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Wisconsin Voter Alliance, et al. v. Don M. Millis, Commissioner, Wisconsin Elections Commission, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, No. 25-1279 · judgment February 10, 2026
Before the decision, modestly above the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for counsel with five or more prior petitions here, a circuit split argued in the petition, and a petition filed soon after the judgment below, and down for a state or local-government respondent.
Questions presented
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Whether the Help America Vote Act (HAVA), 52 U.S.C. §§ 20901–21145, creates federal rights enforceable by private litigants through 42 U.S.C. § 1983, or otherwise, a question that has deeply divided the federal courts of appeals and resulted in a state-by-state checkerboard of HAVA election law enforcement.
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Whether a state’s total deprivation of HAVAmandated administrative procedures, hearings, and remedies constitutes a concrete Article III injury-infact, or whether such a deprivation is merely a bare procedural violation that precludes federal judicial review of state election administration.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Erick G. Kaardal
Mohrman, Kaardal & Erickson P.A.
For respondent
Clayton Patrick Kawski
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Amicus briefs
1 cert-stage
Order
Order list, October 5, 2026 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Oct 05 2026Petition DENIED.
- Sep 15 2026Supplemental brief of petitioners Wisconsin Voter Alliance, et al. filed. (Distributed)
- Jun 17 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2026.
- Jun 16 2026Brief amici curiae of Election Research Institute, et al. filed. (Distributed)
- Jun 11 2026Waiver of right of respondent Don Mills, et al. to respond filed.
- May 11 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 17, 2026)