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DV Diamond Club of Flint, LLC v. U.S. Small Business Administration — E.D. Mich., No. 20-cv-10899

DV Diamond Club of Flint, LLC v. U.S. Small Business Administration — E.D. Mich., No. 20-cv-10899 — 3 documents in the archive, dated August 29, 2023 to October 18, 2023.

Case facts

CourtU.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan (1 filing); U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (1 filing)
Docket numberNo. 20-1437 — main docket · CourtListener docket 17053915
Filings3 public filings
Filed2023-08-29 – 2023-10-18
Original PDFs2 of 3
ProfilesIsabella Casillas Guzman, Janet L. Yellen

Case summary

This page holds the two orders that ended DV Diamond Club of Flint, LLC v. U.S. Small Business Administration in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, No. 20-cv-10899 (4:20-cv-10899-MFL-DRG), before Judge Matthew F. Leitman, and the related appeal in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 20-1437. On August 29, 2023 the district court dismissed the case without prejudice pursuant to a notice of voluntary dismissal without prejudice by the plaintiffs-intervenors. On October 18, 2023 the court of appeals granted the appellants' and appellees' joint motion to dismiss the appeal voluntarily under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 42(b). The complaint and the district court's merits rulings are not on this page.

Case at a glance

PartiesPlaintiffs-appellees: DV Diamond Club of Flint, LLC and more than fifty other corporate plaintiffs named in the Sixth Circuit order, including Brookhurst Venture, LLC, High Expectations Hospitality, LLC, Stone Park Entertainment, Inc. and Spearmint Rhino Companies Worldwide, Inc. Intervenors-appellees: 689 Eatery, Corp., 725 Eatery, Corp. and GJJM Enterprises, LLC. Defendants-appellants: U.S. Small Business Administration; Isabella Casillas Guzman, in her official capacity as Administrator of the SBA; Janet Yellen, in her official capacity as Secretary of the Treasury; and the United States of America
Court and docketU.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Case No. 20-cv-10899 (4:20-cv-10899-MFL-DRG), Judge Matthew F. Leitman; on appeal, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 20-1437
ProgramNot named in the filings on this page
ClaimsNot stated in the filings on this page; the complaint and any amended pleading are not here
Disposition or statusDismissed. An opinion and order filed May 11, 2020 granted the plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction (opinion and order, ECF No. 42). The district court dismissed the case without prejudice on August 29, 2023 pursuant to a notice of voluntary dismissal without prejudice by the plaintiffs-intervenors, and the Sixth Circuit dismissed the appeal on October 18, 2023 on the parties' joint motion under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 42(b)
Status checked2026-09-23 · against DOJ press releases through 2026-09-22; court docket not yet read

How did the district court case end?

By an order of August 29, 2023 dismissing the case without prejudice pursuant to a notice of voluntary dismissal without prejudice filed by the plaintiffs-intervenors. The order records service on the parties and counsel of record the same day.

How did the appeal end?

By an order of the Sixth Circuit issued October 18, 2023 in No. 20-1437, granting the appellants' and appellees' joint motion to dismiss the appeal voluntarily under Rule 42(b) of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure, entered pursuant to Rule 45(a) of the Rules of the Sixth Circuit.

What is not on this page?

The complaint, any amended or intervenor pleading, and every ruling on the merits. Neither order states the claims, the relief sought, any program or any amount, so those cannot be stated from this page.

Docket

3 documents in docket-entry order; attachments follow their entry. Gaps name the entries we do not have.

No. 20-1437

  1. Order Dismissing Appeal — DV Diamond Club of Flint, LLC v. U.S. Small Business Administration (6th Cir.)Entry 36
  2. —Entries 37–82 are not in the archive
  3. Order dismissing case — DV Diamond Club of Flint v. SBAEntry 83

Documents without an entry number

  1. undatedDocket - DV Diamond Club of Flint, LLC v. Small Business Administration, No. 4:20-cv-10899 (E.D. Mich.)

More documents from this case’s dockets

41 more documents linked to this case’s dockets are in the archive and not in the docket above.

