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Joe Blessett v. Office of the Attorney General of Texas

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 20-40135


Certiorari denied · October 19, 2020
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Questions presented

  1. Did U.S. Congress intend for Title IV-D Cooperative-Federalism 42 U.S.C 654(3) contactors escape private law liabilities for violating their 10th amendment protections under their contract with the U.S. government?

  2. Did the Respondent forfeit its 11th amendment privilege by in failure to clearly make its intentions known upon a direct challenged by the PetitionerAppellant ("Blessett") in the trial court in 2017 and failure to protect its 11th amendment privilege before a judicial determination on March 6, 2019, in the 5th Circuit Court by its legal conduct?

  3. Does the Texas Title IV-D program violate the "Separation of Powers" with state employees acting as contracted federal agents for the program and Texas state actors cloaked in state sovereignty at the same time?

  4. Is it an overreach of "Public Law into Private Law Domain" by Title IV-D of the Social Security Act?

  5. Does the Title IV-D program provide any benefits to the noncustodial parent?

  6. Who is the primary lender on the interstate contracts in question under federal law?

  7. Blessett challenges U.S. Constitutionality of the 42 U.S.C.658a incentives for performance as monetary inducement to coerce the 42 U.S.C. 654(3) contractors to increase performance revenues like any income-generating business and criminalize noncustodial parents?

  8. Does federal statute 42 U.S.C. 658a of the Title IV-D of Social Security Act of the program help

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Joe Blessett

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 19 2020
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Sep 30 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/16/2020.
  3. Aug 03 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari before judgment filed. (Response due September 14, 2020)