Trump Administration Regulatory Litigation Tracker

Our Trump Administration Regulatory Litigation Tracker briefly summarizes litigation over major executive actions of the new administration that are relevant to business, with links to key source documents such as presidential executive orders, complaints, briefs and court decisions. It is updated each Tuesday. For the latest Skadden analysis of the administration’s directives, see our Executive Briefing. 

The detailed case material below is organized by the subject of the executive action. The topics here are linked to headings below.

Regulatory Policy | Trade Policy | Energy and the Environment | Diversity, Equity and Inclusion | Federal Funding | Department of Government Efficiency | Federal Agencies | Federal Officials   

Significant developments between May 9 and May 16, 2025, include:

• Court decisions
  • Federal Agencies:
    • At the request of the government appellants, the D.C. Circuit dismissed an appeal involving the dismantling of the CFPB. (D.C. Cir.)
    • A California federal court granted plaintiff’s motion for a temporary restraining order pausing the government’s reductions in force in reorganizing federal agencies. (N.D. Cal.)
• New litigations and appeals
  • Energy and the Environment: 15 states brought an action challenging President Trump’s executive order which declared a national energy emergency and accelerated fossil fuel projects. The states argue that the President exceeded his authority under the National Emergencies Act.
  • Federal Officials:
    • The government appealed a district court order and memorandum that granted the plaintiff’s motion for summary judgement and declared unlawful the removal of the plaintiff from her role as a member of the Federal Labor Relations Authority. (D.C. Cir.)
    • The government appealed a district court order granting plaintiffs’ temporary restraining order, which had paused the government’s reductions in force in reorganizing federal agencies. (9th Cir.)

Regulatory Policy

Executive Action: ‘10-1’ De-Regulation Order

• Executive Order—Unleashing Prosperity Through Deregulation (Jan. 31, 2025)
• Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Launches Massive 10-to-1 Deregulation Initiative (Jan. 31, 2025)

Related Litigation

• No pending cases at this time.

Executive Action: Regulatory Freeze

• Executive Order—Regulatory Freeze Pending Review (Jan. 20, 2025)

Related Litigation

• No pending cases at this time.

Executive Action: Pausing Enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

• Executive Order—Pausing Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Enforcement to Further American Economic and National Security (Feb. 10, 2025)

Related Litigation

• No pending cases at this time.

Executive Action: Review of Independent Agencies

• Executive Order–Ensuring Accountability For All Agencies (Feb. 18, 2025)
• Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Reins In Independent Agencies To Restore A Government That Answers To The American People (Feb. 18, 2025)

Related Litigation

• No pending cases at this time.

Executive Action: FCC Deregulatory Efforts

• Public Notice—In Re: Delete, Delete, Delete, GN Docket No. 25-133 (Mar. 12, 2025)
• Public Notice—Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau Seeks Comment on Termination of Certain Proceedings as Dormant (May 2, 2025)

Related Litigation

• No pending cases at this time.

Executive Action: Access to Agency Data

• Executive Order—Stopping Waste, Fraud, and Abuse by Eliminating Information Silos (Mar. 20, 2025)
• Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Eliminates Information Silos to Stop Waste, Fraud, and Abuse (Mar. 20, 2025)

Executive Action: Financial Deregulation

• Letter regarding use of reputation risk, Travis Hill, acting chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to Dan Meuser, chairman, House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Committee on Financial Services  (Mar. 24, 2025)
• Interim Final Rule – Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting Requirement Revision and Deadline (Mar. 21, 2025)
• Interim Final Rule—Business Combinations Under the Bank Merger Act; Rescission (May 8, 2025)
• Draft Notice—CFPB Interpretive Rules, Policy Statements, and Advisory Opinions; Withdrawal (May 9, 2025)

Related Litigation

•  No pending cases at this time.

Executive Action: DOJ Plan to Dissolve Tax Division

• DOJ Memorandum—Soliciting Feedback for Agency Reorganization Plan and RIF (Mar. 25, 2025)

Related Litigation

• No pending cases at this time.

Executive Action: Directive to Repeal Regulations Without Notice and Comment

• Executive Order—Directing the Repeal of Unlawful Regulations (Apr. 9, 2025)

Related Litigation

• No pending cases at this time.

Executive Action: Crypto Deregulation and Enforcement Changes

• Executive Order—Strengthening American Leadership in Digital Financial Technology (Jan. 23, 2025)
• Executive Order—Establishment of the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and United States Digital Asset Stockpile (Mar. 6, 2025)
• DOJ Memorandum—Ending Regulation by Prosecution (Apr. 7, 2025)
• SEC Statement—Offerings and Registrations of Securities in the Crypto Asset Markets (Apr. 10, 2025)
• SEC Speech—Remarks at the Crypto Task Force Roundtable, Paul S. Atkins, Chairman (Apr. 25, 2025)
• OCC Interpretive Letter #1184—Clarification of Bank Authority Regarding Crypto-Asset Custody Services (May 7, 2025)

Executive Action: Cutting Federal Contracting Rules

• Executive Order—Restoring Common Sense to Federal Procurement (Apr. 15, 2025)
• Executive Order—Ensuring Commercial, Cost-Effective Solutions Iin Federal Contracts (Apr. 16, 2025)

Related Litigation

• No pending cases at this time.

Executive Action: Reducing Competition Regulations

• DOJ Press Release—Justice Department Launches Anti-Competitive Regulations Task Force (Mar. 27, 2025)
• Executive Order—Reducing Anti-Competitive Regulatory Barriers (Apr. 9, 2025)
• FTC RFI—Request for Public Comment Regarding Reducing Anti-Competitive Regulatory Barriers (Apr. 14, 2025)
• DOJ's Slater Outlines 'America First Antitrust' Priorities (Apr. 28, 2025)

Executive Action: Department of Labor Enforcement Changes

• DOL Field Assistance Bulletin—FLSA Independent Contractor Misclassification Enforcement Guidance (May 1, 2025)

Related Litigation

• No pending cases at this time. 

Trade Policy

Executive Action: Tariffs Against China, Mexico and Canada

• Memorandum on America First Trade Policy (Jan. 20, 2025)
• Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Imposes Tariffs on Imports from Canada, Mexico, and China (Feb. 1, 2025)
• Canada: Executive Order—Imposing Duties to Address the Flow of Illicit Drugs Across Our Northern Border (Feb. 1, 2025)     
  •  Executive Order—Progress on the Situation at Our Northern Border (Feb. 3, 2025) (pausing previous Executive Order)
• Mexico: Executive Order—Imposing Duties to Address the Situation at Our Southern Border (Feb. 1, 2025)  
  • Executive Order—Progress on the Situation at Our Southern Border (Feb. 3, 2025) (pausing previous Executive Order)
• China: Executive Order—Imposing Duties to Address the Synthetic Opioid Supply Chain in the People's Republic of China (Feb. 1, 2025)
• Amendment To Duties To Address The Flow Of Illicit Drugs Across Our Northern Border (Mar. 2, 2025) (reinstating duty-free treatment of de minimis imports)
• Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Proceeds With Tariffs On Imports From Canada and Mexico (Mar. 3, 2025)
• Amendment To Duties To Address The Flow Of Illicit Drugs Across Our Northern Border (Mar. 6, 2025) (adjusting tariffs for automotive parts and potash)

Related Litigation

• Emily Ley Paper Inc v. Trump, No. 25-464 (N.D. Fla.)
  • Challenging the administration’s February and March tariffs on all imports from China, arguing that the president does not have authority to impose emergency tariffs without congressional approval
  • Complaint filed Apr. 3, 2025.
  • Motion to Transfer case to Court of International Trade filed by defendants Apr. 17, 2025; Opposition filed May 5, 2025
  • First Amended Complaint filed May 9, 2025

Executive Action: Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum

• Proclamation—Adjusting Imports of Steel into the United States (Feb. 10, 2025)
• Proclamation—Adjusting Imports of Aluminum into the United States (Feb. 11, 2025)

Related Litigation

• No pending cases at this time.

Executive Action: Tariffs Against Imports From Countries Levying Digital Service Taxes on U.S. Technology Businesses

• Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Issues Directive to Prevent the Unfair Exploitation of American (Feb. 21, 2025)
• United States-Italy Joint Leaders’ Statement (Apr. 18, 2025) 

Related Litigation

• No pending cases at this time.

Executive Action: Tariffs on Imported Cars and Parts

• Proclamation—Adjusting Imports of Automobiles and Automobile Parts Into the United States (Mar. 26, 2025)
• Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Adjusts Imports of Automobiles and Automobile Parts Into the United States (Mar. 26, 2025)
• Executive Order—Amendments to Adjusting Imports of Automobiles and Automobile Parts into the United States (Apr. 29, 2025)

Related Litigation

• No pending cases at this time.

