizen’s belief that he or she is “neither subject to federal law nor federal courts’ jurisdiction” is meritless
noting that sovereign citizens “generally believe that they are neither subject to federal law nor federal courts’ jurisdiction” and that their claims “of course, lack merit”
noting that sovereign citizens “generally believe that they are neither subject to federal law nor federal courts’ jurisdiction” and that their claims “of course, lack merit”
recognizing sovereign citizens’ right to represent themselves “despite their frivolous beliefs about the law”
collecting cases describing the general belief of so-called “sovereign citizens” that “they are neither subject to federal law nor federal courts’ jurisdiction”
“[C]ourts have repeatedly concluded that ‘sovereign citizens’ may represent themselves despite their frivolous beliefs about the law.”

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