Case: American Federation Of Government Employees, AFL-CIO v. Trump

3:25-cv-03698 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: April 28, 2025

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Case Summary

On April 28, 2025, the American Federation of Government Employees and several other labor organizations, nonprofits, and cities/counties filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. They named President Donald Trump and numerous federal departments and agencies and their agency heads as Defendants. The Plaintiffs challenged Executive Order 14210, which ordered agencies across the federal government to engage in a radical transformation of the federal bureaucracy, including by conducting large-scale Reductions in Force (RIFs), without Congressional authorization. They challenged the executive order and implementing memoranda under the Separation of Powers and the Administrative Procedure Act.

The case was assigned to Judge Susan Illston. On May 1, 2025, plaintiffs filed for a temporary restraining order. After a hearing on May 9, 2025, Judge Illston granted a 14-day temporary restraining order, applicable to the following department: OMB, OPM, DOGE, USDA, Commerce, Energy, HHS, HUD, Interior, Labor, State, Treasury, Transportation, VA, AmeriCorps, EPA, GSA, NLRB, NSF, SBA, and SSA. 782 F.Supp.3d 793. The order paused any further reductions in force and compelled speedy limited discovery.

The government immediately filed an appeal, and sought a stay pending appellate litigation. The district court declined to enter a stay, and the 9th Circuit set a schedule for briefing to proceed through May 22 (the day before the TRO is set to expire unless extended). On May 16, the government asked the Supreme Court to grant a stay.

Back in the district court, after briefing, on May 22, 2025, Judge Illston granted a preliminary injunction, barring the challenged government actions during the pendency of the litigation. 784 F.Supp.3d 1316. Following the lead of numerous other courts, Judge Illston rejected the arguement that the agencies were acting of their own accord and were not directed by OMB. Judge Illston held the President would exceed his authority by dismantling programs authorized by Congress. The court reasoned that the dramatic staff reductions will render the agencies unable to do what Congress directs the agencies to do. In light of the evidence, Judge Illston held that the plaintiff's were likely to succeed in their claims that the defendants exceeded their statutory and constitutional authority. American Federation Of Government Employees, AFL-CIO v. Trump, F. Supp. 3d, 2025 WL 1358477 (N.D. Cal. 2025). The government filled an appeal and a motion for a stay pending appeal with the 9th Circuit, on May 23. (This mooted the request for a stay of the TRO pending before the Supreme Court, so the government withdrew that request.)

On May 30, 2025, the 9th Circuit denied a stay of the preliminary injunction, holding in a published opinion by Circuit Judge William A. Fletcher (joined by Circuit Judge Lucy H. Koh) that "the government does not 'suffer by a temporary preservation of the status quo,'" and was likely to lose the case. 139 F.4th 1020. First looking at jurisdiction, the court found that the plaintiffs' claims were not appropriately channeled through the comprehensive administrative system established by the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 (CSRA), because the CSRA did not give any administrative tribunal the authority to address broad challenges to the defendants' constitutional and statutory authority to direct large-scale federal reorganizations and reductions in force. On the merits, the court found that neither the Constitution nor any federal statute grants the President the authority to direct the kind of large-scale reorganization of the federal government at issue, noting that the challenged RIFs appear "inextricably intertwined with broad agency reorganization, which the president undoubtedly cannot undertake without Congress." American Federation Of Government Employees, AFL-CIO v. Trump, F. 4th, 2025 WL 1541714 (9th Cir. 2025).

A dissent by Circuit Judge Consuelo M. Callahan countered that Article II of the Constitution vests the President with sufficient authority to cover the challenged conduct. Judge Callahan dissented that the Executive Order and memorandum merely directed agencies to exercise their own lawful statutory authority and that the district court erred by not finding whether specific RIFs would violate statutory mandates or eliminate agencies.

The government filed a Supreme Court application for a stay on June 2, 2025. The stay application was presented to Justice Kagan. On July 8, the Court granted the stay of the preliminary injunction entered by the United States District Court for the Northern District of California pending the appeal in the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit and the disposition of a petition for a writ of certiorari. The Court reasoned that the executive order and implementing memoranda themselves were likely legal as they only direct agencies to plan reorganizations in force "consistent with applicable law.". The Court declined to express a view on the legality of the Agency RIF or Agency RIF and Reorganization Plan (ARRPs) saying that it was outside the scope of the question in front of them.

