Case: State of New York v. Trump

1:25-cv-00039 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: Jan. 28, 2025

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Case Summary

This case challenged the Trump Administration's authority to suspend congressionally-appropriated federal financial assistance pending a review to ensure that the spending accords with Administration priorities. On January 28, 2025, twenty-two states and the District of Columbia filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island. The plaintiffs sued President Trump, the Office of Management and Budget, and a number of executive agencies under the Administrative Procedure Act, Declaratory Judgment Act, and Ex Parte Young. Represented by the Attorneys General of each plaintiff state and D.C., the plaintiffs alleged that a January 27, 2025 directive from the Office of Management and Budget temporarily suspending nearly all federal financial assistance programs violated the APA and several Constitutional provisions, including the Spending and Appropriations Clauses, the Presentment Clause, the Take Care Clause, and separation of powers principles. The plaintiffs sought preliminary and permanent injunctions and declaratory relief. The case was assigned to Chief Judge John J. McConnell.

The Administration rescinded the freeze order on January 29, 2025 after a federal judge in a different case issued an administrative stay on January 28 preventing the funding freeze from going into effect. At a hearing before Judge McConnell on January 29, the government argued that the issue was moot. At the hearing, the plaintiffs' lawyers displayed a social media post from White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt stating the Administration’s continued commitment to restricting federal funding despite the rescission of the OMB Directive.

On January 31, 2025, Judge McConnell issued a temporary restraining order, operative until the Court ruled on the plaintiffs’ anticipated motion for a preliminary injunction. The Court held that the States were likely to succeed on the merits of their claims. The order also stated that unilateral suspension of federal payments was contrary to law, violated the APA and separation of powers, and was contrary to congressional intent and directive. Moreover, the Court found that the rescission of the OMB Directive was in name only and was possibly done for the sole purpose of defeating jurisdiction of reviewing courts. 2025 WL 357368.

The TRO prohibited the defendants from obstructing the federal government’s compliance with federal financial awards or obligations to the plaintiff states. It further banned the defendants from interfering with the plaintiff states’ access to such awards and funding disbursement.

On February 3, 2025, the defendants filed a notice of compliance with the TRO, certifying that they had provided written notice of the TRO to the named defendant agencies with instructions to disseminate the notice to employees, contractors, and grantees of those agencies.

On February 7, 2025, the plaintiffs filed their motion for a preliminary injunction. The defendants filed their response on February 12.

The same day they filed their preliminary injunction motion, the States filed an emergency motion to enforce the TRO along with a motion for a preliminary injunction. They alleged that the Government was taking the position funds under the Infrastructure and Jobs Act, and the Inflation Reduction Act, were excluded from the TRO, and had also frozen other expenditures, including to Head Start recipients and HIV prevention programs. The States asked for immediate relief--which the district court granted on February 10. The Court noted:

The States 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. The Defendants now plea that they are just trying to root out fraud. But the freezes in effect now were a result of the broad categorical order, not a specific finding of possible fraud. The broad categorical and sweeping freeze of federal funds is, as the Court found, likely unconstitutional and has caused and continues to cause irreparable harm to a vast portion of this country. These pauses in funding violate the plain text of the TRO.

The Court entered further injunctive relief, requiring the defendants to restore frozen funding during the pendency of the TRO until the Court hears and decides the Preliminary Injunction request, and to "immediately end any federal funding pause", "immediately take every step necessary to effectuate the TRO, including clearing any administrative, operational, or technical hurdles to implementation." It clarified that the "TRO requirements include any pause or freeze included in the Unleashing Guidance," and specified that the TRO covered OMB directives, funding of institutes and other agencies (for example the National Institute for Health), and reached federal funds appropriated in the Inflation Reduction Act and the Infrastructure Improvement and Jobs Act. 2025 WL 440873.

The United States immediately appealed this order and also the underlying TRO (under appeal number 25-1138) and sought a stay of the district court's order; the appellate court declined to enter an immediate stay on February 11, 2025, but said it would continue to consider whether to grant a stay pending appeal after further briefing. 2025 WL 455494. The U.S. then voluntarily withdrew its appeal.

A hearing on the preliminary injunction motion was held on February 21, 2025, and the states filed a second motion to enforce on February 28, suggesting that the defendants were not complying. On March 6, the court granted the preliminary injunction, and denied the motion to enforce as moot.

On March 10, the defendants appealed the order and preliminary injunction to the First Circuit (under appeal number 25-1236). The plaintiff-appellees filed their response on March 17, and the defendant-appellants filed their reply on March 20.

The plaintiffs filed a motion for enforcement of the preliminary injunction on March 24, arguing that millions of dollars in obligated FEMA awards remained frozen despite the injunction. The motion asked the court to order FEMA to cease freezing obligated funds and circulate notice of the preliminary injunction to the agency's leadership and staff. The next day the court ordered the defendants to respond to the enforcement motion by March 27.

On March 27, the First Circuit denied the defendant-appellants' motion for a stay pending appeal.

The case is ongoing.

