U.S. District Judge Schelp ordered Green and St. Louis to show why their conduct in filing the suit doesn't violate court rules against bringing suits to harass.
The men allegedly defrauded victims by pretending to be with financial institutions, law enforcement, government agencies like the IRS and Department of Treasury.
Court records say Hailey Ditzler and Olivia Brown lured a woman to a remote location in Madison County, dragged her into the woods and violently assaulted her.
Samples from Edwardsville's groundwater had a forever chemical, or PFAS, at levels higher than legally allowed by federal groundwater quality standards.
Heather Jolicoeur, mother of one of children that Hipke abused, said him dying prior to the sentencing has robbed her of a confrontation she needed to have.