Pitts et al v. United States of America

  1. March 05, 2026

    Former Ga. Chief Justice To Mediate Fulton Ballot Seizure

    A Georgia federal judge has tasked former Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Harold Melton, now a Troutman Pepper Locke LLP partner, to mediate the ongoing dispute over possession of Fulton County's 2020 election ballots after they were seized by the FBI in January.

  2. February 26, 2026

    Former Prosecutors Slam Seizure Of Fulton County Ballots

    A bipartisan group of former federal prosecutors told a federal judge that the U.S. Department of Justice shouldn't have sought a search warrant to seize election materials from Georgia's Fulton County last month and that in doing so, the department failed its "essential role in our justice system."

  3. February 23, 2026

    DOJ Says It Needs To Hold On To 2020 Fulton County Ballots

    The U.S. Department of Justice has asked a federal judge to reject Fulton County's request for the return of 2020 election ballots and other records seized in a recent FBI raid, arguing those records might disappear forever if the Georgia county gets them back. 

  4. February 17, 2026

    Fulton County Slams 'Unjustified' Election Records Raid

    Fulton County on Tuesday again asked a Georgia federal court to order the federal government to return property that it contends was "improperly seized" by the FBI in a raid of its elections operations center last month, arguing that the federal government omitted "numerous material facts" in seeking a search warrant.