Extraordinary due process rights violations and criminal oppression in my case, State ex rel Tulis v. Gerregano, commissioner of revenue, et al do not add up to a constitutional violation worthy of being heard by Tennessee’s anti-corruption special three-judge panel. Per curiam means a majority of the five justices agree to deny the case a hearing.
Boyd Patterson takes the oath as Hamilton County criminal court judge. In the case to obtain a hearing before the new anti-corruption three-judge panel, Judge Patterson says he sees no violations of the constitution despite my complaint’s listing of 29 abrogations of law in a bid to halt a state-backed official extortion program serving the insurance cartel. (Photo Nancy F. Patterson)
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025 — A denial order by criminal court judge Boyd Patterson proves fatal to a journalist’s bid to have his “Eye of Sauron” corruption case heard by the state’s new anticorruption special three-judge panel.
The radio reporter is suing two Gov. Bill Lee commissioners for a fraud that he says indicates state government is controlled by insurance companies whose CEOs are willing to have on average 40,800 innocent people criminally convicted every year for “driving without insurance.”
David Tulis of Eagle Radio Network — a rock hits station — says in a state court petition that Cmsr. Jeff Long in department of safety and Cmsr. David Gerregano in department of revenue are in open violation of the Tennessee financial responsibility law of 1977 and “threaten members of the public into buying insurance they cannot afford to obtain policies that no one can certify as legal proof of financial responsibility,” according to Tulis’ 93-page Nov. 1, 2024, suit.
Since 2002 the commissioners have used updates in the law to make insurance mandatory on the general public. A million of the 7.34 million registered motor vehicle owners don’t have insurance. Revenue sends out 12,000 inquiry and suspension notices weekly against the uninsured poor, a program Tulis has tried to stop with demands for a preliminary injunction.
In an unsigned order the supreme court says “we affirm the decision of the presiding judge that the complaint fails to satisfy the statutory criteria for a three-judge panel. *** The plaintiff’s request for a three-judge panel is denied without prejudice.”
In reviewing the claims, Patterson as presiding judge issues on Nov. 20, 2024, his “Initial determination that action does not qualify for three-judge panel,” saying that even though Tulis cites 29 abrogations of law and due process violations in “Eye of Sauron,” the suit “overwhelmingly [decries] less of a constitutional violation and more of a statutory misapplication.”
Patterson says he searched the complaint for “any potentially meritorious claim that simply might not have been articulated with sufficient legal precision. Yet, even after that search, the only claim that potentially merits convening a three-judge panel seems more of an afterthought.” The only constitutional violation Patterson says he detects “is that Safety and Revenue’s unlawful application of the relevant statutes unfairly discriminates against poor citizens.”
Tulis calls his reporting and litigation work “a Christian combat and mercy ministry.” He says he will ask to transfer the case to Davidson County chancery court, where lawsuits against commissioners are ordinarily heard.
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David runs a personal nonprofit fighting and mercy ministry. He thanks you for checks sent directly to c/o 10520 Brickhill Lane, Soddy-Daisy, TN 37379. Also at GiveSendGo.
I walk out of McMinn County courthouse, in Athens, Tenn., after a filing in the three-judge panel case to overthrow Gov. Bill Lee’s “Eye of Sauron” program about which he gives personal assent. (Photo David Tulis)