  1. Complaint Verified — DV Diamond Club of Flint, LLC v. U.S. Small Business Administration (Dkt. 1, E.D. Mich.)Dkt. 1 · PDF
  2. Index of Exhibits — DV Diamond Club v. SBA (E.D. Mich.)Dkt. 1-1 · PDF
  3. Exhibit A (CARES Act, H. R. 748) — DV Diamond Club (E.D. Mich.)Dkt. 1-2 · PDF
  4. Exhibit B (SBA Interim Final Rule) — DV Diamond Club (E.D. Mich.)Dkt. 1-3 · PDF
  5. Exhibit C (60 Fed. Reg. 64356) — DV Diamond Club (E.D. Mich.)Dkt. 1-4 · PDF
  6. Exhibit D (13 CFR §120.110) — DV Diamond Club (E.D. Mich.)Dkt. 1-5 · PDF
  7. Exhibit E (SBA SOP 50 10 5(K)) — DV Diamond Club (E.D. Mich.)Dkt. 1-6 · PDF
  8. Exhibit F (SBA Form 2483) — DV Diamond Club (E.D. Mich.)Dkt. 1-7 · PDF
  9. Exhibit G (PPP Supplemental Form) — DV Diamond Club (E.D. Mich.)Dkt. 1-8 · PDF
  10. Exhibit H (Borrower Application) — DV Diamond Club (E.D. Mich.)Dkt. 1-9 · PDF
  11. Amended Complaint — DV Diamond Club of Flint, LLC v. U.S. Small Business Administration (Dkt. 11, E.D. Mich.)Dkt. 11 · PDF
  12. Renewed Emergency Motion — DV Diamond Club v. SBA (E.D. Mich.)Dkt. 12 · PDF
  13. Exhibit A (CARES Act) — DV Diamond Club (Dkt. 12-2, E.D. Mich.)Dkt. 12-2 · PDF
  14. Exhibit C — DV Diamond Club v. SBA (Dkt. 12-4, E.D. Mich.)Dkt. 12-4 · PDF
  15. Exhibit D (Camelot Banquet Rooms) — DV Diamond Club (E.D. Mich.)Dkt. 12-5 · PDF
  16. Exhibit E — DV Diamond Club v. SBA (Dkt. 12-6, E.D. Mich.)Dkt. 12-6 · PDF
  17. Exhibit H — DV Diamond Club v. SBA (Dkt. 11-9, E.D. Mich.)Dkt. 11-9 · PDF
  18. Exhibit J (SBA SOP 50 10 5(K)) — DV Diamond Club (E.D. Mich.)Dkt. 12-11 · PDF
  19. Exhibit M (FW: PPP loans) — DV Diamond Club (E.D. Mich.)Dkt. 12-14 · PDF
  20. Notice of Hearing — DV Diamond Club of Flint, LLC v. U.S. Small Business Administration (Dkt. 19, E.D. Mich.)Dkt. 19 · PDF
  21. Order Setting — DV Diamond Club of Flint, LLC v. U.S. Small Business Administration (Dkt. 18, E.D. Mich.)Dkt. 18 · PDF
  22. Motion to Intervene — DV Diamond Club v. SBA (E.D. Mich.)Dkt. 22 · PDF
  23. Exhibit A (Hoffer Declaration) — DV Diamond Club (E.D. Mich.)Dkt. 26-1 · PDF
  24. Exhibit B (Byrne Declaration) — DV Diamond Club (E.D. Mich.)Dkt. 26-2 · PDF
  25. Exhibit C (Polakis Declaration) — DV Diamond Club (E.D. Mich.)Dkt. 26-3 · PDF
  26. Motion to Seal — DV Diamond Club of Flint, LLC v. U.S. Small Business Administration (Dkt. 26, E.D. Mich.)Dkt. 26 · PDF
  27. Exhibit B — DV Diamond Club v. SBA (Dkt. 32-2, E.D. Mich.)Dkt. 32-2 · PDF
  28. Notice of Filing — DV Diamond Club v. SBA (Dkt. 32, E.D. Mich.)Dkt. 32 · PDF
  29. Notice of Supplemental Authority — DV Diamond Club (E.D. Mich.)Dkt. 35 · PDF
  30. Seventh Circuit Order, No. 20-1729 — DV Diamond Club (E.D. Mich.)Dkt. 38-1 · PDF
  31. Notice of Filing — DV Diamond Club v. SBA (Dkt. 38, E.D. Mich.)Dkt. 38 · PDF
  32. Notice of Motion Hearing — DV Diamond Club v. SBA (E.D. Mich.)Dkt. 37 · PDF
  33. Amended Complaint — DV Diamond Club of Flint, LLC v. U.S. Small Business Administration (Dkt. 41, E.D. Mich.)Dkt. 41 · PDF
  34. Opinion and Order — DV Diamond Club of Flint, LLC v. U.S. Small Business Administration (Dkt. 42, E.D. Mich.)Dkt. 42 · PDF
  35. Order — DV Diamond Club v. SBA (Dkt. 47, E.D. Mich.)Dkt. 47 · PDF
  36. Sixth Circuit Order — DV Diamond Club v. SBA (E.D. Mich.)Dkt. 48 · PDF
  37. Order on Motion — DV Diamond Club of Flint, LLC v. U.S. Small Business Administration (Dkt. 53, E.D. Mich.)Dkt. 53 · PDF
  38. Civil Case — DV Diamond Club of Flint, LLC v. U.S. Small Business Administration (Dkt. 56, E.D. Mich.)Dkt. 56 · PDF
  39. Appearance of Zachary M. Youngsma — DV Diamond Club (E.D. Mich.)Dkt. 58 · PDF
  40. Exhibit A — DV Diamond Club v. SBA (Dkt. 59-1, E.D. Mich.)Dkt. 59-1 · PDF
  41. Notice of Filing — DV Diamond Club v. SBA (Dkt. 59, E.D. Mich.)Dkt. 59 · PDF

Court, dates and docket numbers are as recorded on the filings.

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