Case: Karnoski v. Trump

2:17-cv-01297 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Aug. 28, 2017

Closed Date: Sept. 22, 2021

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Case Summary

On August 25, 2017, then-President Donald Trump issued a formal memorandum directing the United States military to prohibit transgender people from serving in the military and authorizing the military to discharge any transgender people currently serving. In response, on August 28, 2017, three transgender individuals, either currently serving or hoping to serve in the military, along with the Human Rights Campaign and the Gender Justice League, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. The plaintiffs, represented by the Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund, sued then-President Donald Trump and the Secretary of Defense for alleged violations of the Fifth Amendment's Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses, and the First Amendment’s Free Speech Clause. The plaintiffs alleged that the defendants’ federal policy banning transgender individuals from serving in the military was unconstitutional and motivated by animus against transgender people. The plaintiffs accordingly sought a judgment declaring the federal ban unconstitutional, a preliminary injunction barring the defendants from taking any action against transgender individuals, and attorneys’ fees. The plaintiffs also filed an amended complaint on September 14, 2017, adding four additional transgender individuals and a third civil rights organization. This case was assigned to district judge Marsha J. Pechman.

The defendants moved to dismiss the complaint on October 16, 2017. They alleged that the plaintiffs’ suit was premature because the President had issued a memorandum directing the Secretary of Defense to halt any actions until a policy review had been completed. The President had also stated in the memorandum that no changes to the current policy were to be made until at least March of 2018. The defendants therefore alleged that the plaintiffs could not show that they would suffer irreparable harm absent a preliminary injunction because their harms were speculative at this stage.

On December 11, 2017, the court denied the defendants’ motion to dismiss the plaintiffs’ equal protection, substantive due process, and First Amendment claims, and granted the plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction. The court found that plaintiffs had shown they were likely to succeed on the merits of their case because the preliminary injunction took effect immediately and was ordered to remain in effect until the suit was resolved. 2017 WL 6311305. On December 14, 2017, the defendants appealed the grant of the preliminary injunction to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (17-36009).

The defendants filed an emergency motion to the Ninth Circuit to stay the preliminary injunction on December 15, 2017, alleging that the injunction would impose irreparable harm on the defendants and the general public by forcing the military to implement a service accession policy in a rushed timetable. However, the defendants soon withdrew their motion for a stay, and on December 30, 2017, they voluntarily dismissed the appeal.

Meanwhile, on December 14, 2017, the State of Washington filed a complaint as an intervenor-plaintiff against the defendants in order to protect itself, its residents, and the Washington National Guard from the federal ban.

On January 25, 2018, the plaintiffs and the State of Washington filed motions for summary judgment. Defendants responded on February 12, 2018 with a motion arguing that they were entitled to conduct discovery before summary judgment. On February 21, 2018, the court denied defendants' motion. 2018 WL 993973. In response, the defendants filed a cross motion for partial summary judgment and an opposition to the plaintiffs’ and intervenor’s motion for summary judgment on February 28, 2018.

The White House then issued a new formal memorandum on March 23, 2018, which would ban transgender people from serving openly in the U.S. Armed Services. In contrast to the August 2017 memorandum, this new plan specified that “transgender persons with a history or diagnosis of gender dysphoria…are disqualified from military service except under certain limited circumstances.” Based on this new plan, the defendants moved to dissolve the preliminary injunction. On March 27, 2018, the plaintiffs argued that the new plan, too, was clearly unconstitutional.

On April 13, 2018, the district court struck defendants’ motion to dissolve the preliminary injunction and ordered that the preliminary injunction remain in effect. 2018 WL 1784464. The court also granted in part and denied in part all motions and cross-motions for summary judgment. Specifically, the court denied summary judgment as to plaintiffs’ and Washington’s equal protection, due process, and First Amendment claims. The court granted the plaintiffs’ and Washington’s motions for summary judgment with respect to the applicable level of scrutiny (strict scrutiny). The court found that “[b]ecause transgender people have long been subjected to systemic oppression and forced to live in silence, they are a protected class.” As the court said in its order, “[t]his means that before Defendants can implement the Ban, they must show that it was sincerely motivated by compelling interests, rather than by prejudice or stereotype, and that it is narrowly tailored to achieve those interests.” The court also refused to dismiss President Trump from the case, allowing the plaintiff and Washington's claims for declaratory relief to move forward against him.