Justice Jackson dissented from grant of application for stay. She argued that the Court made this determination outside of the facts and evidence necessary to "responsibly override, reasoned lower court fact-finding." Justice Jackson pointed to the District Court's preliminary findings (which were based "on actual evidence") and argued that the Supreme Court should have declined to intervene. The Court resting the granting of the stay on the merits of the case was inappropriate because the District Court issued an injunction based on the facts collected. She further argued that the executive order and memorandum themselves were unconstitutional executive action that does not "rest on any grant of reorganization authority by Congress."

In response to the stay by the Supreme Court, the plaintiffs asked Judge Illston to reconsider the plaintiffs' request that the government turn over the specific agency proposals for reductions-in-force (RIFs). The government asserted that these documents were protected by the deliberative process privilege. However, Judge Illston rejected this argument, finding that the documents were "likely not pre-decisional and deliberative documents." Judge Illston then ordered the government to respond to the plaintiffs' request by July 14, 2025.

The plaintiffs moved for an order shortening the government's time to respond to the discovery request for the RIFs and AARPs (from the standard 30 days to 14 days). The government responded by saying that all the plaintiffs' claim were APA claims and thus, there is no basis for any discovery in the adjudication of those claims.

On July 15, the government moved for a protective order and/or to quash the plaintiffs' request for production of documents. The motion consisted of seven major claims:

Discovery is premature because the government still had not responded to the complaint and was planning on moving to dismiss the complaint. The government requested the court rule on the forthcoming motion first before the request for discovery.
The government reiterated that it would be inappropriate to grant discovery in the adjudication of an APA claim, particularly before an administrative record is certified.
The requested information is not relevant in light of the stay by the Supreme Court.
DOGE and United States DOGE services are not agencies that can be sued subject to the APA. The discovery sought against them is without basis.
The Request for Production (RFP) 1 seeks documents that should be protected by deliberative process privilege.
The plaintiffs' demand for application for waivers of RIF notice periods and all responses by OMB or OPM to those applications are not relevant to the issues before the court.
The discovery sought by the plaintiffs is outside the scope of relief the court could grant. The court cannot review the lawfulness of the ARRPs because they are not final agency actions under the APA.

Judge Illston granted this motion in part and denied it in part on July 18. The court reject the government's assertion that the Supreme Court's stay "ends this case" because the stay did not reach several claims in the amended complaint. The Supreme Court's decision did not foreclose considerations of the legality of the ARRPs ("In a concurrence, Justice Sotomayor noted that the Supreme Court's decision allows the district court to consider the legality of the ARRPs in the 'first instance.'") Judge Illston reiterated that a full review of the ARRPs would "significantly aid the Court's review of the merits of these APA claims." Judge Illston rejected the government's argument that the plaintiffs never challenged any of the ARRPs as being arbitrary and capricious. She argued that the defendants are " [arguing] essentially that plaintiffs cannot prove their case because plaintiffs do not have the ARRPs because the ARRPs have not been made public." Judge Illston held that the Ninth Circuit has consistently recognized "narrow exceptions" to the general rule that the reviewal of APA claims are limited to the administrative record. Finally, the court held that even if some material within the ARRPs should be protected by deliberative process privilege, "the need for accurate fact finding overrides the government's interest in non-disclosure."

However, at this point, Judge Illston limited the distribution of the ARRPs to the plaintiffs' counsel and the court. The court also allowed the defendants to redact any material addressing union negotiating strategy to the plaintiffs' counsel. The government was ordered to provide the full version to the court and to highlight any redacted material.

The government filed two motions on July 21: a motion to dismiss and a motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction. The government alleged that in light of the Supreme Court's decision, all the plaintiff's claims fail. This is due to the fact that all the claims in the amended complaint "depend on the assertion that the Workforce Executive Order, the Workforce Memorandum, or both are unlawful." Further, the government alleged that to the extent the complaint challenges the ARPs, the ARPs are not final agency actions subject to review under the APA. The government complains that the allegations regarding the RIFs and the ARPs are speculation about future actions the government will take. In regards to the jurisdiction arguments, the government argued that challenges to the lawfulness of federal agency personnel action are precluded from district court review. The government reasserted its claim that the complaint be dismissed as to DOGE which is an initiative and not an agency that can be sued.

