On Sunday, April 9, Montana Greens collected 600 signatures for their U.S. House candidate, Thomas Breck, who is running in the May 25 special election. They will be submitted on April 10, Monday. It is not clear what the courts will do in response to this activism. On April 8 U.S. District Court Judge Brian Morris had dropped the petition requirement to 400, but he did not change the deadline, which was in the past when he issued the order.

The matter is now in the Ninth Circuit, Breck v Stapleton, 17-35310. The matter will be heard on Thursday, April 13.