On 09/23/2010 12:16 AM, reflexing wrote: > On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 10:51 AM, Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) of > Singapore <enming...@lavabit.com> wrote: > >> I want to sue God for being too busy and unresponsive. How can I file a >> lawsuit against Him at the United States Supreme Court? >> <snip> >> > Not this AGAIN! >
Nope, he's screwed... About the farthest you can go to gain jurisdiction over a foreigner is to sue under the Geneva Conventions' Treaty for the International Service of Process, or other applicable treaty if the country in question wasn't a signatory at the Geneva Convention. In this case, I know of no treaty that extends to Heaven that authorizes the inter-worlds service of process. So in short, the OP could not gain jurisdiction over God. Even if he found a way to get process (a copy of the Complaint and Summons) to God, God could just choose to ignore the pleadings. There would be a defect in service on the face of the record and no court could enter a no-answer default against God in that case. Simply put - a mortal cannot gain jurisdiction over God in our legal system :p P.S. - but anyone with a spare $260 can file a lawsuit and try :-) -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com