On July 21, 2025, the government filed a petition for a writ of mandamus, seeking review of the court's July 18 discovery order. The district court released a statement in response to augment the appellate record. Judge Illston noted that in the government's application for a stay from the Supreme Court, the U.S. Solicitor General represented that 40 RIFs in 17 agencies were in progress and enjoined. However, in response to the discovery order, the petitioners produced a list of those represented RIFs, and numerous agencies that were not defendants in the case (and therefore, not enjoined by the preliminary injunction) were included in the figure presented to the Supreme Court. Judge Illston highlighted that this is no insignificant discrepancy and she reasserted her previous finding that "any deliberative process privilege. . .is overridden by 'the need for accurate fact-finding in this litigation.'"

Judge Illston denied the plaintiffs' request for an order requiring production of the administrative record. The court found that much of the information plaintiffs sought from an administrative record overlapped with other discovery requests that plaintiffs issued and on which the court had already ruled. The court suggested the plaintiffs clarify some of their APA claims to give the government a more "specific understanding of the challenged final agency actions" so that the government can be "expected to produce an administrative record for those actions."

On September 9, 2025, Judge Illston granted the defendant’s motion to dismiss in part and denied it in part. The Court granted defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiffs’ claim against DOGE on grounds that plaintiffs did not properly name DOGE in their complaint. The Court dismissed the DOGE claims without prejudice and noted that if the plaintiffs refiled a complaint that properly named DOGE as the U.S. DOGE service, the claims could proceed.

On September 19, 2025, the Ninth Circuit denied the government's writ of mandamus. The Court noted that the District Court did not make a "clear error" in granting Plaintiffs discovery request for ARRPs. This factor was dispositive in denying the writ of mandamus.

Also on September 19, 2025, the Ninth Circuit vacated the District Court's preliminary injunction and remanded the case back to the District Court for three reasons. First, the Ninth Circuit noted that the Supreme Court had stayed the District Court's injunction pending review on appeal and certiorari, making some delay inevitable. Second, the District Court's preliminary injunction was granted before the Supreme Court limited the ability of U.S. District Courts to issue nationwide injunctions in Trump v. Casa. Third, remand would allow the District Court to evaluate the suit in light of the government's actions after the now-stayed injunction was issued.

	Document
1 3:25-cv-03698	Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief American Federation of Government Employees AFL-CIO v. Trump	April 28, 2025	April 28, 2025 Complaint
85 3:25-cv-03698	Order Granting Temporary Restraining Order and Compelling Certain Discovery Production	May 9, 2025	May 9, 2025 Order/Opinion 782 F.Supp.3d 793
85 3:25-cv-03698	Order Granting Temporary Restraining Order and Compelling Certain Discovery Production Trump v. American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO	May 9, 2025	May 9, 2025 Order/Opinion
5-1 25-03030	Emergency Motion Under Circuit Rule 27-3 For Stay Pending Appeal/Petition For Writ of Mandamus U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit	May 12, 2025	May 12, 2025 Pleading / Motion / Brief
6 25-03030	Circuit Rule 27-3 Certificate U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit	May 12, 2025	May 12, 2025 Other
5-2 25-03030	Addendum to Emergency Motion for Stay Pending Appeal/Petition for Writ of Mandamus U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit	May 12, 2025	May 12, 2025 Pleading / Motion / Brief
101-1 3:25-cv-03698	Plaintiffs' Memorandum in Support of Motion for Preliminary Injunction	May 14, 2025	May 14, 2025 Pleading / Motion / Brief
117 3:25-cv-03698	Defendants' Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction; Memorandum of Points and Authorities	May 19, 2025	May 19, 2025 Pleading / Motion / Brief
120 3:25-cv-03698	Plaintiffs' Reply in Support of Motion for Preliminary Injunction	May 20, 2025	May 20, 2025 Pleading / Motion / Brief
124 3:25-cv-03698	Order Granting Preliminary Injunction	May 22, 2025	May 22, 2025 Order/Opinion 786 F.Supp.3d 1316

