(AP) — Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre is asking to be removed from a lawsuit by the state of Mississippi that seeks to recover millions of dollars in misspent welfare money that was intended to help some of the poorest people in the U.S.An attorney for Favre filed papers on Monday saying the Mississippi Department of Human Services “groundlessly and irresponsibly seeks to blame Favre for its own grossly improper and unlawful handling of welfare funds and its own failure to properly monitor and audit” how organizations used the money.NFL flexes Week 14 Dolphins-Chargers matchup to prime timeGiants getting healthier ahead of matchup with CommandersTimeout: Colts' Saturday admits mistake in loss to SteelersRodgers says he plans to play Sunday when Packers face BearsFavre grew up in Mississippi and played football at the University of Southern Mississippi before a long career with the Green Bay Packers that included a win in Super Bowl XXXI.In response to questions Monday about Favre seeking to be dismissed from the civil lawsuit, White told The Associated Press: “Every party in the civil case is free to make the arguments that they would like to make, and I’m not going to comment on them.The court system can see the case through, and the judge can determine who owes what back.”A former Department of Human Services director, John Davis, pleaded guilty in September to federal and state charges tied to the welfare misspending.In a Sept. 12 court filing in the civil lawsuit, an attorney for the Mississippi Community Education Center released several text messages about $5 million in welfare money that went toward a volleyball facility that Favre was seeking to get built at his alma mater, the University of Southern Mississippi, where his daughter was playing the sport."