No. 23-5534

Fred Zelkowitz v. District Court of Texas, Harris County, et al.

Lower Court: Texas
Docketed: 2023-09-06
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: civil-rights due-process governmental-liability judicial-accountability legal-redress ministerial-acts sovereign-immunity tort-limitations ultra-vires
Key Terms:
ERISA
Latest Conference: 2023-11-03
Question Presented (AI Summary)

How can government entities be held accountable for violating laws and using sovereign-immunity to avoid liability?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED This case is a civil matter where governmental entities in the State of | Texas violated the law and caused significant monetary and personal harm. These entities are using Sovereign Immunity to avoid any liability and the Texas Courts are refusing to accept Ultra Vires in any form as a valid argument to pierce that immunity. J am looking to the Supreme Court of the United States to address these questions: 1. How can the Judicial and Executive branches be held accountable and liable when they knowingly and willingly break the laws established by the Legislative branch, then hide behind a shield of Sovereign Immunity to avoid responsibility while the Courts won't recognize Ultra Vires exceptions for government entities? 2. Can the definition of Ultra Vires be expanded to include entities, not just individuals, to penetrate the shield of Sovereign Immunity to hold government entities liable that break the law routinely with impunity? 3. Can an entity be held liable for Ultra Vires actions when various and multiple individuals routinely perform “ministerial acts” on behalf of that entity that violate the law? 4. Can a citizen harmed by the illegal actions of government entities use Ultra Vires as a valid means of exposing, rectifying and seek damages for the harm caused? 5. Are illegal actions taken by government entities, in combination with Ultra Vires, valid reasons for the lifting of any tort limitations written into the law? 6. What redress is possible when a Judge accepts a questionable document as evidence despite the rules of evidence? Can this Court do anything with regards to a hearing where evidence was admitted without fully vetting its authenticity? i

Docket Entries

2023-11-06
Petition DENIED.
2023-10-19
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/3/2023.
2023-09-28
Waiver of right of respondent Harris County Domestic Relations Office to respond filed.
2023-09-20
Waiver of right of respondents Harris County District Court, 246th Judicial District and Texas Attorney General, Child Support Division to respond filed.
2023-08-29
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 6, 2023)

Attorneys

Fred Zelkowitz
Fred Zelkowitz — Petitioner
Harris County District Court, 246th Judicial District and Texas Attorney General, Child Support Division
Jose L. ValtzarThe Office of the Atty. General of TX,, Respondent
Harris County Domestic Relations Office
Laura Jean BeckmanHarris County Attorney's Office, Respondent