Raymond E. Butler II

This First Amended Verified Complaint was originally filed in the  U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan in Butler v.  Eddi, et al., Case No. 2:24-cv-00134 (filed September 20, 2024; later  transferred to the Northern District of Illinois as Case No.  1:25-cv-04443). The pleading asserts federal civil Racketeer Influenced  and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) and RICO-conspiracy claims, along  with a wide set of related state-law and equitable causes of action,  arising from the alleged improper administration, concealment, and  conversion of assets connected to the GPN Family Trust, the Doros  Generation Trust, and related trusts/sub-trusts for which the plaintiff  is a beneficiary. The complaint alleges that the trust structure was  intentionally complicated through subsequent trusts, trustee changes,  and the use of aliases/name changes to obscure asset trails, placing the  value of the assets the plaintiff claims entitlement to at over $100  million (with some references to broader disputes exceeding $544  million). It frames the case as an “association-in-fact” enterprise that  allegedly used a pattern of racketeering activity—including mail and  wire fraud, money laundering, embezzlement, and other financial  frauds—to withhold trust assets, enrich defendants, and conceal  information from the plaintiff. A central factual issue is an alleged  “fraudulent release” dated September 23, 2009, claimed to bear a forged  signature and to have released trust interests in exchange for an  incomplete disbursement. The complaint seeks damages (including treble  damages under RICO), recovery of allegedly misappropriated assets, and a  jury trial. Latest filings through mid-April 2026 reflect intense  procedural litigation focused on judicial impartiality: on March 13,  2026, Judge Georgia N. Alexakis granted the plaintiff's motion for  disqualification and recused herself (ECF 240) in light of a related  264-page RICO suit filed by the plaintiff against her two days earlier  (Case No. 1:25-cv-10904), citing the appearance of impartiality under 28  U.S.C. § 455(a) despite describing the suit as baseless, after which  the case was reassigned to Judge April M. Perry on March 19, 2026 (ECF  241); the plaintiff then filed a motion to disqualify Judge Perry on  March 30, 2026 (ECF 245), accompanied by a transcript modified by an  officer of the court noting select dialog from proceedings dated April  9, 2026; and an Executive Commission Order 26D004 was issued and  docketed on April 17, 2026 (ECF 251) in an attempt to suspend London from practicing law and representing Butler in the Northern District of  Illinois, with a copy being sent to the ARDC. The underlying trust  dispute remains pending amid these ongoing judicial interference, assignment, and  sanctions disputes.