ECF Number	Description	Date	Link Date / Link
1	COMPLAINT against All Defendants ( Filing fee $ 405, receipt number ACANDC-20617232.). Injunction against the US government/official or APA vacatur requested. Filed by City of Chicago, Illinois, AFGE LOCAL 3172, VoteVets Action Fund Inc., Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., County of Santa Clara, California, American Geophysical Union, American Public Health Association, Center for Taxpayer Rights, Main Street Alliance, Western Watersheds Project, Northeast Organic Farming Association, Inc., American Federation Of State County And Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, American Federation Of Government Employees, AFL-CIO, City and County of San Francisco, California, Common Defense Civic Engagement, City of Baltimore, Maryland, Martin Luther King, Jr. County, Washington, Harris County, Texas, Coalition to Protect Americas National Parks, AFGE Local 2110, Service Employees International Union, AFL-CIO, Alliance for Retired Americans, SEIU Local 1000, AFGE LOCAL 1122, AFGE LOCAL 1236. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A- Executive Order 14210, # 2 Exhibit B- Vought Memorandum, # 3 Exhibit C- Letter from Senators to OMB and OPM, # 4 Civil Cover Sheet, # 5 Summons)(Leonard, Danielle) (Filed on 4/28/2025) (Entered: 04/28/2025) 1 Exhibit A- Executive Order 14210 View on RECAP 2 Exhibit B- Vought Memorandum View on RECAP 3 Exhibit C- Letter from Senators to OMB and OPM View on RECAP 4 Civil Cover Sheet View on RECAP 5 Summons View on RECAP	April 28, 2025	April 28, 2025 Clearinghouse
2	Certificate of Interested Entities by American Geophysical Union, American Public Health Association, Center for Taxpayer Rights, Coalition to Protect Americas National Parks, Common Defense Civic Engagement, Main Street Alliance, Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., Northeast Organic Farming Association, Inc., VoteVets Action Fund Inc., Western Watersheds Project, American Federation Of Government Employees, AFL-CIO, American Federation Of State County And Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, Service Employees International Union, AFL-CIO, AFGE LOCAL 1122, AFGE LOCAL 1236, AFGE Local 2110, AFGE LOCAL 3172, SEIU Local 1000, Alliance for Retired Americans (Leonard, Danielle) (Filed on 4/28/2025) (Entered: 04/28/2025)	April 28, 2025	April 28, 2025 RECAP
3	NOTICE of Appearance filed by Stacey M. Leyton on behalf of American Geophysical Union, American Public Health Association, Center for Taxpayer Rights, Coalition to Protect Americas National Parks, Common Defense Civic Engagement, Main Street Alliance, Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., Northeast Organic Farming Association, Inc., VoteVets Action Fund Inc., Western Watersheds Project, American Federation Of Government Employees, AFL-CIO, American Federation Of State County And Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, Service Employees International Union, AFL-CIO, AFGE LOCAL 1122, AFGE LOCAL 1236, AFGE Local 2110, AFGE LOCAL 3172, SEIU Local 1000, Alliance for Retired Americans (Leyton, Stacey) (Filed on 4/28/2025) (Entered: 04/28/2025)	April 28, 2025	April 28, 2025
4	NOTICE of Appearance filed by Robin Starr Tholin on behalf of American Geophysical Union, American Public Health Association, Center for Taxpayer Rights, Coalition to Protect Americas National Parks, Common Defense Civic Engagement, Main Street Alliance, Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., Northeast Organic Farming Association, Inc., VoteVets Action Fund Inc., Western Watersheds Project, American Federation Of Government Employees, AFL-CIO, American Federation Of State County And Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, Service Employees International Union, AFL-CIO, AFGE LOCAL 1122, AFGE LOCAL 1236, AFGE Local 2110, AFGE LOCAL 3172, SEIU Local 1000, Alliance for Retired Americans (Tholin, Robin) (Filed on 4/28/2025) (Entered: 04/28/2025)	April 28, 2025	April 28, 2025
