Patrick Colbeck

Costantino v. Detroit, No. 20-014780-AW (Wayne Co. Cir. Ct.) – Dismissal Without Admission of TCF Center Internet Connectivity Evidence

Case Dismissal, Established Fact, Judicial Malfeasance, Michigan, United States /

Established Fact [Established Fact – Evidence was excluded and witnesses not permitted] A Michigan circuit court dismissed election challenges related to Detroit ballot-counting procedures at the TCF Center – including systemic exclusion of Republican poll challengers – without permitting the factual record to be developed through discovery. Judge Timothy Kenny specifically declined to admit evidence

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Costantino v. Detroit, No. 20-014780-AW (Wayne Co. Cir. Ct.) – Dismissal – Court Basis for Dismissal Disputed (MI)

Case Dismissal, Disputed Fact, Judicial Malfeasance, Michigan, United States /

Disputed Fact [Disputed Fact – As to court’s factual conclusion] A Michigan circuit court dismissed election challenges related to Detroit ballot-counting procedures at the TCF Center – including systemic exclusion of Republican poll challengers – without permitting the factual record to be developed through discovery. Judge Timothy Kenny specifically declined to admit evidence from certified

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King v. Whitmer, No. 20-13134 (E.D. Mich.) – Dismissed on Five Compounded Procedural Grounds; “Speculation and Conjecture” Language Absent Discovery (MI)

Case Dismissal, Established Fact, Judicial Malfeasance, Michigan, United States /

Established Fact A federal lawsuit seeking to decertify Michigan’s election based on widespread fraud allegations and Dominion machine vulnerabilities was dismissed on five simultaneous procedural grounds: Eleventh Amendment immunity, laches, lack of standing, mootness, and abstention doctrines. The judge additionally characterized the claims as based on “nothing but speculation and conjecture” – language subsequently cited

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System Rigged Against Election Fraud Claims – Circular “Ripeness / Mootness” Trap – Pre-Election Claims Premature; Post-Certification Claims Moot (GA)

Case Dismissal, Georgia, Judicial Malfeasance, Reasonable Inference, United States /

Reasonable Inference [Reasonable Inference – Pattern was structurally self-reinforcing] Georgia courts dismissed pre-election challenges to expanded absentee and drop-box procedures as “not yet ripe” because the challenged election had not yet occurred. After the election, courts dismissed the same or analogous challenges on mootness grounds because certification had occurred. This bidirectional procedural barrier – deployed

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Circular “Ripeness / Mootness” Trap – Pre-Election Claims Premature; Post-Certification Claims Moot (GA)

Case Dismissal, Established Fact, Georgia, Judicial Malfeasance, United States /

Established Fact [Established Fact – Dismissals before and after election on procedural grounds] Georgia courts dismissed pre-election challenges to expanded absentee and drop-box procedures as “not yet ripe” because the challenged election had not yet occurred. After the election, courts dismissed the same or analogous challenges on mootness grounds because certification had occurred. This bidirectional

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Wood v. Raffensperger, No. 1:20-cv-04651-SDG (N.D. Ga.), aff’d 11th Cir. – Standing and Laches; Affirmed as Moot Post-Certification (GA)

Case Dismissal, Established Fact, Georgia, Judicial Malfeasance, United States /

Established Fact A lawsuit challenging absentee ballot signature verification procedures and seeking to prohibit certification was dismissed by the District Court for lack of standing and laches, then affirmed by the Eleventh Circuit on the additional ground that the case had become moot once results were certified. The plaintiffs alleged that Georgia’s failure to enforce

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DoJ Lawsuits To Obtain State Election Records Required to Determine HAVA and NVRA Compliance Dismissed (US)

Case Dismissal, Established Fact, Judicial Malfeasance, United States /

Established Fact Courts have dismissed DoJ lawsuits demanding access to records needed to verify HAVA and NVRA compliance. Michigan, Georgia, Oregon and California cases were dismissed. Other suits are pending. These lawsuits cite HAVA and the NVRA as legal authority, but federal courts have so far rejected the argument that either statute compels states to

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Systemic Speed of Post-Election Dismissals Precluded Forensic Evidence Presentation – Statewide (AZ)

Arizona, Case Dismissal, Established Fact, Judicial Malfeasance, United States /

Established Fact [Established Fact – Timing of dismissals vs. completion of audits] Multiple Arizona post-election challenges were dismissed in December 2020 – within weeks of election certification – on standing, mootness, or procedural grounds. The Cyber Ninjas audit was not completed until September 2021, and forensic analyses by Ben Cotton (CyFIR) and Jovan Pulitzer were

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Ward v. Jackson, No. CV2020-015285 (Ariz. S. Ct.) – Decision Rested on Proven Falsehood (AZ)

Arizona, Case Dismissal, Judicial Malfeasance, Reasonable Inference, United States /

Reasonable Inference [Reasonable Inference – Court decision rested on incorrect factual predicate] In Ward v. Jackson, No. CV-20-0343-AP/EL (Ariz. Dec. 8, 2020), the Arizona Supreme Court rejected a challenge to the 2020 presidential election results in which the central dispute concerned the accuracy of ballot duplication — a process in which damaged or defective ballots

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Ward v. Jackson, No. CV2020-015285 (Ariz. S. Ct.) – Comingling & Representations by Government Counsel That Contradict Physical Record (AZ)

Arizona, Case Dismissal, Established Fact, Judicial Malfeasance, United States /

Established Fact [Established Fact – Representation was made; commingling was documented post-litigation] The Arizona Supreme Court adjudicated a challenge to the 2020 election results in which the Secretary of State’s counsel represented that original and duplicate ballots “are, by statute, segregated and preserved.” The Cyber Ninjas audit subsequently established that ballot boxes delivered for audit

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