california superior court judge michael p. kenny sustained, without leave to amend, secretary bowen's and obama's demurrers on keyes' petition for writ of mandate and granted obama's motion to quash the subpoena. keyes was found not to be entitled to the records he sought, thereby declaring the case moot. the california court of appeal affirmed the dismissal on october 25, 2010. the california supreme court declined, without comment, to review the case on february 2, 2011. on october 3, 2011, the u.s. supreme court declined, without comment, to hear the case.