in september 2009, taitz filed rhodes v. macdonald (colonel thomas macdonald – garrison commander, fort benning, georgia) on behalf of captain connie rhodes, a u.s. army physician, sought a restraining order to stop rhodes' forthcoming deployment to iraq. in the request for a restraining order, taitz argued the order was illegal since obama was illegally serving as president. on september 16, federal judge clay d. land (the same judge who heard "cook v. good") rejected the motion and denounced it as frivolous.