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Denied Temporary Restraining Order Prohibiting Destruction of Election Evidence Without a Complaint or Evidence

Robert Timothy Reagan
November 3, 2023

Leaf v. Whitmer (Robert J. Jonker, W.D. Mich. 1:20-cv-1169)
A district judge denied an application for a temporary restraining order against Michigan election officials’ destruction of election evidence after the 2020 general election. On the one hand, it was not clear that a valid case had been filed, because there was no complaint. On the other hand, the application asked the court to make speculative inferences without foundations.
Subject: Voting irregularities. Topics: Election errors; absentee ballots.

One of many Case Studies in Emergency Election Litigation.

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Election Litigation | Absentee Ballots | Election Errors | Voting Irregularities | Emergency Proceedings | U.S. District Courts | W.D. Mich.