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Joe Blessett v. Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 22-40378 · judgment May 16, 2023
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Questions presented
Joe Blessett disagrees with the U.S. 5th Appellate Circuit Court's decision to affirm the District Court Judgment. Is there a distinction between the Public and Private in applying a federal government-funded Public Service, Title IV of the Social Security Act (Act), and Private Family Law terms? Was there Suppression of protected rights and federal statutes under the color of law that injured Blessett? Are Greg Abbott, Ken Paxton, and Xavier Becerra following U.S. Congressional legislation of the Act as the U.S. Congress intended?
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Are rights being denied because of the lower court's erroneous view of Public and Private law?
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Are Blessett's 5th> 10th’ and 14th Amendment rights being denied because of the suppression of unopposed evidence?
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Are Federal penalties for the Act enforced without evidence of due process under 42 U.S.C. 666(a)(5)(H)?
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Why can't Greg Abbott, Ken Paxton, and Steven C McCraw come under federal jurisdiction for knowing the continued color of law injury endured by Blessett because of enforcement of Title IV-D penalties without legal standing?
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Why was Blessett denied using Ex parte Young against state officials under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for federal jurisdiction to challenge state officials for "failure to act" to prevent continued injuries?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Joe Blessett
For respondent
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Case
Conference history
Distributed for 3 conferences
Proceedings
- Dec 11 2023Rehearing DENIED.
- Dec 01 2023Rescheduled.
- Dec 01 2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/8/2023.
- Nov 08 2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/1/2023.
- Oct 30 2023Petition for Rehearing filed.
- Oct 16 2023Petition DENIED.
- Sep 27 2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/13/2023.
- Sep 11 2023Waiver of right of respondent HHS, Dept. of State to respond filed.
- Aug 04 2023Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 11, 2023)