Dakota Polkowska Springfields, JD

No one out 🏃‍♀️’s the Pink 💗 Cheetah 🐆! Pink Cheetah Express v. TQL (Case No.: 1:25-cv-00552-SLS & 0:2025cvpriO7141 - Join the SBTC where Truckers matter!

[Dakota Polkowska Springfields, JD @Pink__Cheetah]

Every time I eat Häagen-Dazs ice cream I think about this case and so should you 💗🐆

[Small Business in Transportation Coalition @TheSBTC]

Breaking Broker Transparency News:
SBTC just learned that moments ago, @Pink__Cheetah through her attorney @SocciLaw filed a dispositive "Motion for Summary Reversal" with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, arguing the District Court erred in not using the statutory definition of the term "order" that Congress enacted in the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. § 551(6)) when adjudicating whether the authoritative November 30, 2023 email from FMCSA to TQL was an order. Pink Cheetah argues the communication qualifies as an order subject to enforcement by the courts pursuant to the right of private action afforded to a person injured by a broker for failure to comply with an order of the Secretary under 49 U.S.C § 14704.

[Dakota Polkowska Springfields, JD @Pink__Cheetah]

Wow! GOD IS GREAT!!!!! What a blessing. This is so appreciated, you’ll never understand, thank you! 💗🐆🙏

[Small Business in Transportation Coalition @TheSBTC]

We received a donation to cover the full cost of bringing the deceased 13 year old boy home to his trucker mom. God bless the donor whom will remain anonymous unless she decides otherwise.

[Small Business in Transportation Coalition @TheSBTC]

The SBTC does not play nice. We are not afraid to call out @FMCSA and state Career Corruptocrats. We will call out Big Broker @TIAnetdotorg, carrier vetting companies like @realcarrier411 and Big Data like @datfreightteam catering to Big Brokers to the detriment of small business carriers. Autonomous will kill jobs. We are not here to get along and make big business friends. We are here to protect and promote the interests of truckers and small businesses. That's why we are https://t.co/2atXIhv0rI. Join us.

[Small Business in Transportation Coalition @TheSBTC]

Nobody is taking more frequent, zealous action on behalf of truckers and small businesses than the SBTC. @SecDuffy @USDOT @BarrsDerek @FMCSA, @OOIDA, the trucking trade association establishment @TRUCKINGdotORG @tianetdotorg, and trucking media all know it. Isn't it time YOU join the SBTC?
https://t.co/xofx6NyRJC.

[Small Business in Transportation Coalition @TheSBTC]

@dr_phil_truckn @tianetdotorg @FMCSA @SecDuffy @BarrsDerek SBTC has today filed the following petition to @SecDuffy @USDOT @USDOTRapid @BarrsDerek @FMCSA to deny the TIA's ridiculous petition for a 'do not use' list of authorized carriers with authority.

https://t.co/PDkrPyHf1T

[Small Business in Transportation Coalition @TheSBTC]

@JusticeATR We believe the activities of this company are worthy of investigation insofar as possible unreasonable restraint of trade may be concerned. We are represented by @SocciLaw.

[James Lamb @JimLambUSA]

SBTC Calls Out Carrier411...

[Small Business in Transportation Coalition @TheSBTC]

@SecDuffy @USDOT @USDOTRapid @BarrsDerek @FMCSA @TCANews
@DOTInspectorGen The FMCSA's enacted budget is approximately $927 million, with an additional $134.5 million in advance appropriations from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), totaling more than $1 billion in available budgetary resources.

Tell us again, how so many motor carriers have no safety rating...

[James Lamb @JimLambUSA]

I know what you're thinking... sometimes, I can be a real ball buster.

[Small Business in Transportation Coalition @TheSBTC]

This is woefully inaccurate and may lead to a major legal problem for you.

You mean no RANDOM ROADSIDE INSPECTIONS.

Not to be confused with PERIODIC INSPECTIONS defined under 49 CFR § 396.17, which is a mandatory, comprehensive safety evaluation required at least once every 12 months for every commercial motor vehicle operating on public highways.

You had better not be labeling carriers as being uninspected or you and the SBTC are going to have a major class action legal issue grounded in unreasonable restraint of trade.