Executive Action: ‘Reciprocal’ Tariffs

• Executive Order—Regulating Imports with a Reciprocal Tariff to Rectify Trade Practices that Contribute to Large and Persistent Annual United States Goods Trade Deficits (Apr. 2, 2025)
  • Annex ’Reciprocal Tariff, Adjusted’ (Apr. 2, 2025)
• Fact Sheet—President Donald J. Trump Declares National Emergency to Increase our Competitive Edge, Protect our Sovereignty, and Strengthen our National and Economic Security (Apr. 2, 2025)
• Executive Order—Amendment to Reciprocal Tariffs and Updated Duties as Applied to Low-Value Imports from The People’s Republic Of China (Apr. 8, 2025)
• Executive Order—Modifying Reciprocal Tariff Rates to Reflect Trading Partner Retaliation and Alignment (Apr. 9, 2025)
• Customs and Border Patrol Guidance Bulletin—Reciprocal Tariff Exclusion for Specified Products (Apr. 11, 2025)
• White House Statement—General Terms for the United States of America and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Economic Prosperity Deal (May 8, 2025)

Related Litigation

• Webber v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security, No. 25-26 (D. Mont.)
  • Members of the Blackfeet Nation seek to block executive orders and proclamations imposing tariffs on Canadian goods and declaring a national emergency
  • Complaint filed Apr. 4, 2025
  • Memorandum ISO of Motion for Preliminary and Permanent Injunction filed Apr. 4, 2025; Response filed Apr. 21, 2025
  • Amended Complaint filed Apr. 17, 2025
  • Order granting motion to transfer case to the U.S. Court of International Trade entered Apr. 25, 2025
    • Motion to transfer to Court of International Trade and memorandum filed by defendants on Apr 14, 2025; Response filed Apr. 15, 2025; Reply filed Apr. 16, 2025
    • Notice of Appeal filed Apr. 25, 2025
    • Motion for Reconsideration & Supporting Memorandum filed Apr. 28, 2025; Opposition filed May 9, 2025; Reply filed May 13, 2025
  • Motion to stay proceeding pending disposition of motion to transfer and memorandum filed by defendants on Apr. 14, 2025; Response filed Apr. 15, 2025
  • Order Denying Motion for PI Pending Appeal filed Apr. 28, 2025
    • Motion for PI Pending Appeal & Supporting Memorandum filed Apr. 25, 2025; Reply filed Apr. 26, 2025
  • Case transferred to U.S. Court of International Trade on Apr. 28, 2025; Objection to Transfer filed Apr. 28, 2025
• Webber, et al. v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security, et al., No. 25-2717 (9th Cir.)
  • Motion for Injunctive Relief by appellants and Supplement filed May 1, 2025; Response filed May 12, 2025
  • Motion to Dismiss filed by appellee May 1, 2025; Response filed May 2, 2025; Reply filed May 6, 2025
• State of California v. Trump, No. 25-3372 (N.D. Cal.)
  • The State of California challenges the President’s use of IEEPA to impose tariffs on U.S. imports.
  • Complaint filed Apr. 16, 2025
  • Motion to Transfer Case to U.S. Court of International Trade filed by defendants on Apr. 17, 2025; Opposition filed May 1, 2025; Reply filed May 8, 2025
  • Motion for PI filed May 13, 2025
• V.O.S. Selections, Inc. v. Donald J. Trump, No. 25-66 (Ct. Intl. Trade)
  • Five small business brought suit asking the court to “declare the President’s unprecedented power grab illegal, enjoin the operation of the executive actions that purport to impose these tariffs under the IEEPA, and reaffirm this country’s core founding principle: there shall be no taxation without representation.”
  • Complaint filed Apr. 14, 2025
  • Plaintiffs’ Application for TRO and Motion for PI and/or SJ for PI filed Apr. 18, 2025; Response to TRO filed Apr. 21, 2025; Response to SJ and PI filed Apr. 29, 2025; Reply ISO Motion for PI filed May 6, 2025
  • Order denying Application for TRO entered Apr. 22, 2025
• The State of Oregon v. Trump, 25-77 (Ct. Intl. Trade)
  • Twelve states argue that President does not have the authority under IEEPA to impose such tariffs, and the “Court should declare that they are not in force, enjoin the Defendant agencies and officers from enforcing them, and vacate the agency actions implementing them.”
  • Complaint filed Apr. 23, 2025
  • Paperless Order entered Apr. 29, 2025, allowing parties to file briefs setting forth their positions on Motion for SJ pending in VOS Selections, No. 25-66
    • Brief from Plaintiffs re Motion for SJ in VOS Selections, No. 25-66 filed May 7, 2025; Response filed May 12, 2025; Supplemental Response filed May 13, 2025
  • Motion for PI filed May 7, 2025
  • Paperless Order construing Motion for PI as Motion for SJ entered May 8, 2025
• Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump, 25-1248 (D.D.C.)
  • Two businesses argue that “the Challenged Orders and the agency actions modifying the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (“HTSUS”) or otherwise implementing those orders are unlawful” and that the “Court should declare as much and enjoin enforcement.”
  • Complaint filed Apr. 22, 2025
  • Motion to Transfer Case to the U.S. Court of International Trade filed Apr. 24, 2025; Response filed May 7, 2026; Reply filed May 12, 2025 
  • Motion for PI filed by Plaintiffs Apr. 24, 2025; Response filed May 1, 2025; Reply filed May 7, 2025
• Princess Awesome, LLC v. United States Customs and Border Protection, No. 25-78 (Ct. Intl. Trade)
  • Action brought by a dozen American companies arguing that the president exceeded his authority under the constitution in imposing tariffs without congressional approval under IEEPA.
  • Complaint filed Apr. 24, 2025
    • Paperless Order denying Motion to Stay without prejudice to renewal
    • Motion to Stay Proceedings filed May 12, 2025; Response filed May 13, 2025
  • Motion for Summary Judgment filed May 13, 2025

Executive Action: Investigation of Critical Minerals Imports

• Executive Order—Ensuring National Security and Economic Resilience Through Section 232 Actions on Processed Critical Minerals and Derivative Products (Apr. 15, 2025)
• Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Ensures National Security and Economic Resilience Through Section 232 Actions on Processed Critical Minerals and Derivative Products (Apr. 15, 2025)

Related Litigation

• No pending cases at this time.

Energy and the Environment

Executive Action: Executive Orders Related to Energy

• Executive Order—Unleashing American Energy (Jan. 20, 2025)
• Executive Order—Declaring a National Energy Emergency (Jan. 20, 2025)
• Executive Order—Protecting American Energy from State Overreach (Apr. 8, 2025)
• Executive Order—Regulatory Relief for Certain Stationary Sources to Promote American Energy (Apr. 8, 2025)
• Executive Order—Strengthening the Reliability and Security of the United States Electric Grid (Apr. 8, 2025)
• Temporary Withdrawal of All Areas on the Outer Continental Shelf From Offshore Wind Leasing and Review of the Federal Government’s Leasing and Permitting Practices for Wind Projects, 90 Fed. Reg. 8363 (Jan. 29, 2025)

Related Litigation

• Climate United Fund v. Citibank, N.A., No. 25-698 (D.D.C)
  • Seeking restoration of grant funding from EPA and a court order directing “Citibank to adhere to its contractual obligations, and bar EPA from interfering with Citibank’s disbursement”
  • Complaint filed Mar. 8, 2025
  • Motion for TRO and Memorandum ISO filed Mar. 10, 2025; Opposition by Citibank filed Mar 12, 2025; Opposition by EPA filed Mar. 12, 2025; Response filed Mar. 12, 2025
  • Amended Complaint filed Mar. 17, 2025
  • Order granting in part and denying in part Plaintiff’s TRO entered on Mar. 18, 2025; Memorandum Opinion
  • Consolidated as lead case on Mar. 20, 2025 with Power Forward Communities, Inc. v. Citibank, N.A., No. 25-762 (D.D.C.) and Coalition For Green Capital v. Citibank, N.A., 1:25-cv-00735, (D.D.C.)
  • Motion for PI and Supporting Memorandum filed Mar. 21, 2025; Citibank's Opposition filed Mar. 26, 2025; Federal Defendants’ Opposition filed Mar. 26, 2025
  • Case consolidated with California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank v. Citibank, N.A., No. 25-820 (D.D.C.) on Mar. 25, 2025
  • Motion for TRO – Extending Existing Temporary Restraining Order filed Mar. 28, 2025. Response filed by Citibank Mar. 31, 2025. Opposition filed by EPA Mar. 31, 2025. Order granting Motion to extend TRO entered Mar. 31, 2025.
  • Order entered Apr. 8, 2025, extending the TRO until Apr. 15, 2025
  • Emergency Motion to Stay Pending Appeal filed by EPA Apr. 15, 2025; Response filed by CIEDB Apr. 15, 2025; Opposition filed by Justice Climate Fund Apr. 15, 2025; Response filed by Coalition for Green Capital Apr. 15, 2025
  • Order granting Plaintiffs Motion for PI and denying EPA’s Emergency Motion for Stay Pending Appeal entered Apr. 15, 2025; Memorandum entered Apr. 16, 2025
  • Notice of appeal filed by EPA Apr. 16, 2025
  • Order construing the Motion to Clarify as a Motion for Altered Judgment and granting that motion, filed Apr. 19, 2025
    • Motion to Clarify Order for PI filed Apr. 17, 2025; Response filed Apr. 18, 2025; Reply filed Apr. 18, 2025

