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Public federal court records show a 2016 complaint filed under the name Katie Johnson against Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey E. Epstein in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California (...
The name "" refers to multiple jurists across history; the most prominent living figure in federal service is , a U.S. district judge for the appointed in 2001 . Historical and state‑level judges with...
The affidavit attributed to "Katie Johnson" would most likely appear on the federal district court docket for the Central District of California case styled Katie Johnson v. Donald J. Trump, case numb...
The U.S. system prevents a president from becoming a monarch through structural limits: a constitutional two-term cap on election to the presidency (Twenty‑Second Amendment) and a separation of powers...
Federal law and court rules create multiple, overlapping limits on the Department of Justice’s ability to seal or unseal materials in a federal criminal probe: grand‑jury secrecy under Rule 6(e) is es...
Federal courts have treated lawsuits brought by or states against as legally fraught and politically charged: lower courts frequently entertain such suits and sometimes issue injunctions, but standing...
Barack Obama is documented by official records and longstanding reporting as a U.S. citizen born in Honolulu, Hawaii, and multiple courts and fact‑checks have treated challenges to that status as base...
Public court dockets and filed pleadings are the primary public records that verify high‑profile ; are searchable and many free aggregators, while appear through court websites or commercial services ...
A review of the reporting provided finds no documentation that any judicial conduct committee has ; the available records in this packet establish her federal judicial service, roles — including Chair...
Allegations that “” accepted bribes or dismissed a case because a witness was paid by the prosecution appear online but rest primarily on a partisan website with no corroboration in mainstream reporti...
No contemporary, attributable statement of "" appears in the provided reporting; the documents instead establish who several judges named Caldwell are, summarize career milestones for , and show separ...
has a toolbox that ranges from injunctive and declaratory relief to , fines, and coercive remedies like appointing special masters or seeking enforcement through marshals or deputized officials, but t...
across the country overwhelmingly rejected , either on procedural grounds like standing and timeliness or on the merits after evidentiary hearings, finding plaintiffs’ proofs speculative, unverified, ...
in the provided sources documents any high‑profile member being arrested or convicted in 2025; the material available centers on historical prosecutions, government investigations of Klan activity acr...
Public court listings show is an active U.S. District Judge for the , and a snapshot “Pending Cases” report associates a set of civil and criminal matters with her name, including v. , v. , and severa...
are indexed primarily in and in several public and commercial aggregators; PACER is the authoritative, court-maintained source but charges per-page fees and is distributed across individual court syst...
Federal courts have repeatedly shown reluctance to order postponements or broad extensions of federal elections and generally defer to state officials, state courts, and Congress unless a clear consti...
Katie Johnson v. Donald J. Trump (C.D. Cal. No. 5:16-cv-00797) can be found on PACER—the federal courts’ official docket system—and on multiple public mirrors and aggregators that republish PACER-sour...
Federal law and practice around sealing and unsealing court and investigative files have been nudged by a mix of appellate opinions, judiciary-level administrative actions, high‑profile disclosure bat...
Court records and contemporary reporting show no published rulings or motions in the Katie Johnson (aka Jane Doe) lawsuit against Donald Trump after mid‑2025; the federal civil case was dismissed in 2...