5	NOTICE of Appearance filed by Alice X Wang on behalf of American Geophysical Union, American Public Health Association, Center for Taxpayer Rights, Coalition to Protect Americas National Parks, Common Defense Civic Engagement, Main Street Alliance, Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., Northeast Organic Farming Association, Inc., VoteVets Action Fund Inc., Western Watersheds Project, American Federation Of Government Employees, AFL-CIO, American Federation Of State County And Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, Service Employees International Union, AFL-CIO, AFGE LOCAL 1122, AFGE LOCAL 1236, AFGE Local 2110, AFGE LOCAL 3172, SEIU Local 1000, Alliance for Retired Americans (Wang, Alice) (Filed on 4/28/2025) (Entered: 04/28/2025)	April 28, 2025	April 28, 2025
6	NOTICE of Appearance filed by Corinne F Johnson on behalf of American Geophysical Union, American Public Health Association, Center for Taxpayer Rights, Coalition to Protect Americas National Parks, Common Defense Civic Engagement, Main Street Alliance, Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., Northeast Organic Farming Association, Inc., VoteVets Action Fund Inc., Western Watersheds Project, American Federation Of Government Employees, AFL-CIO, American Federation Of State County And Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, Service Employees International Union, AFL-CIO, AFGE LOCAL 1122, AFGE LOCAL 1236, AFGE Local 2110, AFGE LOCAL 3172, SEIU Local 1000, Alliance for Retired Americans (Johnson, Corinne) (Filed on 4/28/2025) (Entered: 04/28/2025)	April 28, 2025	April 28, 2025
7	NOTICE of Appearance filed by Barbara Jane Chisholm on behalf of American Geophysical Union, American Public Health Association, Center for Taxpayer Rights, Coalition to Protect Americas National Parks, Common Defense Civic Engagement, Main Street Alliance, Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., Northeast Organic Farming Association, Inc., American Federation Of Government Employees, AFL-CIO, American Federation Of State County And Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, Service Employees International Union, AFL-CIO, AFGE LOCAL 1122, AFGE LOCAL 1236, AFGE Local 2110, AFGE LOCAL 3172, SEIU Local 1000, Alliance for Retired Americans (Chisholm, Barbara) (Filed on 4/28/2025) (Entered: 04/28/2025)	April 28, 2025	April 28, 2025
8	NOTICE of Appearance filed by Rushab Sanghvi on behalf of American Federation Of Government Employees, AFL-CIO, AFGE LOCAL 1122, AFGE LOCAL 1236, AFGE Local 2110, AFGE LOCAL 3172 (Sanghvi, Rushab) (Filed on 4/28/2025) (Entered: 04/28/2025)	April 28, 2025	April 28, 2025
9	NOTICE of Appearance filed by Raphael N. Rajendra on behalf of County of Santa Clara, California (Rajendra, Raphael) (Filed on 4/28/2025) (Entered: 04/28/2025)	April 28, 2025	April 28, 2025
	Notice of Appearance/Substitution/Change/Withdrawal of Attorney	April 28, 2025	April 28, 2025
10	Case assigned to Judge Susan Illston. Counsel for plaintiff or the removing party is responsible for serving the Complaint or Notice of Removal, Summons and the assigned judge's standing orders and all other new case documents upon the opposing parties. For information, visit E-Filing A New Civil Case at http://cand.uscourts.gov/ecf/caseopening.Standing orders can be downloaded from the court's web page at www.cand.uscourts.gov/judges. Upon receipt, the summons will be issued and returned electronically. A scheduling order will be sent by Notice of Electronic Filing (NEF) within two business days. (as, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 4/29/2025) (Entered: 04/29/2025)	April 29, 2025	April 29, 2025
11	NOTICE of Appearance filed by Hannah Mae Godbey on behalf of County of Santa Clara, California (Godbey, Hannah) (Filed on 4/29/2025) (Entered: 04/29/2025)	April 29, 2025	April 29, 2025
12	NOTICE of Appearance filed by Meredith Anne Johnson on behalf of County of Santa Clara, California (Johnson, Meredith) (Filed on 4/29/2025) (Entered: 04/29/2025)	April 29, 2025	April 29, 2025