• Climate United Fund v. Citibank, N.A., No. 25-5122, (D.C. Cir.)
  • Notice of Appeal filed by EPA Apr. 16, 2025
  • Emergency motion to stay underlying order pending appeal filed by EPA Apr. 16, 2025
  • Per curiam order filed administratively staying in part the district court’s April 15, 2025 order granting a PI pending further order of the court.
  • Clerk's order consolidating cases 25-5123 with 25-5122 entered Apr. 17, 2025
  • Amended emergency motion to stay underlying order pending appeal filed by the government Apr. 18, 2025; Response in support filed by Citibank Apr. 19, 2025; Response in opposition filed by California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank Apr. 22, 2025; Reply filed by government Apr. 23, 2025
  • Per curiam order entered Apr. 28, 2025, stating that “consideration of the motion for stay be consolidated with consideration of the merits of these appeals” and ordering the appeals to be expedited
  • Appellant Brief by Citibank filed May 5, 2025; Corrected Appellant Brief by Citibank filed May 5, 2025; Appellant Brief by EPA on May 5, 2025
• United States v. State of Michigan, No. 25-496 (W.D. Mich.)
  • Action by the government seeking to block Michigan from threatened lawsuits against fossil fuel companies.
  • Complaint filed Apr. 30, 2025
• United States v. State of Hawaii, No. 25-179 (D. Haw.) o Action by the government seeking to block Hawaii from bringing a lawsuit against fossil fuel companies.
  • Complaint filed Apr. 30, 2025
• United States v. State of Vermont, No. 25-463 (D. Vt.)
  • Action by the federal government targeting Vermont’s Superfund law.
  • Complaint filed May 1, 2025
• United States v. State of New York, No. 25-3656 (S.D.N.Y.)
  • Action by the federal government targeting New York’s Superfund law.
  • Complaint filed May 1, 2025
• State v. Trump, No. 25-11221 (D. Mass)
  • Action by several states “to challenge President Trump’s unlawful Presidential Memorandum halting federal approvals of wind-energy development and to enjoin federal agencies’ implementation of that Memorandum”
  • Complaint filed May 5, 2025
  • Motion for PI and Supporting Memorandum filed by plaintiffs-states on May 12, 2025; Memorandum in Support filed May 14, 2025
  • Motion for PI and Supporting Memorandum filed by Alliance for Clean Energy New York on May 12, 2025; Memorandum in Support filed May 14, 2025
• State of Washington v. Trump, No. 25-869 (W.D. Wash.)
  • Action brought by several states “to protect the States—including their citizens and their natural resources—from the federal government’s unlawful use of emergency permitting procedures that bypass critical ecological, historical, and cultural resource review”
  • Complaint filed May 9, 2025

Executive Action: Oil and Gas Development

• Executive Order–Initial Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions (Jan. 20, 2025)

Related Litigation

• Northern Alaska Environmental Center v. Trump, No. 25-38 (D. Alaska)
  • Action seeking declaratory and injunctive relief to prevent injury from the Defendants’ promotion of gas and oil development and “unlawful attempt to undo permanent protections for certain areas of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf in the Arctic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, and Gulf of Mexico”
  • Complaint filed Feb. 19, 2025; Answer filed May 7, 2025

Executive Action: Joint Investment Fund with Ukraine

• Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Secures Agreement to Establish United States-Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund (May 1, 2025)

Related Litigation

• No pending cases at this time.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Executive Action: Ending DEI Practices and Policies

• Executive Order—Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity (Jan. 21, 2025)
• Executive Order—Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing (Jan. 20, 2025)
• Executive Order—Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government (Jan. 20, 2025)
• Memorandum from the Attorney General, Ending Illegal DEI and DEI Discrimination and Preferences (Feb. 5, 2025)
• Executive Order—Addressing Risks From Perkins Coie (Mar. 6, 2025)
• Executive Order—Addressing Risks From Paul Weiss  (Mar. 14, 2025)
• Executive Order—Addressing Remedial Action by Paul Weiss (Mar. 21, 2025)
• Executive Order—Reforming Accreditation to Strengthen Higher Education (Apr. 23, 2025)
• Executive Order—Reinstating Common Sense School Discipline Policies (Apr. 23, 2025)
• Executive Order—Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy (Apr. 23, 2025)

Related Litigation

• National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education v. Trump, No. 25-333 (D. Md.)
  • Action to enjoin enforcement of the order and declare that the order is unconstitutionally vague, suppresses free speech on DEI in violation of the First Amendment, and violates the separation-of-powers doctrine.
  • Complaint filed Feb. 3, 2025
  • Motion for TRO or PI filed Feb. 13, 2025; Memorandum ISO Motion; Opposition filed Feb. 18, 2025; Reply filed Feb. 19, 2025
  • Memorandum Opinion and Order entered on Feb. 21, 2025, granting and denying Motion for PI in part and denying Motion for TRO as moot
    • Notice of Appeal (25-1189) filed Feb. 24, 2025
  • Memorandum and Order Denying Motion to Stay Injunction Pending Appeal entered Mar. 3, 2025
    • Motion to Stay and Supporting Memorandum filed Feb. 25, 2025; Opposition filed Feb. 27, 2025
  • Memorandum Opinion entered Mar. 10, 2025, granting the Motion to Clarify
    • Motion to Clarify PI Order filed Feb. 27, 2025; Opposition filed Mar. 3, 2025; Reply filed Mar. 4, 2025
  • Clarified Preliminary Injunction entered Mar. 10, 2025
  • Memorandum Opinion & Order denying Motion to Vacate entered May 1, 2025
    • Motion to Vacate the PI Order without prejudice filed Mar. 21, 2025; Response filed Apr. 1, 2025; Opposition filed Apr. 1, 2025; Reply filed Apr. 2, 2025
• National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education v. Trump, No. 25-1189 (4th Cir.)
  • Case docketed on Feb. 27, 2025
  • Order Granting Motion for Stay Pending Appeal entered Mar. 14, 2025
    • Time-Sensitive Motion for Stay Pending Appeal filed Mar. 4, 2025; Opposition filed Mar. 10, 2025; Reply filed Mar. 12, 2025
  • Appellants’ Opening Brief filed Apr. 8, 2025; Appellees’ Opposition filed May 9, 2025
• National Urban League v. Trump, No. 25-471 (D.D.C.)
  • Action brought to “challenge Executive Order No. 14151 ‘Ending Radical and Wasteful DEI Programs and Preferencing’ . . .; Executive Order No. 14168 ‘Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government’ . . . ; Executive Order No. 14173 ‘Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity’ . . .; and related agency actions, as ultra vires and in violation of the First and Fifth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution and the APA, and, accordingly, seek declaratory and injunctive relief.”
  • Complaint filed Feb. 19, 2025
  • Order entered Feb. 21, 2025, holding that the present case is not related enough to National Council of Nonprofits v. OMB, No. 25-239
    • Minute Order entered on Feb. 19, 2025, requiring Plaintiffs to show cause as to why this case is related to National Council of Nonprofits v. OMB, No. 25-239; Response to Order to Show Cause filed Feb. 20, 2025; Defs.’ Reply filed Feb. 20, 2025
  • Memorandum Opinion and Order denying Motion for PI entered May 2, 2025
    • Motion for PI and Supporting Memorandum filed Feb. 28, 2025; Opposition filed Mar. 12, 2025; Reply filed Mar. 17, 2025
• Chicago Women In Trades v. Trump, No. 25-2005 (N. D. Ill.)
  • Action for injunctive and declaratory relief, challenging the constitutionality of Trump’s DEI executive orders under the First Amendment, Fifth Amendment, Spending Clause, and separation-of-powers doctrine
  • Complaint filed Feb. 26, 2025
  • Opinion and Order granting TRO entered Mar. 27, 2025; Amended TRO entered Apr. 1, 2025
    • Motion for TRO and Supporting Memorandum filed Mar. 18, 2025; Opposition filed Mar. 24, 2025
  • Opinion and Order granting PI in part entered Apr. 14, 2025
    • Motion for PI filed Mar. 5, 2025; Defendants’ Opposition filed Apr. 3, 2025; Reply filed Apr. 7, 2025
  • Memorandum Opinion & Order denying Motion to Modify Motion for PI entered May 7, 2025
    • Motion to Modify Motion for PI and Supporting Memorandum filed Apr. 18, 2025
• Perkins Coie, LLP v. United States Department of Justice, No. 25-716 (D.D.C.)
  • Action to enjoin executive order that targets Perkins Coie for its representation of presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and for its DEI policies
  • Complaint and Motion for TRO filed Mar. 11, 2025
  • Order granting TRO entered Mar. 12, 2025
  • Order extending duration of TRO entered Mar. 14, 2025
  • Motion to Clarify TRO filed Mar. 18, 2025; Minute Order clarifying TRO entered Mar. 19, 2025
  • Memorandum Opinion denying the government’s Motion to Dismiss and for Expedited Judgment and granting plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment and Declaratory and Permanent Injunctive Relief filed May 2, 2025
    • Motion for Summary Judgment and Declaratory and Permanent Injunctive Relief filed Apr. 2, 2025; Opposition filed Apr. 16, 2025
    • Motion to Dismiss and Motion for Reconsideration of the TRO filed Apr. 2, 2025; Opposition filed Apr. 16, 2025; Reply filed Apr. 18, 2025
    • Amended Complaint filed Apr. 29, 2025
    • Motion for Summary Judgment and Declaratory and Permanent Injunctive Relief filed Apr. 30, 2025
    • Motion to Dismiss (Renewed) filed Apr. 30, 2025
    • Memorandum Opinion & Order granting Motion for Summary Judgment and Declaratory and Permanent Injunctive Relief, and denying Renewed Motion to Dismiss entered May 2, 2025

Federal Funding

Executive Action: Federal-Assistance Freeze

• Temporary Pause of Agency Grant, Loan, and Other Financial Assistance Programs, OMB Memorandum (Jan. 27, 2025)
• OMB Memorandum Rescinded (Jan. 28, 2025)