The defendants appealed the district court’s order on motions for summary judgment to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on April 30, 2018 (18-35347). On November 27, 2018, the defendants filed a petition for a writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court, asking the Court to directly review the District Court's preliminary injunction (18A625). Without articulating its reasoning, the Supreme Court stayed the December 11, 2017 order granting the preliminary injunction while the appeal to the Ninth Circuit was pending. 139 S.Ct. 950.

On March 8, 2019 the defendants notified the court of the Maryland District Court’s decision in Stone v. Trump to stay the same preliminary injunction. The defendants stated their intent to implement the policy via a Directive-type Memorandum, which the Secretary of Defense released on March 12, 2019.

The Ninth Circuit issued an opinion on the writ of mandamus on June 14, 2019. The panel, composed of Raymond C. Fisher, Consuelo M. Callahan, and Richard R. Clifton, vacated the order striking the motion to dissolve the preliminary injunction, stayed the preliminary injunction through further consideration of the motion to dissolve the injunction, and settled several discovery disputes. Regarding the motion to dissolve, the panel concluded that the 2018 change in policy was sufficiently different from the 2017 order that inspired the injunction; as a result, they held that the court should review if the injunction should remain in place based on these changes. They remanded the motion to the lower court to make this determination. In addition, they referred to the Supreme Court's opinion on staying the injunction when directing the district court to continue staying the injunction through the review of its necessity in light of the new policy change and any appeals that may follow. Finally, the panel stated that the 2018 policy was due a degree of deference, though not rational basis review, because it appeared to be the "product of an independent military judgment." The judgment went into effect on August 7, 2019. 926 F.3d 1180.

The plaintiffs filed another amended complaint on July 31, 2019. The amended complaint reflected the current list of plaintiffs (the plaintiff group voluntarily dismissed one plaintiff on July 23, 2019) and revised the facts section to reflect the changes in the 2018 policy memorandum. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) intervened in response to the new complaint on August 29, 2019.

On August 16, 2019, the plaintiffs filed a joint stipulation to consolidate this case with another case of the same name, 19-cv-01206. The second case originated in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, and consisted only of a motion to compel compliance with a subpoena order on Dr. Paul McHugh. The subpoena case was moved to the Western District of Washington for convenience, and combined for that reason. The court officially consolidated the cases on August 28, 2019.

Discovery continued. It was quite contested; the plaintiffs regularly sought information from the defendants on deliberations surrounding the creation of the 2018 policy, and the defendants resisted by arguing deliberative process privilege. Unable to efficiently resolve the discovery disputes, the district court appointed James Donoghue as Special Master on April 9, 2020, after seeking recommendations from the parties. Discovery continued in a contested manner, with the District Court granting several motions to compel and finding on July 15, 2020 that defendants were broadly over-asserting privilege.

Throughout the contentious discovery period, several cases arose out of third parties’ failure to comply with subpoenas. Among those third parties were the former Secretary of Defense James N. Mattis (2:20-mc-00010), former Vice Chairman of the Join Chiefs of Staff General Paul J. Selva (1:20-mc-00015), current Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert Wilkie Jr. (1:20-mc-00016), and former Vice Chief of Naval Operations Admiral William F. Moran (1:20-mc-00013). Parties moved to consolidate these subpoena cases with the underlying case, and by August 13, 2020, the district court had consolidated all cases.

Following the 2020 election, on January 25, 2021, President Joe Biden issued an executive order revoking the March 23, 2018 memorandum and confirming that the August 25, 2017 memorandum remained revoked. President Biden’s memorandum stated that “[a]ll Americans who are qualified to serve in the Armed Forces of the United States should be able to serve. The All-Volunteer Force thrives when it is composed of diverse Americans who can meet the rigorous standards for military service, and an inclusive military strengthens our national security.” The memorandum further directed the Secretaries of Defense and Homeland Security to “establish[] a process by which transgender service members may transition gender while serving.”

In response to the memorandum, on February 1, 2021, the parties jointly moved to stay this case to allow defendants to implement the January 25, 2021 memorandum. The court granted the stay on February 16, 2021. The executive orders new directives went into effect on April 30, 2021, and thereafter parties began negotiating over dismissal of the case, as the underlying matter had been rendered moot. On August 19, 2021, parties jointly moved to dismiss the case, and the court granted the dismissal and terminated the case on September 22, 2021.

