Republican National Committee et al v. Whitmer et al
Plaintiff: Republican National Committee, Ryan Kidd, Donald J. Trump for President 2024, Inc. and Michigan Republican Party
Defendant: Department of Veterans Affairs, Denis McDonough, U.S. Small Business Administration, Isabel Guzman, Jocelyn Benson, Gretchen Whitmer and Jonathan Brater
Intervenor: Vet Voice Foundation
Case Number: 1:2024cv00720
Filed: July 15, 2024
Court: US District Court for the Western District of Michigan
Presiding Judge: Sally J Berens
Referring Judge: Paul L Maloney
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
August 23, 2024 Filing 29 CERTIFICATE of compliance re word count for Brief in Support of a Motion, #26 *Amended* filed by Donald J. Trump for President 2024, Inc., Ryan Kidd, Michigan Republican Party, Republican National Committee (Koch, Jonathan)
August 23, 2024 Filing 28 CERTIFICATE of compliance re word count for Brief in Support of a Motion, #26 filed by Donald J. Trump for President 2024, Inc., Ryan Kidd, Michigan Republican Party, Republican National Committee (Koch, Jonathan)
August 23, 2024 Filing 27 CERTIFICATE regarding compliance with LCivR 7.1(d) re MOTION for summary judgment #25 filed by Donald J. Trump for President 2024, Inc., Ryan Kidd, Michigan Republican Party, Republican National Committee (Koch, Jonathan)
August 23, 2024 Filing 26 BRIEF in support of MOTION for summary judgment #25 filed by Donald J. Trump for President 2024, Inc., Ryan Kidd, Michigan Republican Party, Republican National Committee (Attachments: #1 Index Index of Exhibits to Brief in Support of Motion for Summary Judgment, #2 Exhibit 1, #3 Exhibit 2, #4 Exhibit 3, #5 Exhibit 4, #6 Exhibit 5, #7 Exhibit 6, #8 Exhibit 7, #9 Exhibit 8) (Koch, Jonathan)
August 23, 2024 Filing 25 MOTION for summary judgment by plaintiffs Donald J. Trump for President 2024, Inc., Ryan Kidd, Michigan Republican Party, Republican National Committee; (Koch, Jonathan)
August 23, 2024 Filing 24 CERTIFICATE of compliance re word count for Brief in Support of a Motion, #22 filed by Jocelyn Benson, Jonathan Brater, Gretchen Whitmer (Meingast, Heather)
August 23, 2024 Filing 23 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 #21 filed by Jocelyn Benson, Jonathan Brater, Gretchen Whitmer (Meingast, Heather)
August 23, 2024 Filing 22 BRIEF in support of MOTION to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction MOTION to dismiss for failure to state a claim #21 filed by Jocelyn Benson, Jonathan Brater, Gretchen Whitmer (Attachments: #1 Index Exhibit List, #2 Exhibit A. Interagency Agreement, #3 Exhibit B. Memorandum of Agreement, #4 Exhibit C. Memorandum of Understanding) (Meingast, Heather)
August 23, 2024 Filing 21 MOTION to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction , MOTION to dismiss for failure to state a claim by defendants Jocelyn Benson, Jonathan Brater, Gretchen Whitmer; (Meingast, Heather)
August 21, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 20 ORDER granting #17 motion for leave to file reply brief; denying #9 motion to intervene; signed by District Judge Paul L. Maloney (Judge Paul L. Maloney, acr)
August 19, 2024 Filing 19 CERTIFICATE of compliance re word count for Response in Opposition, #18 filed by Donald J. Trump for President 2024, Inc., Ryan Kidd, Michigan Republican Party, Republican National Committee (Koch, Jonathan)
August 19, 2024 Filing 18 RESPONSE in opposition to MOTION to intervene intervenor-defendant Vet Voice Foundation #9 filed by Donald J. Trump for President 2024, Inc., Ryan Kidd, Michigan Republican Party, Republican National Committee (Koch, Jonathan)
August 16, 2024 Filing 17 MOTION for leave to file Reply by intervenor-defendant Vet Voice Foundation; (Prescott, Sarah)
August 13, 2024 (NON-DOCUMENT) ATTORNEY APPEARANCE of Gary Lawkowski on behalf of plaintiff Donald J. Trump for President 2024, Inc. (Lawkowski, Gary)
August 12, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 16 STIPULATION AND ORDER; deadline for defendants Jocelyn Benson, Jonathan Brater and Gretchen Whitmer to respond to complaint extended to 8/23/2024; signed by District Judge Paul L. Maloney (Judge Paul L. Maloney, acr)
August 9, 2024 Filing 15 PROPOSED STIPULATION and ORDER Extending Time for Defendants Whitmer, Benson and Brater to Respond to Plaintiffs' Complaint by defendants Jocelyn Benson, Jonathan Brater, Gretchen Whitmer (Meingast, Heather)
August 9, 2024 (NON-DOCUMENT) ATTORNEY APPEARANCE of Samuel Ward-Packard on behalf of intervenor-defendant Vet Voice Foundation (Ward-Packard, Samuel)
August 9, 2024 (NON-DOCUMENT) ATTORNEY APPEARANCE of Melinda K. Johnson on behalf of intervenor-defendant Vet Voice Foundation (Johnson, Melinda)
August 9, 2024 (NON-DOCUMENT) ATTORNEY APPEARANCE of Justin Baxenberg on behalf of intervenor-defendant Vet Voice Foundation (Baxenberg, Justin)
August 9, 2024 (NON-DOCUMENT) ATTORNEY APPEARANCE of Aria Branch on behalf of intervenor-defendant Vet Voice Foundation (Branch, Aria)