Related Litigation

• National Council of Nonprofits v. OMB, No. 25-239 (D.D.C.)
  • Challenging a temporary pause of federal grant programs
  • Complaint filed Jan. 28, 2025
  • TRO granted on Feb. 3, 2025
  • Minute Order setting preliminary injunction hearing for Feb. 20, 2025
  • Motion for PI filed Feb. 11, 2025; Opposition filed Feb. 15, 2025; Reply filed Feb. 18, 2025
  • Minute Entry entered on Feb. 20, 2025, stating that “the [TRO] will remain in place and a Preliminary Injunction ruling will be issued in due course”
  • Memorandum Opinion and Order filed Feb. 25, 2025, granting the Motion for PI
    • Notice of Appeal filed Apr. 24, 2025
  • Order entered Mar. 14, 2025, denying the Motion to Clarify
    • Motion to Clarify Scope on Motion for PI filed Mar. 4, 2025; Opposition filed Mar. 7, 2025; Reply filed Mar. 10, 2025
    • Answer filed Apr. 14, 2025
    • Case stayed on May 13, 2025
• National Council of Nonprofits v. OMB, No. 25-5148 (D.C. Cir.)
  • Notice of Appeal entered Apr. 25, 2025
• State of New York v. Trump, No. 25-39 (D.R.I.)
  • Challenging a temporary pause of federal grant programs
  • Complaint filed Jan. 28, 2025
  • TRO granted on Feb. 3, 2025
  • Text Order entered on Feb. 6, 2025, in which Court extends the TRO “for good cause including the complexity of the issues involved, the number of parties, and the need to maintain the status quo while this matter is being expeditiously litigated - until the Court enters an order on the Plaintiffs’ Motion for Preliminary Injunction.”
  • Plaintiff moved to enforce the TRO on Feb. 7, arguing that “Plaintiff States and entities within the Plaintiff States continue to be denied access to federal funds.”
    • Opposition filed Feb. 9, 2025
    • Order granted on Feb. 10, 2025, noting plaintiffs “have presented evidence in this motion that the Defendants in some cases have continued to improperly freeze federal funds and refused to resume disbursement of appropriated federal funds.”
  • Notice of Appeal (25-1138) filed Feb. 10, 2025
  • Order entered Feb. 12, 2025, denying Motion to Stay TRO Pending Appeal filed Feb. 12, 2025
    • Defendants’ Motion to Stay TRO pending appeal filed Feb. 10, 2025; Response filed Feb. 11, 2025;
  • Order entered Feb. 12, 2025, denying Defendants’ Emergency Motion to Continue Withholding FEMA and Other Funding, and denying as moot the Supplemental Motion Regarding Permission to Continue Payment Review System
    • Defendants’ Emergency Motion for Permission to Continue Withholding FEMA and Other Funding filed Feb. 11, 2025; Defendants’ Supplemental Motion Regarding Permission to Continue Payment Review Processes filed on Feb. 11, 2025; Response filed on Feb. 11, 2025.
  • Amended Complaint filed Feb. 13, 2025
  • Minute Entry on Feb. 21, stating that the previous TRO is still in effect and taking the Motion for PI under advisement
  • Memorandum and Order entered on Mar. 6, 2025, granting Motion for PI, denying as moot the Second Motion to Enforce the Court’s January 31 Order, and denying Motion to Stay Pending Appeal
    • Motion for PI filed on Feb. 7, 2025; Opposition filed Feb. 12, 2025
    • Second Motion to Enforce The Court’s January 31, 2025 TRO filed Feb. 28, 2025
    • Notice of Appeal (25-1236) filed Mar. 10, 2025
  • Memorandum and Order entered on Apr. 4, 2025, granting the Motion to Enforce the PI
    • Renewed Motion to Enforce the PI filed Mar. 24, 2025; Opposition filed Mar. 27, 2025; Reply filed Mar. 31, 2025; Reply filed Apr. 7, 2025
  • Text Order entered Apr. 7, 2025, staying the order granting the Motion for Enforcement of PI
  • Order entered Apr. 14, 2025, denying the Motion for Reconsideration
    • Def.’s Emergency Motion for Reconsideration or Stay Pending Appeal of Order Enforcing the PI as to FEMA Funding filed Apr. 5, 2025; Response filed Apr. 6, 2025
  • Notice of Appeal (25-1413) filed Apr. 28, 2025
• State of New York v. Trump, No. 25-1236 (1st Cir.)
  • Notice of Appeal filed Mar. 10, 2025
  • Emergency motion to stay pending appeal filed by Appellants Mar. 10, 2025; Response filed Mar. 17, 2025; Reply filed Mar. 20, 2025.
  • Order denying appellants' motion for a stay pending appeal of the District Court's PI and Opinion entered Mar. 26, 2025
  • Order consolidating Appeals 25-1236 and 25-1413
    • Motion to Consolidate Appeals filed Apr. 30, 2025
• State of New York v. Trump, No. 25-1413 (1st Cir.)
  • Civil case docketed on Apr. 28, 2025
  • Order consolidating Appeals 25-1236 and 25-1413
    • Motion to Consolidate Appeals filed Apr. 30, 2025
• Shapiro v. U.S. Department of the Interior, No. 25-0763 (E.D. Pa.)
  • “Governor Shapiro and the Commonwealth agencies bring this action to restore law and order by preventing the federal agency defendants from violating statutes under which billions in federal funds have been authorized, appropriated, and obligated to Pennsylvania agencies.”
  • Complaint filed Feb. 13, 2025 

Executive Action: IRS Funding Cuts

• OMB Letter to Committee on Appropriations—FY 2026 Discretionary Budget Request (May 2, 2025)

Related Litigation

• No pending cases at this time.

Department of Government Efficiency

Executive Action: Establishing ‘Department of Government Efficiency’

• Executive Order—Establishing and Implementing the President’s “Department Of Government Efficiency” (Jan. 20, 2025)

Related Litigation

• Center for Biological Diversity v. OMB, No. 25-165 (D.D.C.)
  • Action to compel OMB to disclose records under FOIA, including records related to “certain presidential transition documents that concern OMB’s key functions and duties, which affect air and water quality; climate change, imperiled plants and wildlife; public lands; and environmental justice issues” and the establishment of the “Department of Government Efficiency” (“DOGE”)
  • Complaint filed Jan. 20, 2025; Amended Complaint filed Feb. 27, 2025; Second Amended Complaint filed Apr. 23, 2025
• American Oversight v. U.S. Department of Government Efficiency, No. 25-409 (D.D.C.) o Action “seeking declaratory and injunctive relief to compel compliance with the requirements of FOIA in connection with FOIA requests for communications involving Elon Musk and his key staff.”
  • Complaint filed Feb. 11, 2025; Amended Complaint filed Mar. 5, 2025; Second Amended Complaint filed May 1, 2025
  • Answer filed Apr. 21, 2025; Amended Answer filed Apr. 24, 2025
• State of New Mexico v. Musk, No. 25-429 (D.D.C)
  • Action brought by 14  states requesting the court to “enjoin Mr. Musk from issuing orders to any person in the Executive Branch outside of DOGE and otherwise engaging in the actions of an officer of the United States, and declare that his actions to date are ultra vires and of no legal effect.”
  • Complaint filed Feb. 13, 2025
  • Memorandum Opinion and Order denying Motion for TRO entered on Feb. 18, 2025
    • Motion for TRO filed Feb. 14, 2025; Notice of Proposed TRO filed on Feb. 15, 2025, after a Minute Order, entered on Feb. 14, 2025, directing plaintiff to file a revised proposed order; Response to Notice of Proposed Order entered Feb. 15, 2025; Reply ISO Motion for TRO filed Feb. 17, 2025
    • Motion to Dismiss filed Mar. 7, 2025
  • Motion to Dismiss filed Mar. 7, 2025; Opposition filed Mar. 14, 2025; Reply filed Mar. 19, 2025
  • Minute Order consolidating this case with Japanese American Citizens League v. Musk, No. 25-643 (D.D.C.) entered Mar. 20, 2025, making State of New Mexico v. Musk the lead case
  • Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction filed May 6, 2025; Reply filed May 7, 2025
• Public Citizen v. Trump, No. 25-164 (D.D.C.)
  • Seeking declaratory, injunctive, and mandamus relief against Trump and OMB to ensure the DOGE complies with Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA)
  • Complaint filed Jan. 20, 2025
  • Minute Order entered on Feb. 18, 2025, consolidating Public Citizen on Feb. 18, 2025 with American Public Health Association v. OMB, No. 25-167 (D.D.C.) and Lentini v. DOGE, No. 25-166 (D.D.C.)
  • Notice of Voluntary Dismissal (without prejudice) filed Mar. 3, 2025
  • Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction and for Failure to State a Claim and Supporting Memorandum filed Apr. 11, 2025
• Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) v. DOGE, No. 25-511 (D.D.C.)
  • Action seeking injunctive and declaratory relief to require the Defendants to promptly comply with FOIA requests, comply with FRA preservation requirements and initiate enforcement action to recover destroyed or lost records
  • Complaint filed Feb. 20, 2025; Answer filed Mar. 26, 2025
  • Memorandum Opinion and Order entered Mar. 10, 2025, granting in part and denying in part the Motion for PI
    • Motion for PI and Supporting Memorandum filed Feb. 20, 2025; Opposition filed Feb. 27, 2025; Reply filed Mar. 4, 2025 
  • Opinion and Order denying Motion for Reconsideration entered Mar. 19, 2025
    • Motion for Reconsideration and Supporting Memorandum filed Mar. 14, 2025; Opposition filed Mar. 18, 2025; Reply filed Mar. 18, 2025
      • Motion for Summary Judgment and Supporting Memorandum filed Mar. 19, 2025
  • Minute Order entered Apr. 10, 2025: “The Court has reviewed 30 and 33 the parties' joint status reports concerning production of OMB and USDS records, respectively. The Court hereby directs both OMB and USDS to process the records responsive to CREW's requests at a rate of 1000 pages per month.”
• Project on Government Oversight, Inc., v. Trump, No. 25-527 (D.D.C.)
  • “Action for declaratory, injunctive, and mandamus relief ..., challenging as contrary to law Defendants’ recordkeeping policies and practices that treat federal agency records of Defendants U.S. Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and U.S. DOGE Service Temporary Organization (USDS) as presidential records under the PRA and beyond the scope of the Freedom of Information Act”
  • Complaint filed Feb. 21, 2025; 
  • Motion for PI and Supporting Memorandum filed Mar. 24, 2025; Opposition filed Apr. 7, 2025; Reply filed Apr. 23, 2025
  • Minute Order denying Plaintiff’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction filed May 9, 2025
  • Second Motion for PI and Supporting Memorandum filed May 15, 2025
• Center for Biological Diversity v. U.S. Department of the Interior, No. 25-612 (D.D.C.)
  • Action for declaratory and injunctive relief, requiring Defendants to comply with FACA in connection with DOGE
  • Complaint filed Mar. 3, 2025
  • Minute Order entered Mar. 6, 2025, stating that the case is not related to Center for Biological Diversity v. OMB, 25-cv-165
  • Amended Complaint filed Apr. 1, 2025. 

