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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, et al. v. U.S. Small Business Administration, et al. — 43 court filings in the archive, mostly from U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, filed between April 8, 2020 and 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)
Filings43 public filings
Filed2020-04-08 – 2023-10-18
Document typesorders (2)

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.

Summary written from the documents on this page; every sentence is sourced.

Filings

43 public filings from this case, in filing-date order.

  1. Court filing — DV Diamond Club of Flint, LLC v. U.S. Small Business Administration (Dkt. 1-1, E.D. Mich.)Dkt. 1-1 · PDF
  2. Exhibit A — DV Diamond Club of Flint, LLC v. U.S. Small Business Administration (Dkt. 1-2, E.D. Mich.)Dkt. 1-2 · PDF
  3. Exhibit B — DV Diamond Club of Flint, LLC v. U.S. Small Business Administration (Dkt. 1-3, E.D. Mich.)Dkt. 1-3 · PDF
  4. Exhibit C — DV Diamond Club of Flint, LLC v. U.S. Small Business Administration (Dkt. 1-4, E.D. Mich.)Dkt. 1-4 · PDF
  5. Exhibit D — DV Diamond Club of Flint, LLC v. U.S. Small Business Administration (Dkt. 1-5, E.D. Mich.)Dkt. 1-5 · PDF
  6. Exhibit E — DV Diamond Club of Flint, LLC v. U.S. Small Business Administration (Dkt. 1-6, E.D. Mich.)Dkt. 1-6 · PDF
  7. Exhibit F — DV Diamond Club of Flint, LLC v. U.S. Small Business Administration (Dkt. 1-7, E.D. Mich.)Dkt. 1-7 · PDF
  8. Exhibit G — DV Diamond Club of Flint, LLC v. U.S. Small Business Administration (Dkt. 1-8, E.D. Mich.)Dkt. 1-8 · PDF
  9. Exhibit H — DV Diamond Club of Flint, LLC v. U.S. Small Business Administration (Dkt. 1-9, E.D. Mich.)Dkt. 1-9 · PDF
  10. Complaint Verified — DV Diamond Club of Flint, LLC v. U.S. Small Business Administration (Dkt. 1, E.D. Mich.)Dkt. 1 · 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. Exhibit H — DV Diamond Club of Flint, LLC v. U.S. Small Business Administration (Dkt. 11-9, E.D. Mich.)Dkt. 11-9 · PDF
  13. Exhibit J — DV Diamond Club of Flint, LLC v. U.S. Small Business Administration (Dkt. 12-11, E.D. Mich.)Dkt. 12-11 · PDF
  14. Exhibit M — DV Diamond Club of Flint, LLC v. U.S. Small Business Administration (Dkt. 12-14, E.D. Mich.)Dkt. 12-14 · PDF
  15. Exhibit A — DV Diamond Club of Flint, LLC v. U.S. Small Business Administration (Dkt. 12-2, E.D. Mich.)Dkt. 12-2 · PDF
  16. Exhibit C — DV Diamond Club of Flint, LLC v. U.S. Small Business Administration (Dkt. 12-4, E.D. Mich.)Dkt. 12-4 · PDF
  17. Exhibit D — DV Diamond Club of Flint, LLC v. U.S. Small Business Administration (Dkt. 12-5, E.D. Mich.)Dkt. 12-5 · PDF
  18. Exhibit E — DV Diamond Club of Flint, LLC v. U.S. Small Business Administration (Dkt. 12-6, E.D. Mich.)Dkt. 12-6 · PDF
  19. Court filing — DV Diamond Club of Flint, LLC v. U.S. Small Business Administration (Dkt. 12, E.D. Mich.)Dkt. 12 · PDF
  20. Order Setting — DV Diamond Club of Flint, LLC v. U.S. Small Business Administration (Dkt. 18, E.D. Mich.)Dkt. 18 · PDF
  21. Notice of Hearing — DV Diamond Club of Flint, LLC v. U.S. Small Business Administration (Dkt. 19, E.D. Mich.)Dkt. 19 · PDF
  22. Motion to — DV Diamond Club of Flint, LLC v. U.S. Small Business Administration (Dkt. 22, E.D. Mich.)Dkt. 22 · PDF
  23. Exhibit A — DV Diamond Club of Flint, LLC v. U.S. Small Business Administration (Dkt. 26-1, E.D. Mich.)Dkt. 26-1 · PDF
  24. Exhibit B — DV Diamond Club of Flint, LLC v. U.S. Small Business Administration (Dkt. 26-2, E.D. Mich.)Dkt. 26-2 · PDF
  25. Exhibit C — DV Diamond Club of Flint, LLC v. U.S. Small Business Administration (Dkt. 26-3, 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 of Flint, LLC v. U.S. Small Business Administration (Dkt. 32-2, E.D. Mich.)Dkt. 32-2 · PDF
  28. Notice — DV Diamond Club of Flint, LLC v. U.S. Small Business Administration (Dkt. 32, E.D. Mich.)Dkt. 32 · PDF
  29. Notice — DV Diamond Club of Flint, LLC v. U.S. Small Business Administration (Dkt. 35, E.D. Mich.)Dkt. 35 · PDF
  30. Notice of — DV Diamond Club of Flint, LLC v. U.S. Small Business Administration (Dkt. 37, E.D. Mich.)Dkt. 37 · PDF
  31. Court filing — DV Diamond Club of Flint, LLC v. U.S. Small Business Administration (Dkt. 38-1, E.D. Mich.)Dkt. 38-1 · PDF
  32. Notice — DV Diamond Club of Flint, LLC v. U.S. Small Business Administration (Dkt. 38, E.D. Mich.)Dkt. 38 · 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 Granting in — DV Diamond Club of Flint, LLC v. U.S. Small Business Administration (Dkt. 47, E.D. Mich.)Dkt. 47 · PDF
  36. Court filing — DV Diamond Club of Flint, LLC v. U.S. Small Business Administration (Dkt. 48, 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. Court filing — DV Diamond Club of Flint, LLC v. U.S. Small Business Administration (Dkt. 58, E.D. Mich.)Dkt. 58 · PDF
  40. Court filing — DV Diamond Club of Flint, LLC v. U.S. Small Business Administration (Dkt. 59-1, E.D. Mich.)Dkt. 59-1 · PDF
  41. Court filing — DV Diamond Club of Flint, LLC v. U.S. Small Business Administration (Dkt. 59, E.D. Mich.)Dkt. 59 · PDF
  42. Order dismissing case — DV Diamond Club of Flint v. SBAOrder
  43. Order Dismissing Appeal — DV Diamond Club of Flint, LLC v. U.S. Small Business Administration (6th Cir.)Order

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

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