KING v. WHITMER

Nos. 21-1785/1786/1787/22-1010.

71 F.4th 511 (2023)

Timothy KING, et al., Plaintiffs, L. Lin Wood (21-1785); Gregory J. Rohl, Brandon Johnson, Howard Kleinhendler, Sidney Powell, Julia Haller, and Scott Hagerstrom (21-1786); Emily Newman (21-1787); Stefanie Lynn Junttila (22-1010), Interested Parties-Appellants, v. Gretchen WHITMER; Jocelyn Benson; City of Detroit, Michigan, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: June 23, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Paul J. Stablein , PAUL STABLEIN, PLLC, Birmingham, Michigan, for Appellant in 21-1785. Sidney Powell, Dallas, Texas, in propriā personā 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 propriā personā, 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. 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 propriīs personīs 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 propriā personā, 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.

Before: BOGGS, KETHLEDGE, and WHITE, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

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...

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