	Document
2:17-cv-01297	Docket [PACER]	June 24, 2020	June 24, 2020 Docket
150 2:17-cv-01297	Washington's Motion for Summary Judgment	Jan. 25, 2015	Jan. 25, 2015 Pleading / Motion / Brief
1 2:17-cv-01297	Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief	Aug. 28, 2017	Aug. 28, 2017 Complaint
30 2:17-cv-01297	First Amended Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief	Sept. 14, 2017	Sept. 14, 2017 Complaint
98 2:17-cv-01297	Order Denying Defendants' Request for Stay of Proceedings	Nov. 20, 2017	Nov. 20, 2017 Order/Opinion
103 2:17-cv-01297	Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part Defendants' Motion to Dismiss	Dec. 11, 2017	Dec. 11, 2017 Order/Opinion
104 2:17-cv-01297	Complaint in Intervention by State of Washington for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief	Dec. 14, 2017	Dec. 14, 2017 Complaint
129 2:17-cv-01297	Plaintiffs' Motion for Summary Judgment	Jan. 25, 2018	Jan. 25, 2018 Pleading / Motion / Brief
178 2:17-cv-01297	Defendants' Rule 56 (d) Response to Plaintiffs' and Intervenor's Motions for Summary Judgment	Feb. 12, 2018	Feb. 12, 2018 Pleading / Motion / Brief
194 2:17-cv-01297	Defendants' Opposition to Plaintiffs' and Intervenor's Motions for Summary Judgment and Cross-Motion for Partial Summary Judgment	Feb. 28, 2018	Feb. 28, 2018 Pleading / Motion / Brief

Title	Description		External URL Date / External URL
Karnoski v. Trump Lambda Legal	Lambda Legal and the Modern Military Association of America (formerly known as OutServe-SLDN and the American Military Partners Association) filed a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality …	June 14, 2019	June 14, 2019 https://www.lambdalegal.org/...
Directive Implementing Trump Transgender Military Ban Department of Defense	This Directive-type Memorandum (DTM)-19-004, implemented the February 22, 2018 Department of Defense policy on transgender persons in military service. The policy takes effect April 12, 2019. Subject…	March 12, 2019	March 12, 2019 https://web.archive.org/...
HRC Represented By Lambda Legal & OutServe-SLDN in Lawsuit Against Trump’s Trans Military Ban Guest Contributor	The Human Rights Campaign provides background information on the lawsuit and the parties to the suit.	Aug. 28, 2017	Aug. 28, 2017 https://www.hrc.org/...

