LUTHMANN NOTE: Matt Grant showed up. That matters. Volpe and I were critical of his RICO case because family court reform cannot survive sloppy lawsuits that hand ammunition to the machine. But Grant came prepared. He made a real argument that Judge Divine used Rule 8 to avoid the substance and failed to credit the Second Amended Complaint. I still want tighter pleading, cleaner pattern proof, and less noise. But Grant is right about one thing: St. Louis family court deserves sunlight. If he can sharpen the case and follow the money, the Eighth Circuit fight could become very interesting. This piece is “Matt Grant Fires Back.”
By Richard Luthmann with Michael Volpe
Matt Grant came onto The Unknown Podcast to answer the hard questions.
Michael Volpe and Richard Luthmann had criticized Grant’s federal RICO lawsuit after U.S. District Judge Joshua Divine dismissed it. The ruling was brutal. The court viewed Grant’s case as a custody dispute dressed up as a federal racketeering action. Grant wanted to respond directly…