Executive Action: DOGE Access to Federal Payment System

• Treasury Department Letter to Members of Congress Regarding Payment Systems (Feb. 4, 2025) (“Currently, Treasury staff members working with Tom Krause, a Treasury employee, will have read-only access to the coded data of the Fiscal Service’s payment systems in order to continue this operational efficiency assessment.”)

Related Litigation

• Alliance for Retired Americans v. Bessent, No. 25-313 (D.D.C.)
  • Action against Secretary of Treasury “for declaratory and injunctive relief to halt Defendants’ unlawful ongoing, systematic, and continuous disclosure of personal and financial information contained in Defendants’ records to Elon Musk and other members of the so-called ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ (DOGE), or to any other person”
  • Complaint filed Feb. 3, 2025
  • TRO filed Feb. 5, 2025; Memorandum of Support
  • Order entered on Feb. 6 converting motion for TRO to a motion for PI and approving a consent order that “Defendants will not provide access to any payment record or payment system of records maintained by or within the Bureau of the Fiscal Service, except that the Defendants may provide access to any of the following people: [Special Government Employees Tom Krause and now resigned Marko Elez, employees of the Dept. of the Treasury, or any other person normally entitled to access under U.S. Law and IRC].”
  • Minute Order entered on Feb. 25, 2025, stating that the court does have subject-matter jurisdiction and ordering the Defendants to produce their administrative record so the court may properly rendered its decision on the Motion for PI
  • Memorandum Opinion and Order entered Mar. 7, 2025, denying the Motion for PI
    • Opposition to Motion for PI filed Feb. 12, 2025; Reply filed Feb. 18, 2025
  • Motion to Dismiss or, in the Alternative, for Summary Judgment and Supporting Memorandum filed Apr. 11, 2025; Cross Motion and Supporting Memorandum entered Apr. 25, 2025; Pl.’s Opposition filed Apr. 25, 2025; Reply re Motion to Dismiss filed May 9, 2025; Opposition to Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment filed May 9, 2025
• State of New York v. Donald J. Trump, No. 25-1144 (S.D.N.Y.)
  • Lawsuit brought by a 19-state coalition, led by the New York Attorney General, seeking a request for an injunction blocking DOGE service temporary organization from having access to Department of Treasury payment systems.
  • Complaint filed Feb. 7, 2025
  • Memorandum ISO Motion for TRO filed Feb. 7, 2025
  • Order entered on Feb. 8, 2025, restraining the Trump administration from giving “political appointees” and “special government employees” access to Treasury payment records and systems, and says any previously obtained material must be “immediately” destroyed. The order also sets a hearing on Feb. 14, 2025, for defendant to show “why an order should not be issued pursuant to Rule 65 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure preliminarily enjoining the defendants during the pendency of this action[.]”
  • Order entered on Feb. 11, 2025, granting in part and denying in part the Emergency Motion to Vacate, clarifying the scope of the TRO
    • Emergency Motion to Vacate Order filed on Feb. 9, 2025; Memorandum ISO filed Feb. 9, 2025; Opposition filed Feb. 10, 2025; Reply filed Feb. 10, 2025
  • Opposition to Motion for PI filed on Feb. 11, 2025; Reply filed Feb. 13, 2025
  • Joint Letter filed on Feb. 14, 2025, explaining the parties’ positions in advance of the Feb. 14, 2025 motion for PI hearing
  • Opinion and Order entered Feb. 21, 2025, granting the Motion for PI, stating that Defendants “are restrained from granting access to any Treasury Department payment record, payment systems, or any other data systems maintained by the Treasury Department containing personally identifiable information and/or confidential financial information of payees to any employee, officer or contractor employed or affiliated with [DOGE,]” and ordering Defendants to submit a report to show that they are redressing APA violations to aid Court in deciding whether a preliminary injunction is still needed
    • Order entered on Mar. 10, 2025, explaining that the court will hear both of the following motions together:
      • Defs.’ Report in Support of Anticipated Motion to Partially Dissolve the PI filed Mar. 5, 2025; Motion to Partially Dissolve PI Motion and Supporting Memorandum filed Mar. 10, 2025; Opposition filed Mar. 14, 2025; Reply filed Mar. 17, 2025
      • Motion for Reconsideration and Supporting Memorandum filed Mar. 7, 2025; Opposition filed Mar. 14, 2025; Reply filed Mar. 17, 2025
  • Order entered Mar. 7, 2025, modifying the preliminary injunction to “exclude the PPS software application from the restrictions on access that were placed on employees, officers, or contractors employed or affiliated with the United States DOGE Service, DOGE, or the DOGE Team established at the Treasury Department”
    • Defs.’ Letter re Request to Confirm Scope of PI filed Mar. 3, 2025; Letter in Opposition filed Mar. 4, 2025
  • Opinion and order granting Government’s motion to partially dissolve the preliminary injunction and denying Plaintiffs' motion for reconsideration entered Apr. 11, 2025
  • Motion to Vacate the PI and Supporting Memorandum filed May 1, 2025; Opposition filed May 14, 2025

Executive Action: DOGE Access to Department of Labor Systems

Related Litigation

• American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations v. Department of Labor, No. 25-339 (D.D.C.)
  • Action for declaratory and injunctive relief, stating that DOGE’s attempts to direct the DOL and obtain access its information systems are without authority of law, unlawful under the APA, in violation of Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act, in violation of the Privacy Act, rulemaking without proper procedure, and arbitrary, capricious, and an abuse of discretion.
  • Complaint filed on Feb. 5, 2025
  • Memorandum ISO TRO filed on Feb. 5, 2025; Opposition filed Feb. 6, 2025; Reply filed Feb. 7, 2025
  • Order denying TRO entered on Feb. 7, 2025 (declining to block DOGE from accessing U.S. DoL data, saying that while the court “harbors concerns” about privacy risks, the suing labor unions haven’t established standing)
  • Amended Complaint filed Feb. 11, 2025 (expanding allegations to include DOGE’s unlawful access to the Department of Health and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s data)
  • Opinion and Order filed Feb. 14, 2025, denying Renewed Motion for TRO and directing parties to propose a PI briefing schedule
    • Renewed Motion for TRO filed Feb. 12, 2025; Memorandum ISO Motion for TRO; Response filed Feb. 13, 2025; Reply filed Feb. 14, 2025
  • Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction and Failure to State a Claim and Supporting Memorandum filed Feb. 28, 2025; Opposition filed Mar. 7, 2025; Reply filed Mar. 14, 2025
  • Order and Memorandum Opinion granting in part and denying in part defendants’ motion to dismiss entered Apr. 16, 2025
  • Plaintiffs’ Motion for Preliminary Injunction and Memorandum in Support of Motion for Preliminary Injunction filed Apr. 18, 2025; Opposition filed Apr. 29, 2025; Reply filed May 2, 2025