ECF Number	Description	Date	Link Date / Link
	Order on Application for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice	Aug. 28, 2017	Aug. 28, 2017
	Order on Application for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice	Aug. 28, 2017	Aug. 28, 2017
	Order on Application for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice	Aug. 28, 2017	Aug. 28, 2017
1	COMPLAINT against All Defendants (Receipt # 0981-4994679) Attorney Derek Alan Newman added to party Laura Garza(pty:pla), Attorney Derek Alan Newman added to party Gender Justice League(pty:pla), Attorney Derek Alan Newman added to party Human Rights Campaign(pty:pla), Attorney Derek Alan Newman added to party Ryan Karnoski(pty:pla), Attorney Derek Alan Newman added to party Cathrine Schmid(pty:pla), filed by Laura Garza, Cathrine Schmid, Human Rights Campaign, Ryan Karnoski, Gender Justice League. (Attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet, # 2 Summons)(Newman, Derek) (Entered: 08/28/2017) 1 Civil Cover Sheet View on RECAP 2 Summons View on PACER	Aug. 28, 2017	Aug. 28, 2017 Clearinghouse
10	APPLICATION OF ATTORNEY Peter C. Renn FOR LEAVE TO APPEAR PRO HAC VICE for Plaintiffs Laura Garza, Gender Justice League, Human Rights Campaign, Ryan Karnoski, Cathrine Schmid (Fee Paid) Receipt No. 0981-4995325 (Newman, Derek) (Entered: 08/28/2017)	Aug. 28, 2017	Aug. 28, 2017
11	ORDER re 4 Application for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice. The Court ADMITS Attorney Jon W Davidson for Plaintiffs D.L., Laura Garza, Gender Justice League, Human Rights Campaign, Ryan Karnoski, and Cathrine Schmid, by Clerk William M McCool. No document associated with this docket entry, text only.NOTE TO COUNSEL: Local counsel agrees to sign all filings and to be prepared to handle the matter, including the trial thereof, in the event the applicant is unable to be present on any date scheduled by the court, pursuant to LCR 83.1(d).(DS) Modified on 8/28/2017 (DS). (Entered: 08/28/2017)	Aug. 28, 2017	Aug. 28, 2017
12	ORDER re 5 Application for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice. The Court ADMITS Attorney Jordan M Heinz for Plaintiffs D.L., Laura Garza, Gender Justice League, Human Rights Campaign, Ryan Karnoski, and for Cathrine Schmid, by Clerk William M McCool. No document associated with this docket entry, text only.NOTE TO COUNSEL: Local counsel agrees to sign all filings and to be prepared to handle the matter, including the trial thereof, in the event the applicant is unable to be present on any date scheduled by the court, pursuant to LCR 83.1(d).(DS) Modified on 8/28/2017 (DS). (Entered: 08/28/2017)	Aug. 28, 2017	Aug. 28, 2017
13	ORDER re 6 Application for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice. The Court ADMITS Attorney James F. Hurst for Plaintiffs D.L., Laura Garza, Gender Justice League, Human Rights Campaign, Ryan Karnoski, and for Cathrine Schmid, by Clerk William M McCool. No document associated with this docket entry, text only.NOTE TO COUNSEL: Local counsel agrees to sign all filings and to be prepared to handle the matter, including the trial thereof, in the event the applicant is unable to be present on any date scheduled by the court, pursuant to LCR 83.1(d).(DS) (Entered: 08/28/2017)	Aug. 28, 2017	Aug. 28, 2017
14	NOTICE of Appearance by attorney Tara Borelli on behalf of Plaintiffs D.L., Laura Garza, Gender Justice League, Human Rights Campaign, Ryan Karnoski, Cathrine Schmid. (Borelli, Tara) (Entered: 08/28/2017)	Aug. 28, 2017	Aug. 28, 2017
15	ORDER re 7 Application for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice. The Court ADMITS Attorney Kara N. Ingelhart for Plaintiffs D.L., Laura Garza, Gender Justice League, Human Rights Campaign, Ryan Karnoski, and for Cathrine Schmid, by Clerk William M McCool. No document associated with this docket entry, text only.NOTE TO COUNSEL: Local counsel agrees to sign all filings and to be prepared to handle the matter, including the trial thereof, in the event the applicant is unable to be present on any date scheduled by the court, pursuant to LCR 83.1(d).(DS) (Entered: 08/28/2017)	Aug. 28, 2017	Aug. 28, 2017
