No. 25-5872

Ramon Jackson v. Jocelyn Benson, Michigan Secretary of State, et al.

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-10-14
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-rights election-law national-voter-registration-act secretary-of-state voter-registration voting-rights
Key Terms:
DueProcess Securities
Latest Conference: 2026-01-09
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Did the Michigan Secretary of State violate the Plaintiff Constitutional or Statutory voting rights by registering the Plaintiff to vote without the Plaintiff knowledge, consent or physical presence? Yes.

2. Does the Plaintiff have legal standing to bring a claim under the NVRA, if the Plaintiff can demonstrate that inaccuracies in the voter rolls have affected them personally, as evidence through their own voting history. Yes

If a citizen can be registered to vote by the SOS, knowing the citizen moved to another State. A absentee application and ballots created and cast in a the citizen 's name without their permission; and all the above doesn 't violate a citizens ' voting rights, then what would violate a citizen 's voting rights?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Michigan Secretary of State violated the Plaintiff's constitutional or statutory voting rights by registering the Plaintiff to vote without their knowledge, consent, or physical presence

Docket Entries

2026-01-12
Petition DENIED.
2026-01-07
Waiver of Jocelyn Benson of right to respond submitted.
2026-01-07
Waiver of right of respondent Jocelyn Benson to respond filed.
2025-12-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
2025-09-23
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 13, 2025)

Attorneys

Jocelyn Benson
Ann Maurine ShermanMichigan Department of Attorney General, Respondent
Ramon Jackson
Ramon Jackson — Petitioner