Sixth Circuit Shadow Docket in Cincinnati: Proof Alicia N. Harden Operated Without Judicial Authority for 20 Months

Investigative exposé authored by Adrienne Rockenhaus documenting an administrative "shadow docket" operated out of the Potter Stewart Federal Courthouse in Cincinnati by Sixth Circuit Chief Legal Advisor Alicia N. Harden and Clerk Kelly L. Stephens. Uses court records from Brenda Leavy v. Federal Express Corp. (Case No. 21-5882) to demonstrate a 20-month gap between Harden returning filings "unfiled" (February 2024) and Circuit Judge Danny J. Boggs issuing an order authorizing such rejections (October 2025), alleging the unauthorized practice of law and direct violations of Sixth Circuit Internal Operating Procedure 41(b). Connects this clerk-level screening and suppression of emergency medical motions to the unaddressed TBI, court room seizures, and April 2026 death of disabled veteran Conrad Rockenhaus.

Publication Date: December 28, 2025 (Updated September 11, 2026)

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