<p> </p><p>This was COMPLETELY FALSE! The government only released the IRS automatic lien which was DUPLICATED. See attached affidavit you will only get here: Francis NO LIEN RELEASE</p><p>In addition, the Court on February 24, 2010, took off calendar his March 1, 2010 hearing date and said he will consider the matter without oral argument. The Court had already denied Francis’s bid to release the levy and the tax lien and his motion for reconsideration had a slim change of being granted anyway. Here is a copy of the order: FRANCIS ORDER OFF CALENDAR</p><p>The fact that the judge didn’t even want to hear from Francis’s attorneys probably means there is very little merit to his arguments. TMZ simply jumped the gun when they saw the duplicate lien release and I have asked them to issue a retraction.</p><p>Fortunately, TMZ’s reporting of the story doesn’t equate to a real victory for Joe. Yet, his lawyer’s foolishly argued that the duplicate lien release was a concession by the government until the government embarrassed them with the attached pleading I have provided on this blog.</p>