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Meredith Ulle (2/22/2025)

People

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Judge(s)

Attorney for Plaintiff

Anton, Jason David (Rhode Island)

Arrowsmith, Nathan T. (Rhode Island)

Arslanian, Vanessa A. (Rhode Island)

Attorney for Defendant

Expert/Monitor/Master/Other

Armstrong, Anne

Attorney, Miriam Becker-Cohen,

Judge(s)

McConnell, John James (Rhode Island)

Attorney for Plaintiff

Anton, Jason David (Rhode Island)

Arrowsmith, Nathan T. (Rhode Island)

Arslanian, Vanessa A. (Rhode Island)

Banghart-Linn, Linus (Rhode Island)

Beatty-Walters, Christina L. (Rhode Island)

Bendor, Joshua (Rhode Island)

Bibb, Aaron (Rhode Island)

Brown, Leah (Rhode Island)

Cai, Angela (Rhode Island)

Chuang, Christine (Rhode Island)

Day, David D. (Rhode Island)

Dirks, Katherine B. (Rhode Island)

Duraiswamy, Shankar (Rhode Island)

Faer, Laura (Rhode Island)

Faherty, Colleen K. (Rhode Island)

Feigenbaum, Jeremy (Rhode Island)

Fernandes, Kalikoonalani Diara (Rhode Island)

Giarrano, Leonard Giarrano (Rhode Island)

Giovanatti, Neil (Rhode Island)

Green, Nicholas R. (Rhode Island)

Grube, Mark Stephen (Rhode Island)

Haddad, Lara (Rhode Island)

Hemmer, Alex (Rhode Island)

Hughes, Andrew R.W. (Rhode Island)

Hyman, Nathaniel James (Rhode Island)

Jonas-Day, Julia (Rhode Island)

Kassab, Vanessa L. (Rhode Island)

Kirschner, Adam D. (Rhode Island)

Kissel, Christopher J. (Rhode Island)

Koch, Robert A. (Rhode Island)

Kramer, Elizabeth (Rhode Island)

Lacedonia, Jill (Rhode Island)

Levine, Zoe (Rhode Island)

Liston, Ian R.

Logan, Marie E. (Rhode Island)

Lumelsky, Anna Esther (Rhode Island)

Mayo, Steven Travis (Rhode Island)

McCombs, Theodore (Rhode Island)

Mendrala, Andrew C. (Rhode Island)

Mosteller, Daniel Paul (Rhode Island)

Munson, Carly J. (Rhode Island)

Muqaddam, Rabia (Rhode Island)

Myers, Michael J. (Rhode Island)

Pappavaselio, Chris (Rhode Island)

Patashnik, Joshua

Payne, Taylor Allen (Rhode Island)

Rice, Sarah (Rhode Island)

Rose, Jonathan T. (Rhode Island)

Sabatini, Kathryn M. (Rhode Island)

Samant, Anjana (Rhode Island)

Skold, Michael Kenneth (Rhode Island)

Smith, Turner (Rhode Island)

Stern, Heidi Parry (Rhode Island)

Stevenson, Shannon Wells (Rhode Island)

Sugarman, Kenneth J. (Rhode Island)

Thomas-Jensen, Molly (Rhode Island)

Tipton, Laura Crittenden (Rhode Island)

Vale, Judith

Weaver, Robert Henry (Rhode Island)

Zile, Caroline S.

Attorney for Defendant

Cunha, Zachary A. (Rhode Island)

Freidah, Andrew F. (Rhode Island)

Janda, Sean

McArthur, Eric Dean (Rhode Island)

Schwei, Daniel S. (Rhode Island)

Shumate, Brett Allen (Rhode Island)

Sirkovich, Eitan R. (Rhode Island)

Springer, Brian James (Rhode Island)

Tenny, Daniel (Rhode Island)

Expert/Monitor/Master/Other

Armstrong, Anne

Attorney, Miriam Becker-Cohen,

Bell, Brandon S. (Rhode Island)

Cheteni, Freedom (Rhode Island)

Moelker, Nathan Jeremiah

Summers, Olivia F.

West, Arthur (Rhode Island)

Wydra, Elizabeth B.

Young, Rubin

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Documents in the Clearinghouse

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1 1:25-cv-00039	Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief	Jan. 28, 2025	Jan. 28, 2025 Complaint
3 1:25-cv-00039	Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order	Jan. 28, 2025	Jan. 28, 2025 Pleading / Motion / Brief
27 1:25-cv-00039	Corrected Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief	Jan. 29, 2025	Jan. 29, 2025 Complaint
43-1 1:25-cv-00039	Memorandum for Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies No Court	Jan. 29, 2025	Jan. 29, 2025 Other
43 1:25-cv-00039	Defendants’ Notice of Factual Development Regarding Plaintiffs’ Motion for Temporary Restraining Order	Jan. 29, 2025	Jan. 29, 2025 Other
49 1:25-cv-00039	Defendants’ Response to Plaintiffs’ Proposed Temporary Restraining Order	Jan. 30, 2025	Jan. 30, 2025 Pleading / Motion / Brief
50 1:25-cv-00039	Temporary Restraining Order	Jan. 31, 2025	Jan. 31, 2025 Order/Opinion
51 1:25-cv-00039	Defendants’ Notice of Compliance with Court's Temporary Restraining Order	Feb. 3, 2025	Feb. 3, 2025 Other
67 1:25-cv-00039	Plaintiff States’ Motion for Preliminary Injunction	Feb. 7, 2025	Feb. 7, 2025 Pleading / Motion / Brief
66 1:25-cv-00039	Plaintiff States' Motion for Enforcement of the Temporary Restraining Order	Feb. 7, 2025	Feb. 7, 2025 Pleading / Motion / Brief

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Resources

Title	Description		External URL Date / External URL
Memorandum for heads of executive departments and agencies Matthew Vaeth, Acting OMB Director	OMB Memorandum M-25-13 is rescinded. (Unfreezing grants and loans)	Jan. 29, 2025	Jan. 29, 2025 https://www.facebook.com/...
Exhibit A: Memorandum for Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies Matthew J. Vaeth, Acting Director, Office of Management and Budget	The American people elected Donald J. Trump to be President of the United States and gave him a mandate to increase the impact of every federal taxpayer dollar. In Fiscal Year 2024, of the nearly $…	January 27th, 2025	Jan. 27, 2025 https://storage.courtlistener.com/...
M-25-13 - Temporary Pause of Agency Grant, Loan, and Other Financial Assistance Programs Matthew J. Vaeth	Memorandum from the Acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget, directing all heads of executive departments and agencies to temporarily pause all activities related to obligation or disb…	Jan. 27, 2025	Jan. 27, 2025 https://www.washingtonpost.com/...