16	ORDER re 8 Application for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice. The Court ADMITS Attorney Natalie Nardecchia for Plaintiffs D.L., Laura Garza, Gender Justice League, Human Rights Campaign, Ryan Karnoski, and for Cathrine Schmid, by Clerk William M McCool. No document associated with this docket entry, text only.NOTE TO COUNSEL: Local counsel agrees to sign all filings and to be prepared to handle the matter, including the trial thereof, in the event the applicant is unable to be present on any date scheduled by the court, pursuant to LCR 83.1(d).(DS) (Entered: 08/28/2017)	Aug. 28, 2017	Aug. 28, 2017
17	ORDER re 9 Application for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice. The Court ADMITS Attorney Peter E Perkowski for Plaintiffs D.L., Laura Garza, Gender Justice League, Human Rights Campaign, Ryan Karnoski, and for Cathrine Schmid, by Clerk William M McCool. No document associated with this docket entry, text only.NOTE TO COUNSEL: Local counsel agrees to sign all filings and to be prepared to handle the matter, including the trial thereof, in the event the applicant is unable to be present on any date scheduled by the court, pursuant to LCR 83.1(d).(DS) (Entered: 08/28/2017)	Aug. 28, 2017	Aug. 28, 2017
18	ORDER re 10 Application for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice. The Court ADMITS Attorney Peter C Renn for Plaintiffs D.L., Laura Garza, Gender Justice League, Human Rights Campaign, Ryan Karnoski,and for Cathrine Schmid, by Clerk William M McCool. No document associated with this docket entry, text only.NOTE TO COUNSEL: Local counsel agrees to sign all filings and to be prepared to handle the matter, including the trial thereof, in the event the applicant is unable to be present on any date scheduled by the court, pursuant to LCR 83.1(d).(DS) (Entered: 08/28/2017)	Aug. 28, 2017	Aug. 28, 2017
19	PRAECIPE TO ISSUE SUMMONS by Plaintiffs D.L., Laura Garza, Gender Justice League, Human Rights Campaign, Ryan Karnoski, Cathrine Schmid (Attachments: # 1 Summons, # 2 Summons, # 3 Summons, # 4 Summons)(Newman, Derek) (Entered: 08/28/2017) 1 Summons View on PACER 2 Summons View on PACER 3 Summons View on PACER 4 Summons View on PACER	Aug. 28, 2017	Aug. 28, 2017
2	CORPORATE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT Filed pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P 7.1. Filed by Human Rights Campaign (Newman, Derek) (Entered: 08/28/2017)	Aug. 28, 2017	Aug. 28, 2017
3	CORPORATE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT Filed pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P 7.1. Filed by Gender Justice League (Newman, Derek) (Entered: 08/28/2017)	Aug. 28, 2017	Aug. 28, 2017
4	APPLICATION OF ATTORNEY Jon W. Davidson FOR LEAVE TO APPEAR PRO HAC VICE for Plaintiffs Laura Garza, Gender Justice League, Human Rights Campaign, Ryan Karnoski, Cathrine Schmid (Fee Paid) Receipt No. 0981-4995239 (Newman, Derek) (Entered: 08/28/2017)	Aug. 28, 2017	Aug. 28, 2017
5	APPLICATION OF ATTORNEY Jordan M. Heinz FOR LEAVE TO APPEAR PRO HAC VICE for Plaintiffs Laura Garza, Gender Justice League, Human Rights Campaign, Ryan Karnoski, Cathrine Schmid (Fee Paid) Receipt No. 0981-4995279 (Newman, Derek) (Entered: 08/28/2017)	Aug. 28, 2017	Aug. 28, 2017
6	APPLICATION OF ATTORNEY James F. Hurst FOR LEAVE TO APPEAR PRO HAC VICE for Plaintiffs Laura Garza, Gender Justice League, Human Rights Campaign, Ryan Karnoski, Cathrine Schmid (Fee Paid) Receipt No. 0981-4995289 (Newman, Derek) (Entered: 08/28/2017)	Aug. 28, 2017	Aug. 28, 2017
7	APPLICATION OF ATTORNEY Kara N. Ingelhart FOR LEAVE TO APPEAR PRO HAC VICE for Plaintiffs Laura Garza, Gender Justice League, Human Rights Campaign, Ryan Karnoski, Cathrine Schmid (Fee Paid) Receipt No. 0981-4995299 (Newman, Derek) (Entered: 08/28/2017)	Aug. 28, 2017	Aug. 28, 2017
8	APPLICATION OF ATTORNEY Natalie Nardecchia FOR LEAVE TO APPEAR PRO HAC VICE for Plaintiffs Laura Garza, Gender Justice League, Human Rights Campaign, Ryan Karnoski, Cathrine Schmid (Fee Paid) Receipt No. 0981-4995304 (Newman, Derek) (Entered: 08/28/2017)	Aug. 28, 2017	Aug. 28, 2017
