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Federal Election Commission | United States of America
  • FEC Record: Litigation

Campaign Legal Center v. FEC alleges failure to act on complaint (D.D.C. 1:18-cv-00053)

January 16, 2018

On January 10, 2018, the Campaign Legal Center (“Plaintiff”) filed suit against the Commission in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. The Plaintiff seeks declaratory and injunctive relief against the Commission under the Federal Election Campaign Act (the Act) and the Administrative Procedure Act.

Background

On November 1, 2016, the Plaintiff and an individual, Catherine Hinckley Kelley, filed an administrative complaint with the Commission against Rebuilding America Now, a nonconnected independent expenditure-only committee (“Super PAC”) registered with the Commission, and GEO Corrections Holdings, Inc.

In the administrative complaint, the Plaintiff alleged that GEO Corrections Holdings, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of a federal contractor violated the Act’s prohibition on contributions by federal government contractors by contributing a total of $225,000 to Rebuilding America Now in 2016.

The Plaintiff asks the court to declare that the Commission’s failure to act on the Plaintiff’s administrative complaint was contrary to law and that the Commission has unlawfully withheld and unreasonably delayed agency action on the complaint. The Plaintiff also requests the court order the Commission to conform with the declaration within 30 days.

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  • Author 
    • Paul Stoetzer
    • Sr. Communications Specialist

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This information is not intended to replace the law or to change its meaning, nor does this information create or confer any rights for or on any person or bind the Federal Election Commission or the public.

The reader is encouraged also to consult the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended (52 U.S.C. 30101 et seq.), Commission regulations (Title 11 of the Code of Federal Regulations), Commission advisory opinions and applicable court decisions.