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Docket

See docket on RECAP: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69585994/state-of-new-york-v-trump/

Last updated April 28, 2025, 2:57 p.m.

ECF Number	Description	Date	Link Date / Link
1	COMPLAINT ( filing fee paid $ 405.00, receipt number ARIDC-2092620 ), filed by State of Vermont, State of Arizona, State of California, State of Nevada, State of New York, State of North Carolina, State of Minnesota, State of Maryland, State of Oregon, State of Delaware, District of Columbia, State of Washington, State of Maine, State of Wisconsin, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, State of Illinois, State of Connecticut, State of Hawaii, State of Michigan, State of Colorado, State of Rhode Island, State of New Mexico, State of New Jersey. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A, # 2 Exhibit B, # 3 Civil Cover Sheet)(Rice, Sarah) (Entered: 01/28/2025) 1 Exhibit A View on RECAP 2 Exhibit B View on RECAP 3 Civil Cover Sheet View on RECAP	Jan. 28, 2025	Jan. 28, 2025 Clearinghouse
	Case assigned to Chief Judge John J. McConnell, Jr. and Magistrate Judge Patricia A. Sullivan. (Simoncelli, Michael)	Jan. 28, 2025	Jan. 28, 2025 PACER
2	CASE OPENING NOTICE ISSUED (Simoncelli, Michael) (Entered: 01/28/2025)	Jan. 28, 2025	Jan. 28, 2025 RECAP
3	MOTION for Temporary Restraining Order filed by All Plaintiffs. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit)(Rice, Sarah) (Entered: 01/28/2025) 1 Exhibit View on Clearinghouse	Jan. 28, 2025	Jan. 28, 2025 Clearinghouse
4	MOTION for Aaron J. Bibb to Appear Pro Hac Vice ( filing fee paid $ 100.00, receipt number ARIDC-2092646 ) filed by State of Rhode Island. (Giarrano, Leonard) (Entered: 01/28/2025)	Jan. 28, 2025	Jan. 28, 2025 RECAP
5	MOTION for Alex Hemmer to Appear Pro Hac Vice ( filing fee paid $ 100.00, receipt number ARIDC-2092647 ) filed by State of Rhode Island. (Giarrano, Leonard) (Entered: 01/28/2025)	Jan. 28, 2025	Jan. 28, 2025 RECAP
6	MOTION for Andrew Hughes to Appear Pro Hac Vice ( filing fee paid $ 100.00, receipt number ARIDC-2092648 ) filed by State of Rhode Island. (Giarrano, Leonard) (Entered: 01/28/2025)	Jan. 28, 2025	Jan. 28, 2025 RECAP
7	MOTION for Andrew C. Mendrala to Appear Pro Hac Vice ( filing fee paid $ 100.00, receipt number ARIDC-2092649 ) filed by State of Rhode Island. (Giarrano, Leonard) (Entered: 01/28/2025)	Jan. 28, 2025	Jan. 28, 2025 RECAP
8	MOTION for Christina L. Beatty-Walters to Appear Pro Hac Vice ( filing fee paid $ 100.00, receipt number ARIDC-2092650 ) filed by State of Rhode Island. (Giarrano, Leonard) (Entered: 01/28/2025)	Jan. 28, 2025	Jan. 28, 2025 RECAP
9	MOTION for Colleen K. Faherty to Appear Pro Hac Vice ( filing fee paid $ 100.00, receipt number ARIDC-2092651 ) filed by State of Rhode Island. (Giarrano, Leonard) (Entered: 01/28/2025)	Jan. 28, 2025	Jan. 28, 2025 RECAP
10	MOTION for Daniel P. Mosteller to Appear Pro Hac Vice ( filing fee paid $ 100.00, receipt number ARIDC-2092652 ) filed by State of Rhode Island. (Giarrano, Leonard) (Entered: 01/28/2025)	Jan. 28, 2025	Jan. 28, 2025 RECAP
11	MOTION for David D. Day to Appear Pro Hac Vice ( filing fee paid $ 100.00, receipt number ARIDC-2092653 ) filed by State of Rhode Island. (Giarrano, Leonard) (Entered: 01/28/2025)	Jan. 28, 2025	Jan. 28, 2025 RECAP
12	MOTION for Jonathan T. Rose to Appear Pro Hac Vice ( filing fee paid $ 100.00, receipt number ARIDC-2092654 ) filed by State of Rhode Island. (Giarrano, Leonard) (Entered: 01/28/2025)	Jan. 28, 2025	Jan. 28, 2025 RECAP
13	MOTION for Joshua David Rothenberg Bendor to Appear Pro Hac Vice ( filing fee paid $ 100.00, receipt number ARIDC-2092655 ) filed by State of Rhode Island. (Giarrano, Leonard) (Entered: 01/28/2025)	Jan. 28, 2025	Jan. 28, 2025 RECAP
14	MOTION for Kalikoonalani D. Fernandes to Appear Pro Hac Vice ( filing fee paid $ 100.00, receipt number ARIDC-2092656 ) filed by State of Rhode Island. (Giarrano, Leonard) (Entered: 01/28/2025)	Jan. 28, 2025	Jan. 28, 2025 RECAP
15	MOTION for Leah Brown to Appear Pro Hac Vice ( filing fee paid $ 100.00, receipt number ARIDC-2092657 ) filed by State of Rhode Island. (Giarrano, Leonard) (Entered: 01/28/2025)	Jan. 28, 2025	Jan. 28, 2025 RECAP
16	MOTION for Linus Banghart-Linn to Appear Pro Hac Vice ( filing fee paid $ 100.00, receipt number ARIDC-2092658 ) filed by State of Rhode Island. (Giarrano, Leonard) (Entered: 01/28/2025)	Jan. 28, 2025	Jan. 28, 2025 RECAP
