Stephen Simanek
Stephen A. Simanek was a circuit court judge for Racine County, Wisconsin. He joined the court in 1980 and retired on July 26, 2010.[1][2] Simanek has served as a reserve judge following his retirement, presiding over cases as needed.[3]
Noteworthy cases
Trump v. Biden (2020)
On December 7, 2020, Donald Trump (R), Mike Pence (R), and Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. filed suit against Joe Biden (D), Kamala Harris (D), and local and state election officials in the Milwaukee County Circuit Court. The plaintiffs alleged that election officials had violated several state laws governing the processing and counting of absentee/mail-in ballots. The plaintiffs' attorneys said, "The failure of the Milwaukee County Board of Canvassers to enforce Wisconsin's stringent absentee voting and recount procedures by excluding illegal votes has, in effect, harmed a corresponding number of Wisconsin voters who legally voted in the Election. As a result, Plaintiffs are entitled to a drawdown of equal to the number of absentee ballots and absentee ballot envelopes or certifications, that were improperly counted or included in the Recount[.]"[4]
On December 11, 2020, Judge Stephen Simanek dismissed the lawsuit. He issued his decision from the bench, saying, "There is no credible evidence of misconduct or wide-scale fraud."[5]
Biography
Simanek earned an undergraduate degree from Marquette University and a J.D. from Columbia Law School. Prior to joining the bench, he was an attorney in private practice.[1]
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Racine County Bar Association, "Biographical Sketches of the Judges Who Have Served Racine County from 1924 to 2012," accessed June 20, 2017
- ↑ The Journal Times, "The Judge Whose Buttons You Didn't Want to Push," July 29, 2010
- ↑ Wisconsin Courts, "Reserve Judges by Judicial Administrative District," May 24, 2017
- ↑ Law & Crime, "Outgoing Trump White House Sues Incoming Biden White House to Disenfranchise Wisconsin’s Most Diverse Counties," December 7, 2020
- ↑ Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Trump lawsuit in Wisconsin is thrown out in a fifth adverse ruling for the president in a little over a week," December 11, 2020
Federal courts:
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of Wisconsin, Western District of Wisconsin • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of Wisconsin, Western District of Wisconsin
State courts:
Wisconsin Supreme Court • Wisconsin Court of Appeals • Wisconsin Circuit Courts • Wisconsin Municipal Courts
State resources:
Courts in Wisconsin • Wisconsin judicial elections • Judicial selection in Wisconsin
