diff --git a/src/registrar/management/commands/populate_domain_request_dates.py b/src/registrar/management/commands/populate_domain_request_dates.py
index fe471fc9d..e20e35909 100644
--- a/src/registrar/management/commands/populate_domain_request_dates.py
+++ b/src/registrar/management/commands/populate_domain_request_dates.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ from django.core.management import BaseCommand
 from registrar.management.commands.utility.terminal_helper import PopulateScriptTemplate, TerminalColors
 from registrar.models import DomainRequest
 from auditlog.models import LogEntry
-from django.core.exceptions import ObjectDoesNotExist
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -12,12 +11,13 @@ class Command(BaseCommand, PopulateScriptTemplate):
     help = "Loops through each domain request object and populates the last_status_update and first_submitted_date"
 
     def handle(self, **kwargs):
-        """Loops through each DomainRequest object and populates its last_status_update and first_submitted_date values"""
+        """Loops through each DomainRequest object and populates 
+        its last_status_update and first_submitted_date values"""
         self.mass_update_records(DomainRequest, None, ["last_status_update", "first_submitted_date"])
 
     def update_record(self, record: DomainRequest):
         """Defines how we update the first_submitted_date and last_status_update fields"""
-        
+
         # Retrieve and order audit log entries by timestamp in descending order
         audit_log_entries = LogEntry.objects.filter(object_pk=record.pk).order_by("-timestamp")
 
@@ -34,7 +34,10 @@ class Command(BaseCommand, PopulateScriptTemplate):
                 break
 
         logger.info(
-            f"{TerminalColors.OKCYAN}Updating {record} => first submitted date: " f"{record.first_submitted_date}, last status update:" f"{record.last_status_update}{TerminalColors.ENDC}"
+            f"""{TerminalColors.OKCYAN}Updating {record} => 
+                first submitted date: {record.first_submitted_date}, 
+                last status update: {record.last_status_update}{TerminalColors.ENDC}
+            """
         )
 
     def should_skip_record(self, record) -> bool:
diff --git a/src/registrar/models/domain_request.py b/src/registrar/models/domain_request.py
index 09f200793..7ee80e43a 100644
--- a/src/registrar/models/domain_request.py
+++ b/src/registrar/models/domain_request.py
@@ -823,7 +823,7 @@ class DomainRequest(TimeStampedModel):
         if not DraftDomain.string_could_be_domain(self.requested_domain.name):
             raise ValueError("Requested domain is not a valid domain name.")
 
-        # if the domain has not been submitted before this  must be the first time  
+        # if the domain has not been submitted before this  must be the first time
         if not self.first_submitted_date:
             self.first_submitted_date = timezone.now().date()
 
diff --git a/src/registrar/tests/test_views_requests_json.py b/src/registrar/tests/test_views_requests_json.py
index c140b7e44..fd44bdc31 100644
--- a/src/registrar/tests/test_views_requests_json.py
+++ b/src/registrar/tests/test_views_requests_json.py
@@ -287,7 +287,8 @@ class GetRequestsJsonTest(TestWithUser, WebTest):
 
     def test_sorting(self):
         """test that sorting works properly on the result set"""
-        response = self.app.get(reverse("get_domain_requests_json"), {"sort_by": "last_submitted_date", "order": "desc"})
+        response = self.app.get(reverse("get_domain_requests_json"), 
+                                {"sort_by": "last_submitted_date", "order": "desc"})
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
         data = response.json
 
@@ -306,7 +307,8 @@ class GetRequestsJsonTest(TestWithUser, WebTest):
     def test_filter_approved_excluded(self):
         """test that approved requests are excluded from result set."""
         # sort in reverse chronological order of submission date, since most recent request is approved
-        response = self.app.get(reverse("get_domain_requests_json"), {"sort_by": "last_submitted_date", "order": "desc"})
+        response = self.app.get(reverse("get_domain_requests_json"), 
+                                {"sort_by": "last_submitted_date", "order": "desc"})
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
         data = response.json