17	MOTION for Michael Kenneth Skold to Appear Pro Hac Vice ( filing fee paid $ 100.00, receipt number ARIDC-2092659 ) filed by State of Rhode Island. (Giarrano, Leonard) (Entered: 01/28/2025)	Jan. 28, 2025	Jan. 28, 2025 RECAP
18	MOTION for Molly Thomas-Jensen to Appear Pro Hac Vice ( filing fee paid $ 100.00, receipt number ARIDC-2092660 ) filed by State of Rhode Island. (Giarrano, Leonard) (Entered: 01/28/2025)	Jan. 28, 2025	Jan. 28, 2025 RECAP
19	MOTION for Shannon Stevenson to Appear Pro Hac Vice ( filing fee paid $ 100.00, receipt number ARIDC-2092662 ) filed by State of Rhode Island. (Giarrano, Leonard) (Entered: 01/28/2025)	Jan. 28, 2025	Jan. 28, 2025 RECAP
20	MOTION for Zoe Levine to Appear Pro Hac Vice ( filing fee paid $ 100.00, receipt number BRIDC-2092663 ) filed by State of Rhode Island. (Giarrano, Leonard) (Entered: 01/28/2025)	Jan. 28, 2025	Jan. 28, 2025 RECAP
21	MOTION for Katherine Dirks to Appear Pro Hac Vice ( filing fee paid $ 100.00, receipt number ARIDC-2092664 ) filed by State of Rhode Island. (Giarrano, Leonard) (Entered: 01/28/2025)	Jan. 28, 2025	Jan. 28, 2025 RECAP
22	MOTION for Angela Cai to Appear Pro Hac Vice ( filing fee paid $ 100.00, receipt number ARIDC-2092665 ) filed by State of Rhode Island. (Giarrano, Leonard) (Entered: 01/28/2025)	Jan. 28, 2025	Jan. 28, 2025 RECAP
23	MOTION for Shankar Duraiswamy to Appear Pro Hac Vice ( filing fee paid $ 100.00, receipt number ARIDC-2092667 ) filed by State of Rhode Island. (Giarrano, Leonard) (Entered: 01/28/2025)	Jan. 28, 2025	Jan. 28, 2025 RECAP
24	MOTION for Jeremy M. Feigenbaum to Appear Pro Hac Vice ( filing fee paid $ 100.00, receipt number ARIDC-2092668 ) filed by State of Rhode Island. (Giarrano, Leonard) (Entered: 01/28/2025)	Jan. 28, 2025	Jan. 28, 2025 RECAP
25	MOTION for Jason Anton to Appear Pro Hac Vice ( filing fee paid $ 100.00, receipt number ARIDC-2092688 ) filed by State of Rhode Island. (Giarrano, Leonard) (Entered: 01/29/2025)	Jan. 29, 2025	Jan. 29, 2025 RECAP
	Motion Hearing	Jan. 29, 2025	Jan. 29, 2025 PACER
	NOTICE of Hearing on 3 MOTION for Temporary Restraining Order: Motion Hearing via Zoom scheduled for Wednesday 1/29/2025 at 3:00 PM as a Remote Hearing before Chief Judge John J. McConnell, Jr.; Zoom information has been provided to counsel under separate email. (Jackson, Ryan)	Jan. 29, 2025	Jan. 29, 2025 PACER
26	MOTION for Leave to File Amicus Brief filed by VR School. Responses due by 2/12/2025. (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Brief, # 2 Exhibit)(Simoncelli, Michael) (Entered: 01/29/2025) 1 Proposed Brief View on RECAP 2 Exhibit View on RECAP	Jan. 29, 2025	Jan. 29, 2025 RECAP
	TEXT ORDER denying 26 Motion for Leave to File Amicus Brief: VR School's Motion to File an Amicus Brief is DENIED. The filer, Mr. Freedom Cheteni, is not a member of the bar of this Court (or possibly any court). The Motion is filed on behalf of an entity called the "VR School." Pursuant to LR Gen 205(a), an entity needs an attorney of this Court to file with the Court. A non-lawyer may not file with the Court on behalf of an organization or corporate entity pro se. So Ordered by Chief Judge John J. McConnell, Jr. on 1/29/2025. (Jackson, Ryan)	Jan. 29, 2025	Jan. 29, 2025 PACER
	TEXT ORDER granting 5 Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice of Alex Hemmer. So Ordered by Chief Judge John J. McConnell, Jr. on 1/29/2025. (Hill, Cherelle)	Jan. 29, 2025	Jan. 29, 2025 PACER
	TEXT ORDER granting 6 Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice of Andrew Hughes. So Ordered by Chief Judge John J. McConnell, Jr. on 1/29/2025. (Hill, Cherelle)	Jan. 29, 2025	Jan. 29, 2025 PACER
	TEXT ORDER granting 7 Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice of Andrew C. Mendrala. So Ordered by Chief Judge John J. McConnell, Jr. on 1/29/2025. (Hill, Cherelle)	Jan. 29, 2025	Jan. 29, 2025 PACER
	DOCKET NOTE: Today's (Wednesday 1/29/25) proceedings in this matter are available to non-case participants via the Court's YouTube channel. Interested parties should visit the Court's website for further viewing information. (Jackson, Ryan)	Jan. 29, 2025	Jan. 29, 2025 PACER
	TEXT ORDER granting 8 Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice of Christina L. Beatty-Walters. So Ordered by Chief Judge John J. McConnell, Jr. on 1/29/2025. (Hill, Cherelle)	Jan. 29, 2025	Jan. 29, 2025 PACER
	TEXT ORDER granting 9 Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice of Colleen K. Faherty. So Ordered by Chief Judge John J. McConnell, Jr. on 1/29/2025. (Hill, Cherelle)	Jan. 29, 2025	Jan. 29, 2025 PACER
