Former Michigan Republican Party Chairwoman Kristina Karamo is requesting for the state Court of Appeals to reinstate her as the party’s leader, according to a filing on Sunday by her lawyer Daniel Hartman.

Karamo had been serving as the party’s head since February 2023, but she was voted out less than a year into her role, on Jan. 6. Under Karamo’s leadership, the party struggled with fundraising and had only roughly $35,000 in its bank account last August. 

Party state committee members voted Karamo out by 40-5. However, Karamo argued the vote was out of compliance with party bylaws because not enough state committee members participated.

A week later on Jan. 13, Karamo held another vote in which the members who chose to attend voted 59-1 to keep her in her position as chairwoman. However, Kent County Circuit Court Judge J. Joseph Rossi ruled in favor of the first vote that Karamo had been properly removed. Since Feb. 27, former Rep. Pete Hoekstra, who has former President Donald Trump’s backing, has been serving as the leader of the Michigan GOP. 

Karamo’s call to have the Michigan Court of Appeals reinstate her comes less than a month before the Republican National Convention, during which Trump will be certified as the GOP’s nominee, and also less than five months out from the general election. 

In his filings, Hartman claimed Rossi intervening in the GOP’s internal affairs is unconstitutional. 

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“Judge Rossi must be reversed, and the permanent injunction rescinded, and it must happen soon with all the scheduled events on the near calendar,” Hartman wrote.

It is not certain whether the Michigan Court of Appeals will hear Karamo’s case before the Republican National Convention.