Executive Action: DOGE Access to Sensitive Personal and Financial Information

Related Litigation

• American Federation of Teachers v. Bessent, No. 25-430 (D. Md.)
  • Action brought to stop the Treasury Department, Department of Education, and Office of Personnel Management from further disclosing sensitive personal information to DOGE
  • Complaint filed Feb. 10, 2025; Amended Complaint filed Feb. 12, 2025
  • Motion for TRO filed Feb. 12, 2025; Memorandum ISO Motion for TRO; Opposition filed Feb. 17, 2025; Reply filed Feb. 18, 2025
  • Motion Hearing held on TRO on Feb. 19, 2025
  • TRO granted and denied in part, filed on Feb. 24, 2025
  • Paperless Order entered on Feb. 26, 2025, ordering the government to produce the administrative record by 5:00 p.m., Mar. 7, 2025 and setting hearing on the anticipated Motion for PI for Mar. 17, 2025
  • Paperless Order entered Mar. 5, 2025, extending the TRO to Mar. 17, 2025 or until the court rules on the Motion for PI
  • Motion for PI and Supporting Memorandum filed Mar. 10, 2025; Opposition filed Mar. 13, 2025; Reply filed Mar. 14, 2025
  • Motion Hearing held on TRO on Mar. 17, 2025
  • Paperless Order entered Mar. 17, 2025, extending the TRO until Mar. 24, 2025
  • Order granting Motion for PI and denying without prejudice Motion for Extra-Record Discovery entered Mar. 24, 2025; Memorandum opinion
  • Notice of Appeal as to Motion for Discovery and Motion for PI filed by Defendants on Mar. 24, 2025; Motion to Stay Pending Appeal filed Mar. 24, 2025; Opposition to Stay Pending Appeal filed Mar. 24, 2025
  • Order denying motion to stay PI entered Mar. 28, 2025
• American Federation of Teachers v. Scott Bessent, No. 25-1282 (4th Cir.)
  • Motion for stay pending appeal and administrative stay filed by Defendant-Appellants filed Mar. 24, 2025; Response filed Mar. 28, 2025;. Reply filed Mar. 31, 2025
  • Order granting motion for stay pending appeal entered Apr. 7, 2025
  • Brief filed by government Apr. 14, 2025; Response Brief filed by plaintiff-appellants Apr. 21, 2025; Reply Brief filed Apr. 25, 2025
  • Brief filed by plaintiff-appellants Apr. 21, 2025
• Electronic Privacy Information Center v. U.S. Office of Personnel Management, No. 25-0255 (E.D. Va.)
  • Action seeking injunctive relief against the OPM and Treasury Department for providing DOGE “with unlawful access to sensitive and protected data, and [allowing] that data to be used for legally prohibited purposes.”
• Electronic Privacy Information Center v. U.S. Office of Personnel Management, No. 25-0255 (E.D. Va.)
  • Action seeking injunctive relief against the OPM and Treasury Department for providing DOGE “with unlawful access to sensitive and protected data, and [allowing] that data to be used for legally prohibited purposes.”
  • Complaint filed Feb. 10, 2025
  • Motion for TRO filed Feb. 12, 2025; Memorandum ISO Motion for TRO; Opposition filed Feb. 18, 2025; Reply filed Feb. 19, 2025
  • Motion Hearing on TRO set for Feb. 21, 2025
  • Memorandum Opinion and Order entered Feb. 21, 2025, converting the Motion for TRO to a Motion for PI and denying the Motion for PI
  • Motion to Dismiss and Memorandum filed Apr. 15, 2025
  • Amended Complaint filed May 6, 2025
• Gribbon v. Musk, No. 25-0422 (D.D.C.)
  • Action “for damages resulting from Defendants’ unlawful ongoing, systematic, and continuous disclosure of personal and financial information contained in Defendants’ records to Elon Musk and other members of the so-called “Department of Government Efficiency” (‘DOGE’).”
  • Complaint filed Feb. 12, 2025
  • Notice of Voluntary Dismissal Without Prejudice filed May 15, 2025

Executive Action: DOGE Access to Internal Revenue Service Data

Related Litigation

• Center for Taxpayers Rights v. IRS, No. 25-457 (D.D.C.)
  • Action seeking declaratory and injunctive relief to prevent DOGE’s access to IRS data
  • Complaint filed on Feb. 17, 2025
  • Motion to Dismiss and Supporting Memorandum filed Apr. 25, 2025

Executive Action: DOGE Access to Social Security Administration Data

Related Litigation

• American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO v. SSA, No. 25-596 (D. Md.)
  • Action seeking declaratory and injunctive relief, “seek[ing] to halt DOGE from unlawfully seizing the personal, confidential, private, and sensitive data from the Social Security Administration”
  • Complaint filed Feb. 21, 2025
  • Motion for TRO and Supporting Memorandum filed Mar. 7, 2025; Opposition filed Mar. 12, 2025; Reply filed Mar. 13, 2025
  • Order and Opinion entered Mar. 20, 2025, granting the TRO
  • Order denying motion to stay; Memorandum entered Mar. 31, 2025
  • Order and Judgement of USCA dismissing appeal for lack of jurisdiction entered Apr. 1, 2025
  • Motion for PI and/or Stay by plaintiffs and Memorandum filed Apr. 4, 2025; Response filed Apr. 7, 2025
  • Letter Order entered Apr. 11, 2025 denying Notice and Request for Reconsideration and ordering that Acting Social Security Administration Commissioner Leland Dudek appear at April 15, 2025 hearing
  • Order and Memorandum Opinion  granting Plaintiffs’ Motion for Preliminary Injunction filed Apr. 17, 2025 (opinion as amended Apr. 24, 2025)
  • Notice of Appeal by the government filed Apr. 17, 2025 
  • Motion to Stay PI Pending Appeal filed by the government Apr. 17, 2025; Response filed Apr. 19, 2025
  • Memorandum and Order denying motion to stay PI entered Apr. 22, 2025; Amended Memorandum (correcting “non-substantive, typographical, and ‘bluebook’ corrections” ) entered Apr. 24, 2025
• American Federation of State, County and Municipal v. SSA, No. 25-1411 (4th Cir.)
  • Order entered Apr. 30, 2025 “granting initial hearing en banc on appellants' motion to stay, denying Motion for stay pending appeal . . . and denying Motion for temporary administrative stay”
    • Time-Sensitive Motion for Stay Pending Appeal and an Immediate Administrative Stay filed by government Apr. 18, 2025; Response in Opposition to Motion for Stay Pending Appeal filed Apr. 23, 2025; Reply filed Apr. 24, 2025
  • Court order filed granting initial hearing en banc May 6, 2025
• SSA v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, 24A1063 (SCOTUS)
  • Government’s Application for a Stay filed May 2, 2025
  • Response to Application filed May 12, 2025; Reply filed May 13, 2025

Federal Officials

Executive Action: Termination of Agency Positions

• Office of the Solicitor General, U.S. Department of Justice, Memorandum re Restrictions on the Removal of Certain Principal Officers of the United States (Feb. 12, 2025)

Related Litigation

• Wilcox v. Trump, No. 25-334 (D.D.C.)
  • Action challenging Trump’s removal of Gwynne A. Wilcox from the NLRB as in violation of National Labor Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. § 151 et seq., which authorizes the President to remove Board members only in cases of “neglect of duty or malfeasance in office, but for no other cause,” and only after “notice and hearing,” 29 U.S.C. § 153(a).
  • Complaint filed Feb. 5, 2025
  • Memorandum Opinion and Order entered Mar. 6, 2025, granting Plaintiff’s Motion for SJ and denying Defendants’ Motion for SJ
    • Plaintiff’s Motion for SJ filed Feb. 10, 2025; Cross Motion for SJ filed Feb. 21, 2025; Opposition filed Feb. 25, 2025; Defs.’ Reply ISO Cross Motion for SJ filed Feb. 28, 2025
  • Notice of Appeal (25-5057) filed Mar. 6, 2025
  • Order entered Mar. 8, 2025, denying Motion to Stay
    • Motion to Stay Pending Appeal filed Mar. 7, 2025; Opposition filed Mar. 7, 2025
• Wilcox v. Trump, No. 25-5057 (D.C. Cir.)
  • Notice of Appeal filed. Mar. 7, 2025 seeking review of District Court’s decision
    • Emergency Motion for a Stay Pending Appeal filed Mar. 10, 2025; Opposition filed Mar. 11, 2025; Reply filed Mar. 13, 2025
  • Oral argument held Mar. 18, 2025
  • Appellant Brief filed Mar. 27, 2025
  • Per Curiam Order granting emergency motions for stay in Nos. 25-5055 and 25-5057 filed Mar. 28, 2025
  • Emergency motion for administrative stay pending request for initial hearing filed by Wilcox Mar. 28, 2025
  • Combined opposition to emergency motions for stay pending en banc review filed Mar. 30, 2025
  • Per curiam order denying emergency motions for administrative stay entered Mar. 30, 2025
  • Petition for initial hearing en banc and for rehearing en banc filed by Appellee Wilcox Apr. 1, 2025; Response filed Apr. 1, 2025
  • Per Curiam Order filed Apr. 7, 2025 granting motions for en banc reconsideration and vacatur and denying the government’s motions for a stay pending appeal
  • Per Curiam Order filed Apr. 7, 2025 denying petitions for initial hearing en banc
  • Appellee Brief filed by Harris Apr. 7, 2025; Reply filed Apr. 11, 2025
• Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al., Applicants v. Gwynne A. Wilcox, et al., No. 24A966 (SCOTUS)
  • Application for stay submitted Apr. 9, 2025
  • Order entered Apr. 9, 2025 by Chief Justice granting stay 
  • Response to application from Harris filed Apr. 15, 2025
  • Response to application from Wilcox filed Apr. 15, 2025
  • Reply of Government filed Apr. 16, 2025
• Harris v. Bessent, No. 25-412 (D.D.C.)
  • Action challenging Harris’s removal from the Merit Systems Protection Board, “seeking a declaratory judgment and injunction and, on an emergency basis, a temporary restraining order to prevent the deprivation of her statutory entitlement to exercise the duties of her office.”
  • Complaint filed Feb. 11, 2025
  • Memorandum Opinion granting TRO entered on Feb. 18, 2025
    • Motion for TRO filed Feb. 11, 2025; Memorandum ISO TRO; Opposition to TRO filed Feb. 13, 2025; Reply filed Feb. 14, 2025
    • Notice of Appeal filed Feb. 20, 2025
  • Order denying Motion to Stay TRO filed Feb. 20, 2025
    • Motion to Stay TRO Pending Appeal filed Feb. 20, 2025; Opposition filed Feb. 20, 2025
  • Memorandum Opinion and Order entered Mar. 4, 2025, granting Plaintiff’s Motion for SJ and granting declaratory and injunctive relief
    • Motion for PI and Judgment on the Merits filed Feb. 23, 2025; Opposition filed Feb. 28, 2025; Reply filed Mar. 2, 2025
    • Notice of Appeal (25-5055) entered on Mar. 4, 2025
  • Order entered on Mar. 5, 2025, denying Motion to Stay
    