	TEXT ORDER granting 10 Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice of Daniel P. Mosteller. So Ordered by Chief Judge John J. McConnell, Jr. on 1/29/2025. (Hill, Cherelle)	Jan. 29, 2025	Jan. 29, 2025 PACER
	TEXT ORDER granting 11 Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice of David D. Day. So Ordered by Chief Judge John J. McConnell, Jr. on 1/29/2025. (Hill, Cherelle)	Jan. 29, 2025	Jan. 29, 2025 PACER
	TEXT ORDER granting 12 Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice of Jonathan T. Rose. So Ordered by Chief Judge John J. McConnell, Jr. on 1/29/2025. (Hill, Cherelle)	Jan. 29, 2025	Jan. 29, 2025 PACER
	TEXT ORDER granting 13 Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice of Joshua David Rothenberg Bendor. So Ordered by Chief Judge John J. McConnell, Jr. on 1/29/2025. (Hill, Cherelle)	Jan. 29, 2025	Jan. 29, 2025 PACER
	TEXT ORDER granting 14 Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice of Kalikoonalani D. Fernandes. So Ordered by Chief Judge John J. McConnell, Jr. on 1/29/2025. (Hill, Cherelle)	Jan. 29, 2025	Jan. 29, 2025 PACER
	TEXT ORDER granting 15 Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice of Leah Brown. So Ordered by Chief Judge John J. McConnell, Jr. on 1/29/2025. (Hill, Cherelle) Modified Text on 1/29/2025 (Hill, Cherelle).	Jan. 29, 2025	Jan. 29, 2025 PACER
	TEXT ORDER granting 16 Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice of Linus Banghart-Linn. So Ordered by Chief Judge John J. McConnell, Jr. on 1/29/2025. (Hill, Cherelle)	Jan. 29, 2025	Jan. 29, 2025 PACER
	TEXT ORDER granting 17 Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice of Michael Kenneth Skold. So Ordered by Chief Judge John J. McConnell, Jr. on 1/29/2025. (Hill, Cherelle)	Jan. 29, 2025	Jan. 29, 2025 PACER
	TEXT ORDER granting 18 Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice of Molly Thomas-Jensen. So Ordered by Chief Judge John J. McConnell, Jr. on 1/29/2025. (Hill, Cherelle)	Jan. 29, 2025	Jan. 29, 2025 PACER
	TEXT ORDER granting 19 Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice of Shannon Stevenson. So Ordered by Chief Judge John J. McConnell, Jr. on 1/29/2025. (Hill, Cherelle)	Jan. 29, 2025	Jan. 29, 2025 PACER
27	CORRECTED COMPLAINT, filed by State of Vermont, State of Arizona, State of California, State of Nevada, State of New York, State of North Carolina, State of Minnesota, State of Maryland, State of Oregon, State of Delaware, District of Columbia, State of Washington, State of Maine, State of Wisconsin, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, State of Illinois, State of Connecticut, State of Hawaii, State of Michigan, State of Colorado, State of Rhode Island, State of New Mexico, State of New Jersey. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A, # 2 Exhibit B, # 3 Civil Cover Sheet)(Rice, Sarah) Modified on 1/29/2025 to correct docket text. (Simoncelli, Michael). (Entered: 01/29/2025) 1 Exhibit A View on RECAP 2 Exhibit B View on RECAP 3 Civil Cover Sheet View on RECAP	Jan. 29, 2025	Jan. 29, 2025 Clearinghouse
	TEXT ORDER granting 20 Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice of Zoe Levine. So Ordered by Chief Judge John J. McConnell, Jr. on 1/29/2025. (Hill, Cherelle)	Jan. 29, 2025	Jan. 29, 2025 PACER
	TEXT ORDER granting 21 Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice of Katherine Dirks. So Ordered by Chief Judge John J. McConnell, Jr. on 1/29/2025. (Hill, Cherelle)	Jan. 29, 2025	Jan. 29, 2025 PACER
28	EXHIBIT IN SUPPORT by All Plaintiffs in support of 3 MOTION for Temporary Restraining Order Corrected Exhibit 3-1. (Rice, Sarah) (Entered: 01/29/2025)	Jan. 29, 2025	Jan. 29, 2025 RECAP
	TEXT ORDER granting 22 Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice of Angela Cai. So Ordered by Chief Judge John J. McConnell, Jr. on 1/29/2025. (Hill, Cherelle)	Jan. 29, 2025	Jan. 29, 2025 PACER
	TEXT ORDER granting 23 Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice of Shankar Duraiswamy. So Ordered by Chief Judge John J. McConnell, Jr. on 1/29/2025. (Hill, Cherelle)	Jan. 29, 2025	Jan. 29, 2025 PACER
	TEXT ORDER granting 24 Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice of Jeremy Feigenbaum. So Ordered by Chief Judge John J. McConnell, Jr. on 1/29/2025. (Hill, Cherelle)	Jan. 29, 2025	Jan. 29, 2025 PACER
	TEXT ORDER granting 25 Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice of Jason Anton. So Ordered by Chief Judge John J. McConnell, Jr. on 1/29/2025. (Hill, Cherelle)	Jan. 29, 2025	Jan. 29, 2025 PACER
	TEXT ORDER granting 4 Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice of Aaron Bibb. So Ordered by Chief Judge John J. McConnell, Jr. on 1/29/2025. (Hill, Cherelle)	Jan. 29, 2025	Jan. 29, 2025 PACER
