Republican National Committee et al v. Benson et al
Plaintiff: Republican National Committee, Jordan Jorritsma and Emerson Silvernail
Defendant: Jocelyn Benson and Jonathan Brater
Petitioner: Democratic National Committee
Intervenor: Detroit Disability Power, Michigan Alliance for Retired Americans and League of Women Voters of Michigan
Case Number: 1:2024cv00262
Filed: March 13, 2024
Court: US District Court for the Western District of Michigan
Presiding Judge: Jane M Beckering
Referring Judge: Ray Kent
Nature of Suit: Voting
Cause of Action: 28 U.S.C. § 1331 Fed. Question
Jury Demanded By: None
Docket Report

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Date Filed Document Text
May 9, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 26 ORDER granting STIPULATION #25 ; Plaintiffs' response to motion #18 due 5/20/2024; signed by District Judge Jane M. Beckering (rmw)
May 8, 2024 Filing 25 PROPOSED STIPULATION and ORDER Extending Response Date by plaintiffs Jordan Jorritsma, Republican National Committee, Emerson Silvernail (McCarthy, Thomas)
May 6, 2024 Filing 24 UNOPPOSED MOTION for leave to file Amicus Curiae by movant Democratic National Committee; (Attachments: #1 Certificate of Concurrence, #2 Exhibit 1 - Amicus Curiae brief, #3 Exhibit 2 - Proposed Order) (Waxman, Seth) Modified text on 5/6/2024 (ems).
May 3, 2024 (NON-DOCUMENT) ATTORNEY APPEARANCE of Sarah Riley Howard on behalf of intervenor-defendant League of Women Voters of Michigan (Howard, Sarah)
May 3, 2024 (NON-DOCUMENT) ATTORNEY APPEARANCE of Sean Morales-Doyle on behalf of intervenor-defendant League of Women Voters of Michigan (Morales-Doyle, Sean)
April 19, 2024 Filing 23 RESPONSE in opposition to MOTION to intervene by intervenor-defendant League of Women Voters of Michigan #12 filed by Jordan Jorritsma, Republican National Committee, Emerson Silvernail (McCarthy, Thomas)
April 16, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 22 ORDER: plaintiff must file an amended complaint or a response to the motion to dismiss; signed by District Judge Jane M. Beckering (lep)
April 15, 2024 Filing 21 CERTIFICATE regarding compliance with LCivR 7.1(d) re MOTION to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction, MOTION to dismiss for failure to state a claim #18 filed by Jocelyn Benson, Jonathan Brater (Grill, Erik) Modified text on 4/16/2024 (ems).
April 15, 2024 Filing 20 CERTIFICATE of compliance re word count for Brief in Support of a Motion, #19 filed by Jocelyn Benson, Jonathan Brater (Grill, Erik)
April 15, 2024 Filing 19 BRIEF in support of MOTION to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction, MOTION to dismiss for failure to state a claim #18 filed by Jocelyn Benson, Jonathan Brater (Attachments: #1 Exhibit List, #2 Exhibit 1 - Daunt v Benson, #3 Exhibit 2 - Letter from Dept of State) (Grill, Erik) Modified text on 4/16/2024 (ems).
April 15, 2024 Filing 18 MOTION to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction , MOTION to dismiss for failure to state a claim by defendants Jocelyn Benson, Jonathan Brater; (Grill, Erik)
April 9, 2024 (NON-DOCUMENT) ATTORNEY APPEARANCE of Andrew Garber on behalf of intervenor-defendant League of Women Voters of Michigan (Garber, Andrew)
April 8, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 17 ORDER granting proposed stipulated order #15 ; Defendants' first responsive due by 4/15/2024; signed by District Judge Jane M. Beckering (rmw)
April 8, 2024 (NON-DOCUMENT) ATTORNEY APPEARANCE of Robert A. Atkins on behalf of intervenor-defendant League of Women Voters of Michigan (Atkins, Robert)
April 5, 2024 Filing 16 RESPONSE in opposition to MOTION to intervene intervenor-defendants Detroit Disability Power, Michigan Alliance for Retired Americans #8 , AMENDED MOTION to intervene intervenor-defendants Detroit Disability Power, Michigan Alliance for Retired Americans #9 filed by Jordan Jorritsma, Republican National Committee, Emerson Silvernail (McCarthy, Thomas)
April 5, 2024 Filing 15 PROPOSED STIPULATION and ORDER Extending Date by defendants Jocelyn Benson, Jonathan Brater (Grill, Erik)
April 5, 2024 Filing 14 MOTION for extension of time to file response due today, MOTION for extension of time to file response/reply re #9 motion to intervene by plaintiffs Jordan Jorritsma, Republican National Committee, Emerson Silvernail; (McCarthy, Thomas)
April 5, 2024 (NON-DOCUMENT) ATTORNEY APPEARANCE of Heather S. Meingast on behalf of defendants Jocelyn Benson, Jonathan Brater (Meingast, Heather)
April 5, 2024 (NON-DOCUMENT) ATTORNEY APPEARANCE of Erik Alexander Grill on behalf of defendants Jocelyn Benson, Jonathan Brater (Grill, Erik)
April 4, 2024 Filing 13 CERTIFICATE regarding compliance with LCivR 7.1(d) re MOTION to intervene by intervenor-defendant League of Women Voters of Michigan #12 filed by League of Women Voters of Michigan (Sweren-Becker, Eliza)
April 4, 2024 Filing 12 MOTION to intervene by intervenor-defendant League of Women Voters of Michigan; (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A - Declaration of Paula Bowman, #2 Exhibit B - Proposed Answer) (Sweren-Becker, Eliza) Modified text on 4/5/2024 (ems).