9	APPLICATION OF ATTORNEY Peter E. Perkowski FOR LEAVE TO APPEAR PRO HAC VICE for Plaintiffs Laura Garza, Gender Justice League, Human Rights Campaign, Ryan Karnoski, Cathrine Schmid (Fee Paid) Receipt No. 0981-4995318 (Newman, Derek) (Entered: 08/28/2017)	Aug. 28, 2017	Aug. 28, 2017
	Notice to Filer	Aug. 28, 2017	Aug. 28, 2017
	Judge James L. Robart added. (RE)	Aug. 28, 2017	Aug. 28, 2017
	NOTICE TO FILER: SUMMONS FORM INCOMPLETE - DEFENDANT ADDRESS BLOCK LEFT BLANK:The block for defendants name and address is blank. The block must contain at a minimum the defendants name. Please re-post your corrected summons(es) using the event Praecipe For A Summons under Other Documents. All summons(es) should be posted under this one event. Thank you. (RE)	Aug. 28, 2017	Aug. 28, 2017
20	Summons(es) electronically issued as to defendant(s) James N Mattis, Donald J. Trump, United States Department of Defense, United States of America. (Attachments: # 1 Summons-US Attorney Hayes, # 2 Summons-US Attorney-Sessions, # 3 Summons-Mattis, # 4 Summons-Department of Defense)(RE) (Entered: 08/29/2017) 1 Summons-US Attorney Hayes View on PACER 2 Summons-US Attorney-Sessions View on PACER 3 Summons-Mattis View on PACER 4 Summons-Department of Defense View on PACER	Aug. 29, 2017	Aug. 29, 2017
21	APPLICATION OF ATTORNEY Carl Charles FOR LEAVE TO APPEAR PRO HAC VICE for Plaintiffs D.L., Laura Garza, Gender Justice League, Human Rights Campaign, Ryan Karnoski, Cathrine Schmid (Fee Paid) Receipt No. 0981-4997512 (Newman, Derek) (Entered: 08/29/2017)	Aug. 29, 2017	Aug. 29, 2017
22	APPLICATION OF ATTORNEY Sasha J. Buchert FOR LEAVE TO APPEAR PRO HAC VICE for Plaintiffs D.L., Laura Garza, Gender Justice League, Human Rights Campaign, Ryan Karnoski, Cathrine Schmid (Fee Paid) Receipt No. 0981-4997569 (Newman, Derek) (Entered: 08/29/2017)	Aug. 29, 2017	Aug. 29, 2017
23	APPLICATION OF ATTORNEY Camilla B. Taylor FOR LEAVE TO APPEAR PRO HAC VICE for Plaintiffs D.L., Laura Garza, Gender Justice League, Human Rights Campaign, Ryan Karnoski, Cathrine Schmid (Fee Paid) Receipt No. 0981-4997580 (Newman, Derek) (Entered: 08/29/2017)	Aug. 29, 2017	Aug. 29, 2017
	Order on Application for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice	Aug. 30, 2017	Aug. 30, 2017
24	ORDER re 21 Application for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice. The Court ADMITS Attorney Carl Charles for Plaintiffs D.L., Laura Garza, Gender Justice League, Human Rights Campaign, Ryan Karnoski and for Cathrine Schmid, by Clerk William M McCool. No document associated with this docket entry, text only.NOTE TO COUNSEL: Local counsel agrees to sign all filings and to be prepared to handle the matter, including the trial thereof, in the event the applicant is unable to be present on any date scheduled by the court, pursuant to LCR 83.1(d).(DS) (Entered: 08/30/2017)	Aug. 30, 2017	Aug. 30, 2017
25	ORDER re 22 Application for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice. The Court ADMITS Attorney Sasha J Buchert for Plaintiffs D.L., Laura Garza, Gender Justice League, Human Rights Campaign, Ryan Karnoski and for Cathrine Schmid, by Clerk William M McCool. No document associated with this docket entry, text only.NOTE TO COUNSEL: Local counsel agrees to sign all filings and to be prepared to handle the matter, including the trial thereof, in the event the applicant is unable to be present on any date scheduled by the court, pursuant to LCR 83.1(d).(DS) (Entered: 08/30/2017)	Aug. 30, 2017	Aug. 30, 2017
26	ORDER re 23 Application for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice. The Court ADMITS Attorney Camilla B Taylor for Plaitiffs D.L., Laura Garza, Gender Justice League, Human Rights Campaign, Ryan Karnoski and Cathrine Schmid, by Clerk William M McCool. No document associated with this docket entry, text only.NOTE TO COUNSEL: Local counsel agrees to sign all filings and to be prepared to handle the matter, including the trial thereof, in the event the applicant is unable to be present on any date scheduled by the court, pursuant to LCR 83.1(d).(DS) (Entered: 08/30/2017)	Aug. 30, 2017	Aug. 30, 2017
	Case Assigned/Reassigned to Judge	Sept. 1, 2017	Sept. 1, 2017