29	MOTION for Christine Chuang to Appear Pro Hac Vice ( filing fee paid $ 100.00, receipt number ARIDC-2093054 ) filed by State of Rhode Island. (Giarrano, Leonard) (Entered: 01/29/2025)	Jan. 29, 2025	Jan. 29, 2025 RECAP
30	MOTION for Laura L. Faer to Appear Pro Hac Vice ( filing fee paid $ 100.00, receipt number ARIDC-2093056 ) filed by State of Rhode Island. (Giarrano, Leonard) (Entered: 01/29/2025)	Jan. 29, 2025	Jan. 29, 2025 RECAP
	TEXT ORDER granting 29 Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice of Christine Chuang. So Ordered by Chief Judge John J. McConnell, Jr. on 1/29/2025. (Hill, Cherelle)	Jan. 29, 2025	Jan. 29, 2025 PACER
	TEXT ORDER granting 30 Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice of Laura Faer. So Ordered by Chief Judge John J. McConnell, Jr. on 1/29/2025. (Hill, Cherelle)	Jan. 29, 2025	Jan. 29, 2025 PACER
31	MOTION for Heidi Parry Stern to Appear Pro Hac Vice ( filing fee paid $ 100.00, receipt number ARIDC-2093071 ) filed by State of Rhode Island. (Giarrano, Leonard) (Entered: 01/29/2025)	Jan. 29, 2025	Jan. 29, 2025 RECAP
32	MOTION for Elizabeth Kramer to Appear Pro Hac Vice ( filing fee paid $ 100.00, receipt number ARIDC-2093081 ) filed by State of Rhode Island. (Giarrano, Leonard) (Entered: 01/29/2025)	Jan. 29, 2025	Jan. 29, 2025 RECAP
33	MOTION for Adam D. Kirschner to Appear Pro Hac Vice ( filing fee paid $ 100.00, receipt number ARIDC-2093082 ) filed by State of Rhode Island. (Giarrano, Leonard) (Entered: 01/29/2025)	Jan. 29, 2025	Jan. 29, 2025 RECAP
34	MOTION for Carly J. Munson to Appear Pro Hac Vice ( filing fee paid $ 100.00, receipt number BRIDC-2093085 ) filed by State of Rhode Island. (Giarrano, Leonard) (Entered: 01/29/2025)	Jan. 29, 2025	Jan. 29, 2025 RECAP
35	MOTION for Christopher J. Kissel to Appear Pro Hac Vice ( filing fee paid $ 100.00, receipt number ARIDC-2093089 ) filed by State of Rhode Island. (Giarrano, Leonard) (Entered: 01/29/2025)	Jan. 29, 2025	Jan. 29, 2025 RECAP
	TEXT ORDER granting 16 Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice of Leah Brown. So Ordered by Chief Judge John J. McConnell, Jr. on 1/29/2025. (Hill, Cherelle)	Jan. 29, 2025	Jan. 29, 2025 PACER
36	MOTION for Kenneth J. Sugarman to Appear Pro Hac Vice ( filing fee paid $ 100.00, receipt number ARIDC-2093091 ) filed by State of Rhode Island. (Giarrano, Leonard) (Entered: 01/29/2025)	Jan. 29, 2025	Jan. 29, 2025 RECAP
37	MOTION for Lara Haddad to Appear Pro Hac Vice ( filing fee paid $ 100.00, receipt number ARIDC-2093096 ) filed by State of Rhode Island. (Giarrano, Leonard) (Entered: 01/29/2025)	Jan. 29, 2025	Jan. 29, 2025 RECAP
38	MOTION for Nicholas R. Green to Appear Pro Hac Vice ( filing fee paid $ 100.00, receipt number ARIDC-2093097 ) filed by State of Rhode Island. (Giarrano, Leonard) (Entered: 01/29/2025)	Jan. 29, 2025	Jan. 29, 2025 RECAP
	TEXT ORDER granting 31 Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice of Heidi Parry Stern. So Ordered by Chief Judge John J. McConnell, Jr. on 1/29/2025. (Hill, Cherelle)	Jan. 29, 2025	Jan. 29, 2025 PACER
	TEXT ORDER granting 32 Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice of Elizabeth Kramer. So Ordered by Chief Judge John J. McConnell, Jr. on 1/29/2025. (Hill, Cherelle)	Jan. 29, 2025	Jan. 29, 2025 PACER
39	NOTICE of Appearance by Daniel Schwei on behalf of All Defendants (Schwei, Daniel) (Entered: 01/29/2025)	Jan. 29, 2025	Jan. 29, 2025 RECAP
40	MOTION for Rabia Muqaddam to Appear Pro Hac Vice ( filing fee paid $ 100.00, receipt number ARIDC-2093108 ) filed by State of Rhode Island. (Giarrano, Leonard) (Entered: 01/29/2025)	Jan. 29, 2025	Jan. 29, 2025 RECAP
41	MOTION for Neil Giovanatti to Appear Pro Hac Vice ( filing fee paid $ 100.00, receipt number ARIDC-2093110 ) filed by State of Rhode Island. (Giarrano, Leonard) (Entered: 01/29/2025)	Jan. 29, 2025	Jan. 29, 2025 RECAP
42	MOTION for Vanessa L. Kassab to Appear Pro Hac Vice ( filing fee paid $ 100.00, receipt number ARIDC-2093113 ) filed by State of Rhode Island. (Giarrano, Leonard) (Entered: 01/29/2025)	Jan. 29, 2025	Jan. 29, 2025 RECAP