    • Motion to Stay Court’s Order Pending Appeal filed Mar. 4, 2025; Opposition filed Mar. 4, 2025
• Harris v. Bessent, No. 25-5037 (D.C. Cir.)
  • Notice of Appeal filed Feb. 20, 2025
  • Order filed on Mar. 4, 2025, consolidating this action with Harris v. Bessent, No. 25-5055 (D.C. Cir.)
  • Order granting motion for stay filed Mar. 28, 2025
  • Emergency Motion to Stay Underlying Order Pending Appeal filed Mar. 6, 2025; Letter Response in Opposition to Administrative Stay filed on Mar. 6, 2025; Reply filed Mar. 12, 2025
  • Emergency Motion to Stay Pending Request for Hearing En Banc filed by Harris on Mar. 29, 2025
  • Petition for rehearing en banc and initial merits hearing en banc filed by Appellee Harris on Mar. 31, 2025
  • Per Curiam Order filed Apr. 7, 2025 granting motions for en banc reconsideration and vacatur and denying the government’s motions for a stay pending appeal
  • Per Curiam Order filed Apr. 7, 2025, denying petitions for initial hearing en banc
  • Appellee Brief filed by Harris on Apr. 7, 2025; Appellant Reply Brief filed April 11, 2025
• Storch v. Hegseth, No. 25-415 (D.D.C.)
  • Action by Inspectors General “seek[ing] redress for their unlawful and unjustified purported termination by President Donald Trump and their respective agency heads.”
  • Complaint filed Feb. 12, 2025
  • Motion for TRO and PI filed Feb. 14, 2025; Opposition filed Feb. 21, 2025; Reply filed Feb. 25, 2025
  • Minute Order entered Mar. 8, 2025, stating that the court agrees with the parties that the PI hearing should be consolidated with a hearing on the merits
  • Minute Entry entered Mar. 27, 2025, stating that a hearing was held on Mar. 27, 2025 and the court took the motion under advisement
• Grundmann v. Trump, No. 25-425 (D.D.C.)
  • Action brought “challeng[ing] President Trump’s decision to affect [Grundmann’s] unprecedented and illegal removal from her position as . . . Member of the Federal Labor Relations Authority”
  • Complaint filed Feb. 13, 2025
  • Order and Memorandum entered on Mar. 12, 2025, granting Pl.’s Motion for SJ and denying Defendants’ Cross-Motion for SJ
    • Motion for PI and SJ and Supporting Memorandum filed on Feb. 14, 2025; Defendant’s Opposition filed Feb. 25, 2025; Def.’s Cross Motion for SJ and Supporting Memorandum filed Feb. 25, 2025; Pl.’s Reply ISO Motion for PI and Opposition to Defs.’ Cross Motion for SJ filed Feb. 28, 2025; Defs.’ Reply filed Mar. 5, 2025
  • Notice of Appeal to D.C. Cir. filed May 8, 2025
• Grundmann v. Trump, No. 25-5165 (D.C. Cir.)
  • Case docketed May 14, 2025
  • Notice of Appeal filed May 14, 2025
• Leblanc v. United States Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, No. 25-542 (D.D.C.)
  • Action challenging decision to remove plaintiffs as members of the United States Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board without cause
  • Complaint filed Feb. 24, 2025; Amended Complaint filed Mar. 12, 2025
  • Motion for SJ filed Feb. 12, 2025
  • Order entered Mar. 13, 2025, setting motion hearing for Apr. 30, 2025
  • Cross-motion for SJ filed by defendants Apr. 3, 2025; Opposition filed Apr. 3, 2025
  • Response on Cross Motion for SJ and Reply to opposition to Motion for SJ filed by plaintiffs Apr. 16, 2025
  • Reply to Opposition to Motion for SJ filed by defendants Apr. 23, 2025
• Slaughter v. Trump, No. 25-909 (D.D.C.)
  • Action seeking declaratory and injunctive relief for Trump's allegedly illegal firing of members of the Federal Trade Commission
  • Complaint filed Mar. 27, 2025
  • Motion for SJ and to Expedite filed by plaintiffs Apr. 11, 2025; Opposition filed Apr. 23, 2025; Reply filed May 5, 2025
  • Cross Motion for SJ filed by defendants Apr. 23, 2025; Opposition filed May 5, 2025; Reply filed May 12, 2025
• Samuels v. Trump, No. 25-1069 (D.D.C.)
  • Action by fired EEOC commissioner seeking reinstatement
  • Complaint filed Apr. 9, 2025
• Harper et al v. Bessent, No. 25-1294 (D.D.C.)
  • Action challenging the termination of “members of the Board of the [National Credit Union Administration], without explanation and without any cause”
  • Complaint filed Apr. 28, 2025
  • Motion for PI and Supporting Memorandum filed Apr. 29, 2025
  • Cross Motion for Summary Judgment and Opposition to Pls.’ Motion for PI and Summary Judgment and Supporting Memorandum filed May 9, 2025

Federal Agencies

Executive Action: Dismantling of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Related Litigation

• National Treasury Employees Union v. Vought, No. 25-381 (D.D.C.)
  • Action for declaratory and injunctive relief brought to “challenge the Executive Branch’s ongoing effort to dismantle the CFPB”
  • Complaint filed Feb. 9, 2025; Amended Complaint filed Feb. 12, 2025
  • Motion for TRO and Limited Administrative Stay filed Feb. 13, 2025; Supplemental Memorandum ISO Motion for TRO filed Feb. 14, 2025
  • Order entering on Feb. 14, 2025, setting a Hearing for Mar. 3, 2025 and stating that until the Motion for TRO (now converted to Motion for PI) is resolved, “defendants shall not: delete, destroy, remove, or impair any data, database or other CFPB records; terminate any CFPB employee, except for cause related to the specific employee’s performance or conduct; issue any notice of reduction-in-force to any CFPB employee; or transfer, relinquish, or return any money from the CFPB's reserve funds.”
  • Opposition to Motion for PI filed Feb. 24, 2025: Reply ISO Motion for PI filed Feb. 27, 2025
  • Minute Order entered on Mar. 3, 2025, ordering a revised proposed PI order by Mar. 5, 2025 and setting an evidentiary hearing for Mar. 10, 2025
  • Minute Entry entered Mar. 11, 2025, stating that the court is taking motion under advisement
  • Notice of Proposed Order filed Mar. 19, 2025
  • Memorandum Opinion and Order entered Mar. 28, 2025, granting Motion for PI
  • Notice of Appeal filed Mar. 29, 2025  
  • Motion to Stay Order on Motion for TRO, Defendants’ Renewed Request for a Stay Pending Appeal filed Apr. 1, 2025; Memorandum In Opposition filed Apr. 2, 2025
  • Order granting in part and denying in part motion to stay entered April 3, 2025
  • Defendants’ Motion and Memorandum to Stay and for Extension of Time filed Apr. 15, 2025
  • Notice of Appeal filed Apr. 18, 2025
  • Order entered Apr. 28, 2025, denying motion to enforce PI without prejudice
    • Motion for Order to Show Cause filed Apr. 17, 2025; Response filed Apr. 22, 2025; Reply filed Apr. 25, 2025
• National Treasury Employees Union v. Russell Vought, No. 25-5091 (D.C. Cir.)
  • Emergency motion to strike filed by Plaintiff-Appellees Mar. 31, 2025; Response filed Mar. 31, 2025; Reply filed Apr. 1, 2025
  • Motion to stay underlying order pending appeal filed by CFPB and Vought Mar. 31, 2025; Response filed Apr. 3, 2025; Reply filed Apr. 4, 2025
  • Per Curiam Order granting motion for PI to be administratively stayed pending further order of the court filed Apr. 3, 2025
  • Per Curiam Order entered Apr. 11, 2025 denying motion to strike and granting in part motion for stay pending appeal
  • Clerk’s Order consolidating case with 25-5132
  • Appellant Brief filed Apr. 25, 2025
  • Per Curiam Order entered Apr. 28, 2025, “granting in part the emergency motion to enforce or clarify the court's April 11, 2025 order” and further ordering “sua sponte, that this court's stay order be modified in part to lift the partial stay of paragraph (3) of the preliminary injunction”
    • Emergency motion to enforce or clarify stay pending appeal filed by the government on Apr. 18, 2025, Response filed Apr. 22, 2025; Reply filed Apr. 23, 2025
  • Unopposed motion to dismiss case voluntarily filed May 7, 2025 by CFPB and Vought
  • Appellee Brief filed on May 9,2025; Corrected Appellee Brief filed May 11, 2025
  • Per Curiam Order granting Motion to Dismiss
  • Appellant Reply Brief filed May 13, 2025
• Mayor and City Council of Baltimore v. Vought, No. 25-458 (D. Md.)
  • Action for declaratory and injunctive relief to enjoin the Defendants from depriving CFPB of the funding necessary to carry out its statutory duties.
  • Complaint filed Feb. 12, 2025
  • Order and Memorandum entered Mar. 14, 2025, denying Motion for TRO and Motion for PI
    • Order entered on Feb. 25, 2025, stating that the court shall convert the Motion for TRO into a Motion for PI and that from Feb. 13, 2025 to Feb. 28, 2025, defendants are enjoined from taking certain actions involving CFPB’s funds
    • Motion for TRO filed Feb. 12, 2025; Memorandum ISO TRO; Opposition filed Feb. 20, 2025; Reply filed Feb. 25, 2025
    • Order entered Feb. 28, 2025, extending the stipulated TRO order until Mar. 14, 2025

