in july 2012, taitz sued to block the certification of the primary election results, alleging "rampant election fraud"; she also alleged obama engaged in "identity fraud." her suit was denied. in october, 2012, taitz tried to revive her election lawsuit by asking the court to compel occidental college to produce student records for president barack obama, who attended occidental from 1979 to 1981. the judge ruled that taitz's motion did not meet basic legal requirements and ordered her to pay $4,000 in sanctions to occidental's lawyer for the cost of opposing the motion. the california court of appeal affirmed the dismissal and sanctions.