TIMOTHY KING, et al., L. LIN WOOD (21-1785); GREGORY J. ROHL, BRANDON Nos. 21-1785/1786/1787/22-1010 ¦ JOHNSON, HOWARD KLEINHENDLER, SIDNEY POWELL, JULIA HALLER, and SCOTT HAGERSTROM (21-1786); EMILY NEWMAN (21-1787); STEFANIE LYNN JUNTTILA (22-1010), v. GRETCHEN WHITMER; JOCELYN BENSON; CITY OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN - Articles

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TIMOTHY KING, et al., L. LIN WOOD (21-1785); GREGORY J. ROHL, BRANDON Nos. 21-1785/1786/1787/22-1010 ¦ JOHNSON, HOWARD KLEINHENDLER, SIDNEY POWELL, JULIA HALLER, and SCOTT HAGERSTROM (21-1786); EMILY NEWMAN (21-1787); STEFANIE LYNN JUNTTILA (22-1010), v. GRETCHEN WHITMER; JOCELYN BENSON; CITY OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN

Posted by: David Bevis on Jun 23, 2023

Court: 6th Circuit Court (Published Opinions)

Attorneys 1: ARGUED: Paul J. Stablein, PAUL STABLEIN, PLLC, Birmingham, Michigan, for Appellant in 21-1785. Sidney Powell, Dallas, Texas, in propria persona and for Appellants in 21-1786. Timothy E. Galligan, TIMOTHY E. GALLIGAN PLLC, Clarkston, Michigan, for Appellant in 21-1787. Stefanie Lynn Junttila, FEDERAL CRIMINAL ATTORNEYS OF MICHIGAN, Detroit, Michigan, in propria persona, in 22-1010. David H. Fink, FINK BRESSACK, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, for Appellee City of Detroit. Heather S. Meingast, OFFICE OF THE MICHIGAN ATTORNEY GENERAL, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellees Gretchen Whitmer and Jocelyn Benson in appeals 21-1786 and 22-1010.

Attorneys 2: ON BRIEF: Paul J. Stablein, PAUL STABLEIN, PLLC, Birmingham, Michigan, for Appellant in 21-1785. Sidney Powell, SIDNEY POWELL, PC, Dallas, Texas and Howard Kleinhendler, HOWARD KLEINHENDLER ESQUIRE, New York, New York, in propriis personis and for Appellants in 21-1786. Timothy E. Galligan, TIMOTHY E. GALLIGAN PLLC, Clarkston, Michigan, for Appellant in 21-1787. Stefanie Lynn Junttila, FEDERAL CRIMINAL ATTORNEYS OF MICHIGAN, Detroit, Michigan, in propria persona, in 22-1010. David H. Fink, Nathan J. Fink, FINK BRESSACK, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, for Appellee City of Detroit. Heather S. Meingast, Erik A. Grill, OFFICE OF THE MICHIGAN ATTORNEY GENERAL, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellees Gretchen Whitmer and Jocelyn Benson in appeals 21-1786 and 22- 1010. Paul Orfanedes, JUDICIAL WATCH, INC., Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae in appeal 21-1786.

Judge(s): BOGGS, KETHLEDGE, and WHITE, Circuit Judges.

Court Appealed: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan at Detroit.

KETHLEDGE, Circuit Judge. Three voters and three Republican nominees to the electoral college in Michigan brought this suit in a bid to overturn the results of the state’s 2020 presidential election. The complaint plausibly alleged that Republican election challengers had been harassed and mistreated during vote counting at the TCF Center in Detroit, in violation of Michigan law. But the complaint also alleged that an international “collaboration”—with origins in Venezuela, extending to China and Iran, and including state actors in Michigan itself—had succeeded in generating hundreds of thousands of fraudulent votes in Michigan, thereby swinging the state’s electoral votes to Joseph Biden. Many of those allegations—particularly the ones concerning Dominion voting machines—were refuted by the plaintiffs’ own exhibits to their complaint. Other allegations arose from facially unreliable expert reports; still others were simply baseless. The district court found the entirety of the plaintiffs’ complaint sanctionable, and ordered all of plaintiffs’ attorneys, jointly and severally, to pay the defendants’ and the City of Detroit’s reasonable attorney’s fees. We find only part of the complaint sanctionable, and thus reverse in part and affirm in part.

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