August 7, 2024 Filing 14 RESPONSE in opposition to MOTION to intervene intervenor-defendant Vet Voice Foundation #9 with certificate of compliance filed by Department of Veterans Affairs, Isabel Guzman, Denis McDonough, U.S. Small Business Administration (Siler, Jacob) Modified text on 8/8/2024 (mlc)
August 7, 2024 (NON-DOCUMENT) ATTORNEY APPEARANCE of Jacob S. Siler on behalf of defendants Department of Veterans Affairs, Isabel Guzman, Denis McDonough, U.S. Small Business Administration (Siler, Jacob)
July 31, 2024 Filing 13 SUMMONS returned executed on Department of Veterans Affairs, Isabel Guzman, Denis McDonough, U.S. Small Business Administration, US Attorney and US Attorney General; service upon defendant, Department of Veterans Affairs complete on 7/22/2024, answer due 9/20/2024; Isabel Guzman complete on 7/22/2024, answer due 9/20/2024; Denis McDonough complete on 7/22/2024, answer due 9/20/2024; U.S. Small Business Administration complete on 7/22/2024, answer due 9/20/2024 (Koch, Jonathan)
July 31, 2024 Filing 12 SUMMONS returned executed; Jocelyn Benson served on 7/19/2024, answer due 8/9/2024; Jonathan Brater served on 7/19/2024, answer due 8/9/2024; Gretchen Whitmer served on 7/19/2024, answer due 8/9/2024 (Koch, Jonathan)
July 25, 2024 (NON-DOCUMENT) ATTORNEY APPEARANCE of Erik Alexander Grill on behalf of defendants Jocelyn Benson, Jonathan Brater, Gretchen Whitmer (Grill, Erik)
July 25, 2024 (NON-DOCUMENT) ATTORNEY APPEARANCE of Heather S. Meingast on behalf of defendants Jocelyn Benson, Jonathan Brater, Gretchen Whitmer (Meingast, Heather)
July 24, 2024 Filing 11 CERTIFICATE regarding compliance with LCivR 7.1(d) re MOTION to intervene intervenor-defendant Vet Voice Foundation #9 filed by Vet Voice Foundation (Prescott, Sarah)
July 24, 2024 Filing 10 CERTIFICATE of compliance re word count for MOTION to intervene intervenor-defendant Vet Voice Foundation #9 filed by Vet Voice Foundation (Prescott, Sarah)
July 24, 2024 Filing 9 MOTION to intervene intervenor-defendant Vet Voice Foundation by intervenor-defendant Vet Voice Foundation; (Attachments: #1 Index, #2 Exhibit A, #3 Exhibit B) (Prescott, Sarah)
July 18, 2024 Filing 8 SUMMONS ISSUED as to defendants Department of Veterans Affairs, Isabel Guzman, Denis McDonough, U.S. Small Business Administration, plaintiff Donald J. Trump for President 2024, Inc., U.S. Attorney and U.S. Attorney General (ns)
July 18, 2024 Filing 7 SUMMONS ISSUED as to defendants Jocelyn Benson, Jonathan Brater, Gretchen Whitmer (ns)
July 17, 2024 Filing 6 PROPOSED SUMMONS to be issued re #1 (Koch, Jonathan)
July 16, 2024 Filing 5 CORPORATE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT by Donald J. Trump for President 2024, Inc. identifying Corporate Parent Donald J. Trump for President 2024, Inc. for Donald J. Trump for President 2024, Inc. (Broaddus, Drew)
July 16, 2024 Filing 4 CORPORATE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT by Michigan Republican Party identifying Corporate Parent Michigan Republican Party for Michigan Republican Party (Broaddus, Drew)
July 16, 2024 Filing 3 CORPORATE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT by Republican National Committee identifying Corporate Parent Republican National Committee for Republican National Committee (Broaddus, Drew)
July 16, 2024 FILING FEE PAID re #1 by plaintiffs Donald J. Trump for President 2024, Inc., Ryan Kidd, Michigan Republican Party, Republican National Committee in the amount of $405, receipt number AMIWDC-7427858 (Koch, Jonathan)
July 16, 2024 (NON-DOCUMENT) ATTORNEY APPEARANCE of Drew W. Broaddus on behalf of plaintiffs Donald J. Trump for President 2024, Inc., Ryan Kidd, Michigan Republican Party, Republican National Committee (Broaddus, Drew)
July 15, 2024 Filing 2 NOTICE that this case has been assigned to Paul L. Maloney ; with NOTICE OF DEFICIENCY re filing fee re corporate disclosure statement (ns)
July 15, 2024 Filing 1 COMPLAINT against Jocelyn Benson, Jonathan Brater, Department of Veterans Affairs, Isabel Guzman, Denis McDonough, Small Business Administration, Gretchen Whitmer filed by Republican National Committee, Michigan Republican Party, Donald J. Trump for President 2024, Inc., Ryan Kidd (Koch, Jonathan)
July 15, 2024 SUMMONS NOT ISSUED ; filing fee due, none provided. (ns)

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Plaintiff: Republican National Committee
Represented By: Jonathan B. Koch
Represented By: Drew W. Broaddus
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Plaintiff: Ryan Kidd
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Plaintiff: Donald J. Trump for President 2024, Inc.
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Defendant: Department of Veterans Affairs
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Defendant: U.S. Small Business Administration
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Defendant: Gretchen Whitmer
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Defendant: Jonathan Brater
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Intervenor: Vet Voice Foundation
Represented By: Sarah S. Prescott
Represented By: Samuel Ward-Packard
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