Michael Thomas Paul v. Greg Abbot Attorney General for the State of Texas

Court of Appeals of Texas·Decided December 30, 2014·No. 04-14-00791-CV·Published

Opinion

CAUSE: 2001-CI-16843 ^ <\

MICHAEL THOMAS PAUL (PLAINTIFF) § IN THE DISTRICT COURr. o c

VS § # 225 U. "-

GREG AB30T ATTORNEY GENERAL § ' "~ FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS (DEFENDANT) § BEXAR COUNTY, TEXAS

PLAINTIFF'S ANSWER TO DISTRICT COURT'S ATTORNIES

CLAIM OF NON INDIGENCY OR IN THE ALTERNATIVE FRIVILOUS APPEAL

pLAINTIFF is pro se. The hearing set and heard in presiding court Bexar County on _.

December 5th, 2014 was requested by DINAH GAINES, Chief Staff Attorney, Bexar^ S ~<7£ County Civil District Courts as a malicious filing in an attempt to silence this cait^oiice m :~o and for all. Let it be known that respondents first attorney RANDOLPH V. GONfZ^LEZ £ ^ =■'; - SBN:08131200 appeared October 17 and filed a motion for continuance statingjjiat no s» '■€: -i- notice had been given per Tex. R. Civ. P. 21 and that he needed more time to pre£&re im ^p _■'_

answer .since he was unfamiliar with the particulars of the filed suit. Plaintiff will show ca : :■

E-file and E-serve confirmation on October 06. 2014 to Attorney General who sent Mr.

GONZALEZ because he had represented the defendant in Justice Court, Comal County.

Texas on September 20th, 2014 regarding this exact issue. Plaintiff never having had to

plea a civil case and who had not been in a civil courtr since 2002 was unfamiliar with

the TexasRules of Civil Procedure when he filed in small claims court for S10.000 plus

damages and other relief as the court would see fit. Because there was a lack of

concurrent inherent jurisdiction the Justice slated she was not eligible to make any

rulings and had to grant the defendants motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction. Again

being a novice Propia Persona litigant Plaintiff was unaware regarding the legalese

language when the judge granted the motion with prejudice vs. no prejudice, or he would

ha\e objected to the motion. Plaintiff stopped at the clerks office before leaving the

facility as to enquire of the Judge if he needed to file in Bexar County which was the

correct court having jurisdiction or was an appeal necessary first. The clerk returned and

stated that the judge said if he wanted to file an appeal it must be done within 10 days page 1 of 8 and he was freeto make his own decision since they could not give legal advice. Plaintiff

believing that he just needed to file in the proper court that retains jurisdiction in family

court cases as dedicated by the Judicial Court System in TEXAS and the states

constatulion designating the 225th of Bexar county as a family court and was the

originating court being the court of inherant and concurrent jurisdiction making it the

only court allowed to hear pleadings regarding this cause. Plaintiff attempted to efilc the

ncessarydocumentation to reopen the initial cause which is the subject of this suit but

was deniedby the clerks office on more than one occasion. The First time was told that

this cause isclosed and that a new affidavit of Indigency had to be submitted to file in

original cause. Plaintiff filed in person and submitted new affidavits of inability to pay

court costs stamped September 22. 2014 with two stamped copies sent for service of

notice by the Sheriff and set the matter for hearing October 5th. The next afternoon the

Plaintiff receives an email from the district clerks office stating that the petition

submitted had nothing to do with the original divorce and it was being issued a new

cause number. Plaintiff replied to the email stating that the petition was everything to do

regarding thedivorce proceeding and if the clerks office attempted to bypass the record

then plaintiffwould be forced to report the issue for a judicial review. October 05th.

2014 healing in presiding was scheduled when initial filing was done September, 22.

2014. Plaintiff wasnot on the docket for the case he filed into but instead had received a

new case number from the clerks office and was asked if he could show service to the

opposing party. Plaintiff didn't receive the return of service from the sheriff as required

so he asked for the courts leave to return to the District Clerk who was to effect service

where he was told that since the cause number was a new one he would need to refile

requests for service under the new number as the notices were not served. Plintiff

enquired to the clerk he sent the reply email to on September 23 and was told by the clerk

that he was told to do it. Plaintiff demanded the filing be placed into the original cause

and had to complete another setof request for service which was a duplicate to what was

filed on September 22, 2014. Plaintiff returned to presiding court and made a formal

complaint to the court clerk regarding the intentional misfiling of his petition and

requests for service and asked if the judge would sec him. Because the presiding judge

was still on the bench and hadoverheard the conversation she agreed to hear from the

plaintiff but stated she could make no ruleings regarding the petition for temporary

injunction and declaratory relief without showing proof of service.

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After reading the petition and seeing the attached exhibits as evidence regarding the petition for declaratory relief and temporary injunction the presiding judge stated that theplaintiff should go out front and file a selling for a new dale. Plaintiff did as

insiructedand was giving the earliest date October 17. that the court was hearing newly

docketed pleas then proceeded to give notice tothe defense regarding the new date.

There has been multiple attempts to keep this case from being justly adjudicated and

plaintiff contends that the district clerks office including the staffattorney are corrupt and

have violated procedures and even laws regarding the theft of Federal Benefits in excess

of $11.600 from plaintiffs Social Security Disability. Plaintiff learned through the staff

attorney before she knew whom he was. that there had been no filings in the original case

since the divorce decree of May 2002. Upon learning this information plaintiff began to

suspect that there was more than just the intentional filing of a civil judgment claiming he

owed $5,140.00 to the state and it appeared on his credit reports causing emotional

distress, pain and suffering and his public image was so defamed to make him appear as a

DEAD BEAT DAD for not paying his child support as ordered by the court. The only

problem with that is a Termination Order relinquishing the parent child relalionshipwith

his daughter that ordered ex partc in December of 2004 ending with "no other relief so

ordered." Had the plaintiff been so behind in his support to the child it would have been

pleaded heavily by the state and a request for an order for contempt to compel payment

issued. Yet the state made no claims and the Oblige also made no claims as to not

receiving support payments. Then 6 months after the termination the US Social Security

Administration receives a second writ for withholding for garnishment of wages that

continue through 2008 when plaintiff finally learns that the withholding was being paid

to the state of Texas and not his son in California, accumulating to $11,600 as reported

by an audit he initiated after providing the order to the administration from the December

2004 termination which slopped the garnishments administratively from further

payment. Plaintiff then received a court stamped judgment for an additional $5140.00

lien and was issued against REAL property had the plaintiff had any. Plaintiff

telephoned the District clerk and stated that he owed nothing and that he was a victim of theft by deception and that the lien was not dully owed. The clerkstated that he needed to

contact the attorney generals office directly which is what he didand was immediately

told that they wouldconducl an internal investigation and would get back with him. But

more than likely the money had been paid to the oblige, plaintiffs ex wife and that if that were the case then he would need to take her to court to recover his money.

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