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'''''Purpura et al. v. Sebelius et al.''''' is a ''pro se'' federal case, filed in the [[United States]] [[District Court]] for the District of [[New Jersey]], listing as defendants the Secretaries of [[Department of Health and Human Services|Health and Human Services]], the [[Department of the Treasury|Treasury]], and [[Department of Labor|Labor]], individually and in their official capacities, seeking a declaration that the [[ObamaCare|Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010]] is [[Constitution of the United States|unconstitutional]] and enjoining these Departments from carrying out their respective enforcement functions as this Act specifies.

'''''Purpura et al. v. Sebelius et al.''''' is a ''pro se'' federal case, filed in the [[United States]] [[District Court]] for the District of [[New Jersey]], listing as defendants the Secretaries of [[Department of Health and Human Services|Health and Human Services]], the [[Department of the Treasury|Treasury]], and [[Department of Labor|Labor]], individually and in their official capacities, seeking a declaration that the [[ObamaCare|Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010]] is [[Constitution of the United States|unconstitutional]] and enjoining these Departments from carrying out their respective enforcement functions as this Act specifies.

At present (8 January 2010), the plaintiffs in the case have filed for [[summary judgment]]. The United States government, having failed to file an answer in the requisite time, have pleaded for and obtained extensions of time and intend to present their first motion-to-dismiss on 18 January.

On April 21, 2011, New Jersey District Court Judge [[Freda L. Wolfson]] granted the Defendants' motion to dismiss on the basis of lack of [[standing]]. The plaintiffs appealed the dismissal to the [[3rd Circuit Court of Appeals]], which affirmed the dismissal on September 29, 2011.  The plaintiffs filed a petition for a [[writ of certiorari]] with the [[Supreme Court]], which was denied without comment on January 9, 2012.  A petition for rehearing was denied without comment in February 2012.

== Background ==

== Background ==