Mitch filed a motion in Crawford County Circuit Court in Grayling in front of Circuit Judge Janet Allen requesting that his client be removed from Michigan's Sex Offender Registry. After determining that the victim was 13 years old but less than 16 years old and that the client and his victim's age difference was within 4 years and that there was no force used to engage in sexual intercourse, Judge Allen signed an order removing Mitch's client from the sex offender registry. This order was sent to the Michigan State Police Sex Offender Registry Unit and on March 29, 2012, Mitch's client was sent a letter from the State Police informing that he had been successfully removed from the registry and that he no longer had to register as a sex offender.