43	NOTICE by Donald Trump, U.S. Office of Management and Budget, Matthew Vaeth, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Scott Bessent, Patricia Collins, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Dorothy A Fink, U.S. Department of Education, Denise Carter, U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency, Cameron Hamilton, U.S. Department of Transportation, Judith Kaleta, U.S. Department of Labor, Vince Micone, U.S. Department of Energy, Ingrid Kolb, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, James Payne, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, U.S. Department of Justice, James R McHenry, III, The National Science Foundation, Sethuraman Panchanathan re 3 MOTION for Temporary Restraining Order of Factual Developments (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit OMB Mem M-25-14, Rescission of M-25-13 (Jan. 28, 2025))(Schwei, Daniel) (Entered: 01/29/2025) 1 Exhibit OMB Mem M-25-14, Rescission of M-25-13 (Jan. 28, 2025) View on Clearinghouse	Jan. 29, 2025	Jan. 29, 2025 Clearinghouse
	TEXT ORDER granting 33 Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice of Adam Kirschner. So Ordered by Chief Judge John J. McConnell, Jr. on 1/29/2025. (Hill, Cherelle)	Jan. 29, 2025	Jan. 29, 2025 PACER
	TEXT ORDER granting 34 Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice of Carly J. Munson. So Ordered by Chief Judge John J. McConnell, Jr. on 1/29/2025. (Hill, Cherelle)	Jan. 29, 2025	Jan. 29, 2025 PACER
	TEXT ORDER granting 35 Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice of Christopher J. Kissel. So Ordered by Chief Judge John J. McConnell, Jr. on 1/29/2025. (Hill, Cherelle)	Jan. 29, 2025	Jan. 29, 2025 PACER
	TEXT ORDER granting 36 Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice of Kenneth J. Sugarman. So Ordered by Chief Judge John J. McConnell, Jr. on 1/29/2025. (Hill, Cherelle)	Jan. 29, 2025	Jan. 29, 2025 PACER
	TEXT ORDER granting 37 Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice of Lara Haddad. So Ordered by Chief Judge John J. McConnell, Jr. on 1/29/2025. (Hill, Cherelle)	Jan. 29, 2025	Jan. 29, 2025 PACER
	TEXT ORDER granting 38 Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice of Nicholas R. Green. So Ordered by Chief Judge John J. McConnell, Jr. on 1/29/2025. (Hill, Cherelle)	Jan. 29, 2025	Jan. 29, 2025 PACER
	TEXT ORDER granting 40 Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice of Rabia Muqaddam. So Ordered by Chief Judge John J. McConnell, Jr. on 1/29/2025. (Hill, Cherelle)	Jan. 29, 2025	Jan. 29, 2025 PACER
	TEXT ORDER granting 41 Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice of Neil Giovanatti. So Ordered by Chief Judge John J. McConnell, Jr. on 1/29/2025. (Hill, Cherelle)	Jan. 29, 2025	Jan. 29, 2025 PACER
	TEXT ORDER granting 42 Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice of Vanessa L. Kassab. So Ordered by Chief Judge John J. McConnell, Jr. on 1/29/2025. (Hill, Cherelle)	Jan. 29, 2025	Jan. 29, 2025 PACER
	Minute Entry for proceedings held before Chief Judge John J. McConnell, Jr.: Motion Hearing via Zoom held on 1/29/2025 re: 3 MOTION for Temporary Restraining Order filed by State of New York, et al. Counsel present: S. Rice, K. Sabatini; M. Thomas-Jensen, R. Muqaddam; A. Hemmer; C. Chuang, L. Faer; K. Dirks; D. Schwei. Court addresses withdrawal of the OMD memo; Plaintiffs (Rice) responds. Court questions Plaintiffs. One exhibit admitted as evidence. Defendants (Schwei) argues; Court questions Defendants. Plaintiffs (Rice) give reply argument. Court orders Plaintiffs/States to prepare a proposed order and share it with Defendants before submitting to the Court. Upon submission to the Court (via email to Case Manager), the Defendants will have 24-hours to response to the proposed order by letter-brief. Court will then consider the proposed order and response and schedule a conference if necessary. Adjourned. (Court Reporter Denise Webb in Courtroom Remote via Zoom Videoconference at 3:00 PM.) (Jackson, Ryan)	Jan. 29, 2025	Jan. 29, 2025 PACER
44	Exhibit List for 1/29/25 Motion Hearing on TRO before Chief Judge McConnell. (Jackson, Ryan) (Entered: 01/29/2025)	Jan. 29, 2025	Jan. 29, 2025 PACER
45	MOTION for Anjana Samant to Appear Pro Hac Vice ( filing fee paid $ 100.00, receipt number ARIDC-2093253 ) filed by State of Rhode Island. (Giarrano, Leonard) (Entered: 01/29/2025)	Jan. 29, 2025	Jan. 29, 2025 RECAP
	TEXT ORDER granting 45 Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice of Anjana Samant. So Ordered by Chief Judge John J. McConnell, Jr. on 1/30/2025. (Hill, Cherelle)	Jan. 30, 2025	Jan. 30, 2025 PACER
46	DOCKET NOTE: Proposed Temporary Restraining Order filed by State of NY, et al. Received by the Court at 6:15 PM on 1/29/25. (Jackson, Ryan) (Entered: 01/30/2025)	Jan. 30, 2025	Jan. 30, 2025 RECAP