13	NOTICE of Appearance filed by Kavita Kandala Narayan on behalf of County of Santa Clara, California (Narayan, Kavita) (Filed on 4/29/2025) (Entered: 04/29/2025)	April 29, 2025	April 29, 2025
14	NOTICE of Appearance filed by Anthony J LoPresti on behalf of County of Santa Clara, California (LoPresti, Anthony) (Filed on 4/29/2025) (Entered: 04/29/2025)	April 29, 2025	April 29, 2025
15	NOTICE of Appearance filed by Molly J. Alarcon on behalf of City and County of San Francisco, California (Alarcon, Molly) (Filed on 4/29/2025) (Entered: 04/29/2025)	April 29, 2025	April 29, 2025
16	NOTICE of Appearance filed by Alexander Justin Holtzman on behalf of City and County of San Francisco, California (Holtzman, Alexander) (Filed on 4/29/2025) (Entered: 04/29/2025)	April 29, 2025	April 29, 2025
17	NOTICE of Appearance filed by Sara Jennifer Eisenberg on behalf of City and County of San Francisco, California (Eisenberg, Sara) (Filed on 4/29/2025) (Entered: 04/29/2025)	April 29, 2025	April 29, 2025
18	NOTICE of Appearance filed by Mollie M Lee on behalf of City and County of San Francisco, California (Lee, Mollie) (Filed on 4/29/2025) (Entered: 04/29/2025)	April 29, 2025	April 29, 2025
19	NOTICE of Appearance filed by Yvonne Rosil Mere on behalf of City and County of San Francisco, California (Mere, Yvonne) (Filed on 4/29/2025) (Entered: 04/29/2025)	April 29, 2025	April 29, 2025
20	MOTION for leave to appear in Pro Hac Vice ( Filing fee $ 328, receipt number ACANDC-20619376.) filed by American Geophysical Union, American Public Health Association, Center for Taxpayer Rights, Coalition to Protect Americas National Parks, Common Defense Civic Engagement, Main Street Alliance, Northeast Organic Farming Association, Inc., VoteVets Action Fund Inc., Western Watersheds Project, American Federation Of Government Employees, AFL-CIO, City of Chicago, Illinois, Martin Luther King, Jr. County, Washington, Harris County, Texas, City of Baltimore, Maryland, American Federation Of State County And Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, Service Employees International Union, AFL-CIO, AFGE LOCAL 1122, AFGE LOCAL 1236, AFGE Local 2110, AFGE LOCAL 3172, SEIU Local 1000, Alliance for Retired Americans. (Attachments: # 1 Complete List of Plaintiffs, # 2 Certificate of Good Standing)(Goldstein, Elena) (Filed on 4/29/2025) (Entered: 04/29/2025) 1 Complete List of Plaintiffs View on RECAP 2 Certificate of Good Standing View on RECAP	April 29, 2025	April 29, 2025 RECAP
21	Order by Judge Susan Illston granting 20 Motion for Pro Hac Vice of Elena Goldstein.(ec, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 4/29/2025) (Entered: 04/29/2025)	April 29, 2025	April 29, 2025 RECAP
22	Initial Case Management Scheduling Order with ADR Deadlines: Notice: The assigned judge participates in the Cameras in the Courtroom Pilot Project. See General Order 65 and cand.uscourts.gov/cameras. Case Management Statement due by 7/25/2025. Initial Case Management Conference set for 8/1/2025 02:30 PM in San Francisco, - Videoconference Only. (hdj, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 4/29/2025) (Entered: 04/29/2025)	April 29, 2025	April 29, 2025 RECAP
23	Summons Issued as to All Defendants, U.S. Attorney and U.S. Attorney General (hdj, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 4/29/2025) (Entered: 04/29/2025)	April 29, 2025	April 29, 2025 RECAP
24	NOTICE of Appearance filed by Jill Ellen Habig on behalf of City of Chicago, Illinois, Martin Luther King, Jr. County, Washington, Harris County, Texas, City of Baltimore, Maryland (Habig, Jill) (Filed on 4/29/2025) (Entered: 04/29/2025)	April 29, 2025	April 29, 2025
