On September 20, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. asked the Sixth Circuit to remove his name from the Michigan ballot. Kennedy v Benson, 24-1799. He argues that when the Michigan state courts said he could not withdraw, at the time he was off the Michigan ballot anyway. Then, after the statutory deadline for the Secretary of State to change the ballot relative to candidates, the Secretary of State nevertheless put him back on the ballot.

It is not known which three judges have the case. The last brief was filed on Thursday, September 27.

Dennis J. Kucinich is a former Democratic member of the U.S. House who is running this year as an independent candidate for the Seventh District, comprising western Cleveland and some neighbor counties. On September 11, the Cleveland Plain Dealer endorsed him, even though earlier this year he had endorsed Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. for president. Here is the editorial.

The district has a Republican incumbent. The third candidate in the race is the Democratic nominee.

On September 26, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. filed this response in Kennedy v Berger, in the U.S. Supreme Court. This is case over whether he should be restored to the New York ballot.