Executive Action: Directing Agencies to Prepare for Reductions in Force (RIFs)

• Executive Order—Implementing the President’s “Department of Government Efficiency” Workforce Optimization Initiative (Feb. 11, 2025)

Related Litigation

• American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO v. United States Office of Personnel Management, No. 25-1780 (N.D. Cal.)
  • “seeking to enjoin the terminations of tens of thousands of federal employees in contravention of federal constitutional and statutory law, against Defendants the United States Office of Personnel Management (“OPM”) and Acting OPM Director Charles Ezell”
  • Complaint filed Feb. 19, 2025
  • Amended Complaint filed Feb. 23, 2025
  • Ex Parte Motion for TRO and Order to Show Cause filed Feb. 23, 2025; Supplemental Memorandum; Proposed Order; Opposition filed Feb. 26, 2025; Reply filed Feb. 26, 2025
  • Memorandum Opinion and Order Amending TRO filed Feb. 28, 2025
  • Order on Ex Parte Application by Defendants [to vacate evidentiary hearing] entered Mar. 10, 2025
    • Ex Parte Application to Vacate March 13, 2025 Evidentiary Hearing filed on Mar. 10, 2025; Opposition filed Mar 10, 2025
  • Minute Entry “for proceedings held before Judge William Alsup: Preliminary Injunction Hearing held on Mar. 13, 2025. Court granted and extended TRO as stated on the record. Court directed counsel to file briefs by 3/21/2025”; Memorandum filed Mar. 14, 2025
  • Notice of Appeal (25-1677) filed by Defs. on Mar. 13, 2025
  • Order denying Ex Parte Motion entered Mar. 15, 2025
    • Ex Parte Application re 115 Motion Hearing to Stay the Court's March 13, 2025 Preliminary Injunction Pending Appeal filed Mar. 14, 2025; Opposition filed Mar. 14, 2025 
  • Order re Subject Matter Jurisdiction entered Mar. 24, 2025 (“this order holds that the district court does have subject-matter jurisdiction over these claims by public-sector unions and that my earlier ruling to the contrary was mistaken”)
    • Pls.’ Supplemental Brief Re Defs.’ Administrative Channeling Jurisdictional Argument filed Mar. 21, 2025; Defs.’ Supplemental Brief on Administrative Channeling filed Mar. 21, 2025
  • Order to Show Cause on “why the relief extended to the organizational plaintiffs (or more, or less) should not be extended to the public-sector union plaintiffs” filed Mar. 24, 2025
    • Brief filed by Defendants Mar. 28, 2025; Reply filed Apr. 4, 2025
    • Brief filed by Plaintiffs Mar. 28, 2025; Reply filed Apr. 4, 2025
  • Motion to Compel Compliance with PI filed Mar. 26, 2025; Opposition filed Mar. 31, 2025; Reply filed Apr. 3, 2025
  • Motion for PI by Plaintiff State of Washington filed Mar. 26, 2025; Opposition filed Mar. 31, 2025; Reply filed Apr. 3, 2025 
  • Notice of additional steps taken to comply with PI filed by Defendants Apr. 7, 2025
  • Order on Motion for PI entered Apr. 18, 2025
  • Notice of Appeal (25-2637) filed Apr. 23, 2025
  • Defendants’ Notice of Steps Taken to Comply with the Apr. 18, 2025 PI filed May 8, 2025
• American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO, et al. v. United States Office of Personnel Management, et al., 25-2637 (9th Cir.)
  • Case opened Apr. 24, 2025
  • Motion to Consolidate filed Apr. 29, 2025
  • Order consolidating appeals entered May 12, 2025
• American Federation Of Government Employees, AFL-CIO, et al. v. United States Office of Personnel Management, et al., No. 25-1677 (9th Cir.)
  • Case opened Mar. 13, 2025
  • Order entered Mar. 17, 2025, denying emergency request to stay; Order entered Mar. 26, 2025 again denying the motion to stay
    • Motion To Stay Lower Court Judgment filed Mar. 14, 2025; Response filed Mar. 14, 2025; Response filed Mar. 18, 2025; Reply filed Mar. 20, 2025
  • Opening Brief filed by OPM Apr. 10, 2025
  • Motion to Consolidate Appeals filed Apr. 29, 2025
  • Order consolidating appeals entered May 12, 2025
• Office of Personnel Management, et at., Applicants v. American Federation of Government Employees, et al., No. 24A904 (SCOTUS)
  • Application for Stay and Request for Immediate Administrative Stay by Defendants-Appellants filed Mar. 24, 2025; Response filed Apr. 3, 2025; Reply filed Apr. 4, 2025.
  • Application for stay granted Apr. 8, 2025
• Maryland et al. v. U.S. Department of Agriculture et al., No. 25-748 (D. Md.)
  • “Action by 19 states and the District of Columbia seeking” declaratory and injunctive relief requiring Defendants: to cease the RIFs of probationary employees that they have conducted unlawfully and without notice; to reinstate any probationary employees who were terminated as part of mass terminations on or after January 20, 2025; to refrain from separating any employees pursuant to a RIF prior to reinstatement of the unlawfully terminated probationary employees; and to conduct any future RIFs in accordance with applicable laws and regulations, including providing required notices to Plaintiff States.”
  • Complaint filed Mar. 6, 2025.
  • Order granting TRO entered Mar. 13, 2025; Memorandum Opinion
    • Motion for TRO filed Mar. 7, 2025; Memorandum ISO TRO; Opposition filed Mar. 10, 2025;
    • Notice of Appeal (25-1248) as to TRO filed Mar. 14, 2025
  • Motion for PI and Supporting Memorandum filed Mar. 20, 2025; Opposition filed Mar. 24, 2025; Pls.’ Supplemental Briefing on Scope of Relief filed Mar. 24, 2025; Pl.’s Second Supplemental Brief on Scope of Relief filed Mar. 27, 2025; Defs.’ Supplemental Briefing filed Mar. 27, 2025
  • Memorandum and Order granting the Motion to Extend the TRO entered Mar. 26, 2025
    • Motion to Extend TRO filed Mar. 21, 2025
  • Memorandum and Order granting in part Motion for PI and Stay entered Apr. 1, 2025.
  • Notice of interlocutory appeal entered Apr. 2, 2025
  • Memorandum and Order denying Motion to Stay Order on Motion for PI, Pending Appeal entered Apr. 4, 2025
    • Motion to Stay Order on Motion for PI Pending Appeal filed Apr. 3, 2025; Response filed Apr. 3, 2025
• State of Maryland v. USDA, No. 25-1248 (4th Cir.)
  • Emergency Motion for a Stay Pending Appeal and for an Immediate Administrative Stay Pending Disposition of the Stay Motion by Defs.-Appellants filed Mar. 17, 2025
    • Opposition to Request for Immediate Administrative Stay filed Mar. 17, 2025; Appellees’ Opposition to Emergency Motion tor Stay Pending Appeal filed Mar. 19, 2025
    • Reply in Support of Emergency Motion for a Stay Pending Appeal and an Immediate Administrative Stay Pending Disposition of the Stay Motion  filed Mar. 21, 2025
  • Order denying motion for temporary administrative stay and denying motion for stay pending appeal entered Mar. 21, 2025
  • Order consolidating case 25-1338 with 25-1248 filed Apr. 3, 2025  
  • Motion for a stay pending appeal filed by Defendants-Appellants Apr. 4, 2025; Opposition filed Apr. 7, 2025; Reply filed Apr. 7, 2025
  • Order granting motion for stay pending appeal filed Apr. 9, 2025
  • Emergency motion for temporary administrative stay filed by appellees Apr. 9, 2025; Opposition filed Apr. 10, 2025
  • Order denying motion for temporary administrative stay filed Apr. 10, 2025
  • Petition for rehearing en banc by appellees filed Apr. 10, 2025
  • Brief by government filed Apr. 16, 2025; Brief of Appellees filed Apr. 23, 2025; Reply Brief by government filed Apr. 28, 2025
• American Federation Of Government Employees, AFL-CIO v. Trump, No. 25-03698 (N.D. Cal.)
  • Complaint filed Apr. 28, 2025
  • Order granting TRO filed May 9, 2025
    • Motion for TRO, Memorandum and Proposed Order filed by Plaintiffs May 1, 2025; Opposition filed May 7, 2025; Reply filed May 8, 2025
    • Notice of Appeal (25-3030) filed May 9, 2025
  • Amended Complaint filed May 14, 2025
  • Motion for PI and Supporting Memorandum filed May 14, 2025
• American Federation Of Government Employees, AFL-CIO, et al. v. Trump, No. 25-3030 (9th Cir.)
  • Case opened May 9, 2025
  • Motion to Stay filed May 12, 2025

Executive Action: Creating New Federal Employment Classification

• Executive Order—Restoring Accountability to Policy-Influencing Positions Within the Federal Workforce (Jan. 20, 2025)
• Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Creates New Federal Employee Category to Enhance Accountability (Apr. 18, 2025)
• OPM Proposed Rule—Improving Performance, Accountability and Responsiveness in the Civil Service (Apr. 23, 2025)

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