On May 4, proponents of a Michigan initiative filed a federal lawsuit to gain relief from the May 27 petition deadline. They have several hundred thousand signatures but still need another 100,000, and the deadline was May 27. The initiative concerns restoring credit to prisoners for good time, to shorten a sentence. That was the policy before 1998, but an initiative that year eliminated credit for good time.

The case is Sawari Media LLC v Whitmer, e.d., 4:20cv-11246. There will be a hearing in early June. Here is the Complaint. The case is assigned to U.S. District Court Judge Matthew Leitman, an Obama appointee. Thanks to Thomas Jones for this news.