After a federal judge dismissed plaintiff Steven Knebel's case against the $170million St. Helens Community FCU of St. Helens, Ore., and fivedirectors on May 20, saying he had no private right of action infederal court, Knebel filed suit in Oregon state courtWednesday.
|Knebel is suing the credit union over alleged bylaw violations during a directors recall election. Accordingto court documents, the credit union counted mailed recall ballots,which contradicts federal credit union bylaws that require recallelections only count votes cast in person during a specialmeeting.
|“Prior to the special meeting, the defendant Credit Unionsolicited mail-in votes from all members by delivering to eachmember an absentee ballot and return envelope, along withinstructions for voting. Members were allowed and encouraged tosubmit their mail-in ballots at any time prior to the specialmeeting of September 4, 2012. Along with the mail-in ballots, theCredit Union distributed one or more letters advocating for theretention of all five directors subject to the removal vote,”Knebel's attorney, Drew Gramson, said in the complaint.
|St. Helens Community has not commented on the case, citing apolicy against commenting on pending litigation.
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