h. brooke paige, who lost the 2012 vermont primary election for the republican nomination for the u.s. senate, sued the vermont secretary james condos seeking to prevent obama's name from appearing on the ballot. the lawsuit was prepared by mario apuzzo (the attorney who filed "kerchner v. obama"), but paige represented himself in court as apuzzo was not licensed in vermont. on september 21, 2012, the court denied paige's request, ruling it had "been presented with a radically insufficient basis on which to issue a temporary or even a preliminary injunction". on november 14, 2012, the case was dismissed because paige lacked standing. in october 2013, the vermont supreme court ruled obama's re-election mooted paige's appeal, and dismissed the case. paige sought review in the united states supreme court.