171179P.pdf   08/15/2018  Robert McChesney  v.  Caroline C. Hunter
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  17-1179
   U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska - Omaha   
   [PUBLISHED] [Colloton, Author, with Smith, Chief Judge, and Beam, Circuit 
   Judge] 
   Civil case - Federal Campaign Laws. The Federal Election Commission 
   imposed a civil penalty on McChesney as the treasurer for a campaign for 
   U.S. Senate after finding McChesney failed to file certain notices of 
   campaign contributions which must be reported within 48 hours. McChesney 
   brought his suit alleging the Commission lacked authority to impose the 
   penalty. Congress's extension of the administrative fine program allowed 
   the Commission to continue regulations previously adopted and the 
   extension did not require the Commission to conduct a new evaluative 
   process before establishing the schedule of fines; the Commission did not 
   violate its rules implementing the Sunshine Act when it adopted the 2014 
   penalty schedule by notational voting without a public meeting; the lack 
   of returned paper ballots does not give rise to a plausible claim that the 
   Commission failed to comply with the vote tally procedure set forth in one 
   of its directives. Judge Beam, concurring in the result.