March 25, 2024 (NON-DOCUMENT) ATTORNEY APPEARANCE of Samuel Ward-Packard on behalf of intervenor-defendants Detroit Disability Power, Michigan Alliance for Retired Americans (Ward-Packard, Samuel)
March 25, 2024 (NON-DOCUMENT) ATTORNEY APPEARANCE of Jyoti Jasrasaria on behalf of intervenor-defendants Detroit Disability Power, Michigan Alliance for Retired Americans (Jasrasaria, Jyoti)
March 25, 2024 (NON-DOCUMENT) ATTORNEY APPEARANCE of Aria Branch on behalf of intervenor-defendants Detroit Disability Power, Michigan Alliance for Retired Americans (Branch, Aria)
March 22, 2024 Filing 11 CERTIFICATE regarding compliance with LCivR 7.1(d) re AMENDED MOTION to intervene #9 filed by Detroit Disability Power, Michigan Alliance for Retired Americans (Prescott, Sarah) Modified text on 3/25/2024 (mlc)
March 22, 2024 Filing 10 CERTIFICATE of compliance re word count for AMENDED MOTION to intervene #9 filed by Detroit Disability Power, Michigan Alliance for Retired Americans (Prescott, Sarah) Modified text on 3/25/2024 (mlc)
March 22, 2024 Filing 9 AMENDED MOTION to intervene with amended memorandum in support by intervenor-defendants Detroit Disability Power, Michigan Alliance for Retired Americans; (Attachments: #1 Exhibit 1 Proposed Motion to Dismiss Complaint, #2 Exhibit 2 Declaration of Dessa Cosma, #3 Exhibit 3 Declaration of James R. Pedersen) (Prescott, Sarah) Modified text on 3/25/2024 (mlc)
March 22, 2024 Filing 8 MOTION to intervene with memorandum in support by intervenor-defendants Detroit Disability Power, Michigan Alliance for Retired Americans; (Attachments: #1 Exhibit 1 Proposed Motion to Dismiss Complaint, #2 Exhibit 2 Declaration of Dessa Cosma, #3 Exhibit 3 Declaration of James R. Pedersen) (Prescott, Sarah) Modified text on 3/25/2024 (mlc)
March 22, 2024 (NON-DOCUMENT) ATTORNEY APPEARANCE of Sarah S. Prescott on behalf of intervenor-defendants Detroit Disability Power, Michigan Alliance for Retired Americans ; party Detroit Disability Power and Michigan Alliance for Retired Americans added (Prescott, Sarah)
March 21, 2024 Filing 7 SUMMONS returned executed; Jonathan Brater served on 3/18/2024, answer due 4/8/2024 (McCarthy, Thomas)
March 21, 2024 Filing 6 SUMMONS returned executed; Jocelyn Benson served on 3/18/2024, answer due 4/8/2024 (McCarthy, Thomas)
March 15, 2024 (NON-DOCUMENT) ATTORNEY APPEARANCE of Conor Woodfin on behalf of plaintiffs Jordan Jorritsma, Republican National Committee, Emerson Silvernail (Woodfin, Conor)
March 15, 2024 (NON-DOCUMENT) ATTORNEY APPEARANCE of Gilbert Dickey on behalf of plaintiffs Jordan Jorritsma, Republican National Committee, Emerson Silvernail (Dickey, Gilbert)
March 14, 2024 Filing 5 SUMMONS ISSUED as to defendants Jocelyn Benson, Jonathan Brater (ems)
March 14, 2024 Filing 4 NOTICE that this case has been assigned to Jane M. Beckering (ems)
March 13, 2024 Filing 2 PROPOSED SUMMONS to be issued re #1 (McCarthy, Thomas)
March 13, 2024 Filing 1 COMPLAINT against Jocelyn Benson, Jonathan Brater filed by Republican National Committee, Emerson Silvernail, Jordan Jorritsma (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A) (McCarthy, Thomas) Modified text on 3/14/2024 (ems).
March 13, 2024 Filing 1 COMPLAINT against Jocelyn Benson, Jonathan Brater filed by Republican National Committee, Emerson Silvernail, Jordan Jorritsma (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A) (McCarthy, Thomas) Modified text on 3/14/2024 (ems).
March 13, 2024 FILING FEE PAID re #1 by plaintiffs Jordan Jorritsma, Republican National Committee, Emerson Silvernail in the amount of $405, receipt number AMIWDC-7318885 (McCarthy, Thomas)

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Plaintiff: Republican National Committee
Represented By: Thomas McCarthy
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Plaintiff: Jordan Jorritsma
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Plaintiff: Emerson Silvernail
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Defendant: Jocelyn Benson
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Defendant: Jonathan Brater
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Intervenor: Detroit Disability Power
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Intervenor: League of Women Voters of Michigan
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Petitioner: Democratic National Committee
Represented By: Seth P. Waxman
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