Stenstrom and Hoopes: Update on Kocher et al. v. Delaware County BOE (CV-2025-000528)—a crucial case filed to challenge widespread violations of Pennsylvania’s Sunshine Act, election law infractions, and unlawful attempts to redistrict voting precincts along partisan lines without public oversight.

Dear Election Integrity Advocates and Friends,

We wanted to provide you with an important update on Kocher et al. v. Delaware County BOE (CV-2025-000528)—a crucial case filed to challenge widespread violations of Pennsylvania’s Sunshine Act, election law infractions, and unlawful attempts to redistrict voting precincts along partisan lines without public oversight.

This case has already revealed deliberate misconduct by the Delaware County Board of Elections (BOE), Delaware County Council, Director of Elections James Allen, and former BOE Solicitor J. Manly Parks. Their actions have undermined election transparency, public participation, and due process, and our filings expose their ongoing efforts to suppress oversight and accountability.

All filings in the case are included in the consolidated PDF attached to this email, and which you can also download from Patriot.Online at https://cloud.patriot.online/s/zGpMyBr6TcRkAZM for sharing in social media.

🔹 Key Takeaways from Our Filings

1️⃣ Violation of the Pennsylvania Sunshine Act

• The BOE held a meeting on January 14, 2025, without posting an agenda 24 hours in advance as required by law.
• Director of Elections James Allen and BOE Solicitor Parks falsely claimed proper notice had been provided before discussing plans to redistrict 104 of Delaware County’s 428 precincts into just 50 precincts—a move designed to manipulate political power.
• When BOE members, Parks, and Allen were challenged by citizens attending the meeting, including (now) Plaintiffs Carris Kocher, Gregory Stenstrom, Leah Hoopes, and John Proctor Child, BOE Solicitor Parks flippantly responded, “File a lawsuit”—so we did.
• Metadata analysis proves the agenda was only created on January 13 at 3:34 PM—less than 24 hours before the meeting, making it a blatant violation of the law.

2️⃣ Efforts to Suppress Public Participation

• When Plaintiffs objected to the unlawful meeting, BOE members falsely claimed the agenda had been posted days earlier.
• Defendants regularly silence citizens by turning off microphones, using law enforcement to remove objectors, and misrepresenting facts in official proceedings.

3️⃣ Redistricting Through Precinct Consolidation

• The BOE attempted to consolidate precincts in a way that disproportionately impacts certain voters while benefiting partisan interests.
• These actions constitute an unlawful form of redistricting that would tip the balance in favor of political operatives within County Council.

4️⃣ Judicial Obstruction & Procedural Chicanery

• The Prothonotary’s office improperly rejected filings, demanding service by Sheriff, despite Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure permitting alternative service.
• No Judge has been assigned to the case, yet court clerks have been instructed to divert questions to Judge Scanlon, a criminal division judge according to the County website, raising significant concerns.
• Delaware County’s legal representatives, including Solicitor Jonathan Lichtenstein, have deliberately delayed entering an appearance, violating procedural norms.

5️⃣ Solicitor Manly Parks & Duane Morris LLP’s Questionable Conduct

• Manly Parks has apparently withdrawn as Solicitor for the BOE, or at least from this matter, and Duane Morris LLP has distanced itself from the case.
• Internal communications suggest Delaware County is scrambling to find new legal representation.
• As a related aside—Duane Morris has also withdrawn as counsel for Newsmax in the Dominion defamation case, despite holding exculpatory evidence from cases in Delaware County, PA, that should have been disclosed to their client.

🔹 What Comes Next?

We have taken several legal steps to hold these officials accountable:

✅ Motion for Default Judgment – filed due to lack of response from Defendants within the legal timeframe.
✅ Motion to Clarify Judicial Assignment – filed to force the court to acknowledge the case’s mismanagement and irregular assignment of judges.
✅ Motion to Compel Entry of Appearance – filed to require Delaware County’s attorneys to formally enter an appearance and stop evading their legal obligations.
✅ Motion to Compel Acceptance of Filings – filed to challenge the Prothonotary’s unlawful rejection of filings and demand compliance with procedural law.

🔹 Why This Case Matters Nationally

This case serves as a blueprint for election integrity advocates across Pennsylvania and the nation. It exposes a systemic playbook used by officials to:
🔹 Illegally redistrict precincts to favor political interests.
🔹 Use procedural roadblocks to obstruct litigation challenging election law violations.
🔹 Suppress public participation and retaliate against those who demand transparency.
🔹 Collude with law firms and partisan attorneys to cover up unlawful election activity.

🔹 Call to Action

We need public support and media attention to expose the corruption and election manipulation at play in Delaware County.

📌 Please share this case with local, state, and national media.
📌 Encourage your networks to monitor and report on the developments in Kocher et al. v. Delaware County BOE (CV-2025-000528).
📌 If you are an election integrity advocate, take note of our procedural counters—they can be used in similar cases across Pennsylvania.

We will continue to provide updates as the case progresses. If you have any questions or need further details, feel free to reach out.

Best regards,

Gregory Stenstrom
Co-Plaintiff, Kocher et al. v. Delaware County BOE
📧 Email: gregorystenstrom@gmail.com | gstenstrom@xmail.net
📞 Phone: 856-264-5495