@SocciLaw will be watching for your prompt correction. We trust you will immediately issue a redaction and cease and desist from leading the industry to believe small business carriers' vehicles are not inspected just because they haven't yet been randomly inspected roadside.

[zerohedge @zerohedge]

Trucking Group Asks Federal Court To Strip New York, California Of CDL Authority https://t.co/69KbI7hxry

[Small Business in Transportation Coalition @TheSBTC]

A trucker is in dire straights. Her trucker life partner and son were killed in an accident and she is legally fighting to get the bodies home. She has exhausted her resources. This is a call for emergency trucker relief fund donations. https://t.co/01rd8P13LW
Please kick in what you can...

[James Lamb @JimLambUSA]

A trucker is in dire straights. Her trucker life partner and son were killed in an accident and she is legally fighting to get the bodies home. She has exhausted her resources. This is a call for emergency trucker relief fund donations.
https://t.co/9W3mq0mk0Z
Please kick in what you can...

[Small Business in Transportation Coalition @TheSBTC]

More trucking media coverage of SBTC's legal effort to get CDL authority of @nysdmv and @CA_DMV decertified.
Fatal Virginia Bus Crash Sparks Lawsuit to Ban NY, CA CDLs | Commercial Carrier Journal @CCJnow
https://t.co/7kFtHz4UbC

[Small Business in Transportation Coalition @TheSBTC]

@SecDuffy @USDOT @USDOTRapid @BarrsDerek @FMCSA @DOTInspectorGen
Maybe it's finally time to stop freight brokers from evading the 49 CFR 371.3 rate transparency regulation which is grounded in 75 years of regulatory wisdom dating back to the ICC.

It's been six years. Stop stalling. Stop the unreasonable delays. Respect 5 USC 555 and issue the new strengthened rule we petitioned you for in May of 2020 already.

@JusticeATR @USAttyPirro @DAGToddBlanche
Stop big freight brokers from engaging in unreasonable restraint of trade through contractual waivers and retaliatory blacklisting against those truckers and carriers that unvoke their rights to broker rate transparency.

@gop @TheDemocrats @TransportGOP @TransportDems
@SenateCommerce @commercedems
Time for the TIA Act of 2026:
https://t.co/ipTUWIWijb

Consumer prices go up when shippers are price gouged so brokers can extract 40% plus commissions that are neither reasonable nor customary.

https://t.co/4b3oUZ6u5E

[Small Business in Transportation Coalition @TheSBTC]

@nysdmv @aamva We are filing in US Court of Appeals this week to take your CDL issuing privileges away for substantial non-compliance with 49 USC Chapter 313 by illegally issuing CDLs to non-English Speaking CMV drivers and illegal immigrants.

[Small Business in Transportation Coalition @TheSBTC]

@JimLambUSA @SecDuffy @USDOT @FMCSA It's 5pm. @SocciLaw has a green light to file the Petition for Review seeking court-ordered decertification of @nysdmv and @CA_DMV by @FMCSA.

[Tehxi @yajnshri]

Hoping our girls never need it, but self-protection skills are still so important for them to have!

[James Lamb @JimLambUSA]

JUNE '26 LITIGATION NEWS UPDATE

@Pink__Cheetah v. @TQLogistics
over Broker Transparency filed Jan 2025, now before US COURT OF APPEALS fully briefed and pending decision.

PETITION FOR REVIEW of @FMCSA action: UCR System Plan Legality, 20% UCR Fee Hike & Privacy Act Violations: litigation filed Dec. 2025 and pending.

FALSE CLAIMS ACT Against State X: litigation filed Jan 2026 and sealed.

FALSE CLAIMS ACT Against State Y: litigation filed June 2026 and sealed.

PETITION FOR REVIEW of @FMCSA action: Decertification of @nysdmv & @CA_DMV CDL Authority: litigation drafted; filing imminent.

UNDER LEGAL REVIEW:

*Broker Transparency Rulemaking Delays in Violation of 5 USC 555.

*Suspected Predetermination of Aurora Exemption Application before Comment period opened in violation of APA.

*Ten-year FOIA Delay (willful & intentional obstruction) by @FMCSA in violation of Freedom of Information Act.

[Small Business in Transportation Coalition @TheSBTC]

@SecDuffy @USDOT @USDOTRapid @FMCSA @BarrsDerek You have 10 hours to do the right thing.