Attorney Mario Apuzzo, on behalf of Charles Kerchner and other plaintiffs in January 2009 sued Obama, the U.S. Congress, Dick Cheney, and Nancy Pelosi, alleging Obama was ineligible to be president, and that Congress failed to verify Obama's ineligibility. A federal district court in New Jersey dismissed the suit, ruling the plaintiffs lacked standing. On July 3, 2010, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, citing Berg v. Obama, affirmed the dismissal, and ordered Apuzzo to show cause why he should not be sanctioned for initiating a frivolous lawsuit

Attorney Mario Apuzzo, on behalf of Charles Kerchner and other plaintiffs in January 2009 sued Obama, the U.S. Congress, Dick Cheney, and Nancy Pelosi, alleging Obama was ineligible to be president, and that Congress failed to verify Obama's ineligibility. A federal district court in New Jersey dismissed the suit, ruling the plaintiffs lacked standing. On July 3, 2010, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, citing Berg v. Obama, affirmed the dismissal, and ordered Apuzzo to show cause why he should not be sanctioned for initiating a frivolous lawsuit