47	MOTION for Leave to File Amicus Brief filed by Freedom Cheteni. Responses due by 2/13/2025. (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Amicus, # 2 Exhibit, # 3 Exhibit, # 4 Exhibit, # 5 Exhibit, # 6 Exhibit, # 7 Exhibit)(Simoncelli, Michael) (Entered: 01/30/2025) 1 Proposed Amicus View on RECAP 2 Exhibit View on RECAP 3 Exhibit View on RECAP 4 Exhibit View on RECAP 5 Exhibit View on RECAP 6 Exhibit View on RECAP 7 Exhibit View on RECAP	Jan. 30, 2025	Jan. 30, 2025 RECAP
	TEXT ORDER denying 47 Motion for Leave to File Amicus Brief. So Ordered by Chief Judge John J. McConnell, Jr. on 1/30/2025. (Jackson, Ryan)	Jan. 30, 2025	Jan. 30, 2025 PACER
48	MOTION Motion to Supplement Record re: 3 MOTION for Temporary Restraining Order filed by All Plaintiffs. Responses due by 2/13/2025. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit Sugarman Decl. and Exhibits)(Rice, Sarah) (Entered: 01/30/2025) 1 Exhibit Sugarman Decl. and Exhibits View on RECAP	Jan. 30, 2025	Jan. 30, 2025 RECAP
49	RESPONSE In Opposition to 3 MOTION for Temporary Restraining Order filed by All Defendants. Replies due by 2/6/2025. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit OMB Guidance (Jan. 28, 2025))(Schwei, Daniel) (Entered: 01/30/2025) 1 Exhibit OMB Guidance (Jan. 28, 2025) View on RECAP	Jan. 30, 2025	Jan. 30, 2025 Clearinghouse
	TEXT ORDER granting 48 MOTION to Supplement Record re: 3 MOTION for Temporary Restraining Order. So Ordered by Chief Judge John J. McConnell, Jr. on 1/31/2025. (Jackson, Ryan)	Jan. 31, 2025	Jan. 31, 2025 PACER
50	TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER granting 3 Motion for TRO. So Ordered by Chief Judge John J. McConnell, Jr. on 1/31/2025. (Jackson, Ryan) (Entered: 01/31/2025)	Jan. 31, 2025	Jan. 31, 2025 Clearinghouse
51	NOTICE by Donald Trump, U.S. Office of Management and Budget, Matthew Vaeth, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Scott Bessent, Patricia Collins, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Dorothy A Fink, U.S. Department of Education, Denise Carter, U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency, Cameron Hamilton, U.S. Department of Transportation, Judith Kaleta, U.S. Department of Labor, Vince Micone, U.S. Department of Energy, Ingrid Kolb, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, James Payne, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, U.S. Department of Justice, James R McHenry, III, The National Science Foundation, Sethuraman Panchanathan re 50 Order on Motion for TRO (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit Written Notice of Court Order)(Schwei, Daniel) (Entered: 02/03/2025) 1 Exhibit Written Notice of Court Order View on RECAP	Feb. 3, 2025	Feb. 3, 2025 Clearinghouse
	Order	Feb. 3, 2025	Feb. 3, 2025 PACER
52	NOTICE of Appearance by Eitan Sirkovich on behalf of All Defendants (Sirkovich, Eitan) (Entered: 02/03/2025)	Feb. 3, 2025	Feb. 3, 2025 RECAP
	TEXT ORDER: Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction and Memorandum in Support is due on or before Friday 2/7/2025; Defendants' Opposition and Memorandum is due on or before Wednesday 2/12/25; Plaintiffs' Reply is due two days after the filing of the Defendants' opposition. So Ordered by Chief Judge John J. McConnell, Jr. on 2/3/2025. (Jackson, Ryan)	Feb. 3, 2025	Feb. 3, 2025 PACER
53	NOTICE of Appearance by Andrew Freidah on behalf of All Defendants (Freidah, Andrew) (Entered: 02/03/2025)	Feb. 3, 2025	Feb. 3, 2025 RECAP

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Case Details

State / Territory: Rhode Island

Case Type(s):

Presidential/Gubernatorial Authority

Special Collection(s):

Trump Administration 2.0: Challenges to the Government

Trump Administration 2.0: Challenges to the Government (Spending Freezes/Cuts)

Key Dates

Filing Date: Jan. 28, 2025

Case Ongoing: Yes

Plaintiffs

Plaintiff Description:

Plaintiffs are the states of New York, California, Illinois, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawai'i, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, North Carolina, New Mexico, Oregon, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, and the District of Columbia.

Plaintiff Type(s):

State Plaintiff

Public Interest Lawyer: Yes

Filed Pro Se: No

Class Action Sought: No

Class Action Outcome: Not sought

Defendants

President Donald J. Trump (District of Columbia), Federal

Office of Management and Budget (District of Columbia), Federal

U.S. Department of the Treasury (District of Columbia), Federal

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (District of Columbia), Federal

U.S. Department of Education (District of Columbia), Federal