Bey v. State of Indiana

Federal 7th Circuit Court
Civil Court
Taxation
Citation
Case Number: 
No. 16-1589
Decision Date: 
February 3, 2017
Federal District: 
S.D. Ind., Indianapolis Div.
Holding: 
Affirmed

Dist. Ct. did not err in dismissing for failure to state cause of action plaintiff’s action seeking to enjoin state and county officials from taxing plaintiff’s real estate, where plaintiff alleged that he was exempt from such taxation based on his status as “Aboriginal Indigenous Moorish-American.” Ct. rejected plaintiff’s claim that he is “sovereign citizen,” and thus could not be lawfully taxed by Indiana or its subdivisions in absence of contract between them and him.