	Case Reassigned to Judge Marsha J. Pechman. Judge James L. Robart no longer assigned to the case. All future pleadings shall bear Case No. C17-1297MJP. (AD)	Sept. 1, 2017	Sept. 1, 2017
27	NOTICE of Pendency of Other Action in District of Columbia, District of Maryland, Central District of California, case number in other court 17-cv-1597-CKK, 1:17-cv-02459-MJG, 17-cv-6516 ; filed by Plaintiffs D.L., Laura Garza, Gender Justice League, Human Rights Campaign, Ryan Karnoski, Cathrine Schmid. (Newman, Derek) (Entered: 09/06/2017)	Sept. 6, 2017	Sept. 6, 2017
28	AFFIDAVIT of Service of Summons and Complaint on United States Department of Defense by serving Denise Shellman, Paralegal, authorized to accept service on 8/30/2017, filed by Plaintiffs D.L., Laura Garza, Gender Justice League, Human Rights Campaign, Ryan Karnoski, Cathrine Schmid. (Newman, Derek) (Entered: 09/14/2017)	Sept. 14, 2017	Sept. 14, 2017
29	AFFIDAVIT of Service of Summons and Complaint on James N. Mattis, in his official capacity as Secretary of Defense, by serving Denise Shellman, Paralegal, authorized to accept service on 8/30/2017, filed by Plaintiffs D.L., Laura Garza, Gender Justice League, Human Rights Campaign, Ryan Karnoski, Cathrine Schmid. (Newman, Derek) (Entered: 09/14/2017)	Sept. 14, 2017	Sept. 14, 2017
30	AMENDED COMPLAINT against All Defendants Attorney Samantha Everett added to party D.L.(pty:pla), Attorney Samantha Everett added to party Laura Garza(pty:pla), Attorney Samantha Everett added to party Gender Justice League(pty:pla), Attorney Samantha Everett added to party Human Rights Campaign(pty:pla), Attorney Samantha Everett added to party Ryan Karnoski(pty:pla), Attorney Samantha Everett added to party Cathrine Schmid(pty:pla), Attorneys Samantha Everett, Derek Newman, Tara Borelli, Jon Davidson, Camilla Taylor, Peter Renn, Natalie Nardecchia, Sasha Buchert, Kara Ingelhart, Carl Charles, Peter Perkowski, James Hurst, and Jordan Heinz added to party Lindsey Muller (pty:pla), Attorneys Samantha Everett, Derek Newman, Tara Borelli, Jon Davidson, Camilla Taylor, Peter Renn, Natalie Nardecchia, Sasha Buchert, Kara Ingelhart, Carl Charles, Peter Perkowski, James Hurst, and Jordan Heinz added to party Terece Lewis (pty:pla), Attorneys Samantha Everett, Derek Newman, Tara Borelli, Jon Davidson, Camilla Taylor, Peter Renn, Natalie Nardecchia, Sasha Buchert, Kara Ingelhart, Carl Charles, Peter Perkowski, James Hurst, and Jordan Heinz added to party Phillip Stephens (pty:pla, Attorneys Samantha Everett, Derek Newman, Tara Borelli, Jon Davidson, Camilla Taylor, Peter Renn, Natalie Nardecchia, Sasha Buchert, Kara Ingelhart, Carl Charles, Peter Perkowski, James Hurst, and Jordan Heinz added to party Megan Winters (pty:pla), Attorneys Samantha Everett, Derek Newman, Tara Borelli, Jon Davidson, Camilla Taylor, Peter Renn, Natalie Nardecchia, Sasha Buchert, Kara Ingelhart, Carl Charles, Peter Perkowski, James Hurst, and Jordan Heinz added to party Jane Doe (pty:pla), Attorneys Samantha Everett, Derek Newman, Tara Borelli, Jon Davidson, Camilla Taylor, Peter Renn, Natalie Nardecchia, Sasha Buchert, Kara Ingelhart, Carl Charles, Peter Perkowski, James Hurst, and Jordan Heinz added to party Conner Callahan (pty:pla), Attorneys Samantha Everett, Derek Newman, Tara Borelli, Jon Davidson, Camilla Taylor, Peter Renn, Natalie Nardecchia, Sasha Buchert, Kara Ingelhart, Carl Charles, Peter Perkowski, James Hurst, and Jordan Heinz added to party American Military Partner Association (pty:pla), filed by Human Rights Campaign, Ryan Karnoski, D.L., Cathrine Schmid, Gender Justice League, Laura Garza, Lindsey Muller, Terece Lewis, Phillip Stephens, Megan Winters, Jane Doe, Conner Callahan, and American Military Partner Association (Everett, Samantha) Modified on 9/14/2017 (KB). (Entered: 09/14/2017)	Sept. 14, 2017	Sept. 14, 2017 Clearinghouse
31	MOTION to Proceed Under Pseudonym, filed by Plaintiff Jane Doe. (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Order) Noting Date 9/29/2017, (Everett, Samantha) (Entered: 09/14/2017) 1 Proposed Order View on PACER	Sept. 14, 2017	Sept. 14, 2017

Case: Karnoski v. Trump

2:17-cv-01297 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

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