No. 25-542

Tonya Lee Randleman v. Firelands Habitat for Humanity, Inc.

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-11-05
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: bankruptcy creditor-priority debtor-assets federal-priority-statute government-claims insolvency
Key Terms:
DueProcess Securities Jurisdiction
Latest Conference: 2026-01-09
Question Presented (from Petition)

Under, the "Federal Priority Statute, " also known as 31 U.S.C. § 3713, essentially establishes that when a debtor is insolvent, the United States must be paid first, meaning any government claims take priority over other creditors in a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding ensuring the government receives its due payment even when debtor has limited assets to distribute. This statute mandates that government claims must be paid before any other creditor when a debtor is insolvent, including situations like voluntary assignment of property, attachment of property, or bankruptcy. Under 11 U.S.C. § 547(b), it authorizes the trustee to avoid a transfer if five conditions are met. The act of pillaging is prohibited by Article 33 of the Fourth Geneva Convention (1949) and its Additional Protocol II of (1977).

With this Article, alongside the pay first Statute the question presented here, on which the federal district court remanded case back to the state court., are:

1. Whether Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution granted to the district court the power to remand case back to the state court to regulate commerce with international business, trading, loans, labor, and land with Indians;

2. Whether appellee a subsidiary submission of a false and misleading corporate disclosure statement in the six circuit violated the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002; ignored by the court constitutes fraud upon the court for complicit involvement in appellees fiduciary duty the honest services fraud statute fits;

3. Whether the district court and the circuit courts failure to cite any state statute based on state law in its decision to remand, transfer, and dismiss likely unconstitutional on its face because there is no law to argue the courts decisions are void for vagueness and 5th Amendment due process violations.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Federal Priority Statute (31 U.S.C. § 3713) governs priority of government claims in bankruptcy proceedings when a debtor is insolvent

Docket Entries

2026-01-12
Petition DENIED.
2025-12-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
2025-01-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 5, 2025)

Attorneys

Tonya Lee Randleman
Tonya Lee Randleman — Petitioner