UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION, ) 

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 Plaintiff, ) Civ. Act. No. 02-CV-01237 (JR) 

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 v. )

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CAROLYN MALENICK D/B/A ) ORDER 

TRIAD MANAGEMENT SERVICES, ) 

et al., )

 )

 Defendants. ) 

FINAL JUDGMENT AND 

ORDER GRANTING DECLARATORY AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF 

In accordance with the Court’s Memorandum Orders of March 30, 2004, and March 7, 

2005, and in consideration of the Federal Election Commission’s Motion for Reconsideration 

and Proposal for Final Resolution, Supplemental Motion Regarding Final Judgment and Order, 

and the responses thereto, the Court hereby enters the following Final Judgment in this case: 

IT IS HEREBY DECLARED that Carolyn S. Malenick d/b/a Triad Management Services 

and Triad Management Services, Inc. violated 2 U.S.C. 433 by failing to register as a political 

committee in 1996; and it is further 

DECLARED that Carolyn S. Malenick d/b/a Triad Management Services and Triad 

Management Services, Inc. violated 2 U.S.C. 434 by failing to file periodic reports of their 

receipts and disbursements with the Federal Election Commission beginning in 1996; and it is 

further 

DECLARED that Carolyn S. Malenick d/b/a Triad Management Services and Triad 

Management Services, Inc. violated 2 U.S.C. 441a(f) by knowingly accepting in 1996 more than 

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$800,000 in contributions that exceeded the limitations set forth in 2 U.S.C. 441a; and it is 

further 

DECLARED that Carolyn S. Malenick and Triad Management Services, Inc. violated 

2 U.S.C. 441b by knowingly accepting corporate contributions; and it is further 

DECLARED that Carolyn S. Malenick d/b/a Triad Management Services and Triad 

Management Services, Inc. violated 2 U.S.C. 441a(a) by making excessive contributions to 

candidates through the combined contributions of an affiliated political committee and their own 

in-kind contributions to the same candidates. 

WHEREAS the aforementioned violations of the Federal Election Campaign Act 

(“FECA”) in 1996 involved hundreds of thousands of dollars of excessive contributions and 

deprived the voting public of information about millions of dollars of political receipts and 

disbursements; 

WHEREAS, despite the seriousness of the above violations for which the FECA 

authorizes a civil penalty of hundreds of thousands of dollars, see 2 U.S.C. 437g(a)(6), the 

Defendant Carolyn S. Malenick has submitted documentation to the Federal Election 

Commission demonstrating that she and Triad Management Services, Inc., are unable to pay an 

appropriate penalty; 

WHEREAS, the Federal Election Commission has agreed to forego further litigation of 

the factual issues left open in the Court’s Memorandum Order of March 30, 2004, that would be 

necessary to quantify the full extent of the Defendants’ violations of the FECA; it is HEREBY 

ORDERED that Carolyn S. Malenick shall pay a civil penalty in the amount of $5,000 

for the aforementioned violations, in monthly installments of $100 for 50 consecutive months, 

the first payment to be made within 30 days of the date of this Judgment and Order. 

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It is FURTHER ORDERED that Carolyn S. Malenick and Triad Management Services, 

Inc. are hereby permanently enjoined from engaging in any further violations of 2 U.S.C. 433, 

434, 441a(a), 441a(f), and 441b similar to those found by the Court in this lawsuit; and it is 

further 

ORDERED that Carolyn S. Malenick d/b/a Triad Management Services and Triad 

Management Services, Inc. shall complete the Federal Election Commission’s form required to 

register as a political committee, and shall also complete a comprehensive disclosure report on a 

form to be provided by the Commission covering all receipts and disbursements from the 

beginning of 1996, the year in which they became a political committee, through the end of 

2000, and that completion and submission of these forms to the Federal Election Commission 

within three (3) months of the date of this Judgment and Order shall satisfy the registration and 

reporting requirements of 2 U.S.C. 433-434. For the purpose of completing these reports, all 

receipts and income received by Carolyn S. Malenick d/b/a/ Triad Management Services and by 

Triad Management Services, Inc., shall be considered contributions; and it is further 

ORDERED that the parties shall each bear their own costs and expenses. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

 

Date James Robertson

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

Copies to: 

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Lawrence H. Norton 

Richard B. Bader 

David Kolker 

Erin K. Monaghan 

Office of the General Counsel 

Federal Election Commission 

999 E Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20463 

and 

Carolyn S. Malenick, Defendant Pro Se

8913 Early Street 

Manassas, VA 20110 

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