25	CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE by American Geophysical Union, American Public Health Association, Center for Taxpayer Rights, Coalition to Protect Americas National Parks, Common Defense Civic Engagement, Main Street Alliance, Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., Northeast Organic Farming Association, Inc., VoteVets Action Fund Inc., Western Watersheds Project, American Federation Of Government Employees, AFL-CIO, County of Santa Clara, California, City of Chicago, Illinois, Martin Luther King, Jr. County, Washington, Harris County, Texas, City of Baltimore, Maryland, City and County of San Francisco, California, American Federation Of State County And Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, Service Employees International Union, AFL-CIO, AFGE LOCAL 1122, AFGE LOCAL 1236, AFGE Local 2110, AFGE LOCAL 3172, SEIU Local 1000, Alliance for Retired Americans (Leonard, Danielle) (Filed on 4/29/2025) (Entered: 04/29/2025)	April 29, 2025	April 29, 2025 RECAP
	~Util - Case Assigned by Intake	April 29, 2025	April 29, 2025
	Notice of Appearance/Substitution/Change/Withdrawal of Attorney	April 29, 2025	April 29, 2025
26	MOTION for leave to appear in Pro Hac Vice ( Filing fee $ 328, receipt number ACANDC-20624809.) filed by American Geophysical Union, American Public Health Association, Center for Taxpayer Rights, Coalition to Protect Americas National Parks, Common Defense Civic Engagement, Main Street Alliance, Northeast Organic Farming Association, Inc., VoteVets Action Fund Inc., Western Watersheds Project, American Federation Of Government Employees, AFL-CIO, City of Chicago, Illinois, Martin Luther King, Jr. County, Washington, Harris County, Texas, City of Baltimore, Maryland, American Federation Of State County And Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, Service Employees International Union, AFL-CIO, AFGE LOCAL 1122, AFGE LOCAL 1236, AFGE Local 2110, AFGE LOCAL 3172, SEIU Local 1000, Alliance for Retired Americans. (Attachments: # 1 Complete List of Plaintiffs, # 2 Certificate of Good Standing)(Perryman, Skye) (Filed on 4/30/2025) (Entered: 04/30/2025) 1 Complete List of Plaintiffs View on RECAP 2 Certificate of Good Standing View on RECAP	April 30, 2025	April 30, 2025 RECAP
27	Order by Judge Susan Illston granting 26 Motion for Pro Hac Vice of Skye Perryman.(ec, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 4/30/2025) (Entered: 04/30/2025)	April 30, 2025	April 30, 2025 RECAP
28	NOTICE of Appearance filed by Andrew Marshall Bernie on behalf of Donald J. Trump, United States Office of Management and Budget, Russell Vought, United States Office of Personnel Management, Charles Ezell, Department of Government Efficiency, Elon Musk, Amy Gleason, United States Department of Agriculture, Brooke Rollins, United States Department of Commerce, Howard Lutnick, United States Department of Defense, Pete Hegseth, United States Department of Energy, Chris Wright, United States Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., United States Department of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, Scott Turner, United States Department of Justice, Pam Bondi, United States Department of the Interior, Doug Burgum, United States Department of Labor, Lori Chavez-Deremer, United States Department of State, Marco Rubio, United States Department of Treasury, Scott Bessent, United States Department of Transportation, Sean Duffy, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Doug Collins, AmeriCorps (a.k.a the Corporation for National and Community Service), Jennifer Bastress Tahmasebi, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Lee Zeldin, United States General Services Administration, Stephen Ehikian, National Labor Relations Board, Marvin Kaplan, William Cowen, National Science Foundation, Brian Stone, United States Small Business Administration, Kelly Loeffler, United States Social Security Administration, Leland Dudek (Bernie, Andrew) (Filed on 5/1/2025) (Entered: 05/01/2025)	May 1, 2025	May 1, 2025
29	MOTION for leave to appear in Pro Hac Vice ( Filing fee $ 328, receipt number ACANDC-20629165.) filed by American Geophysical Union, American Public Health Association, Center for Taxpayer Rights, Coalition to Protect Americas National Parks, Common Defense Civic Engagement, Main Street Alliance, Northeast Organic Farming Association, Inc., VoteVets Action Fund Inc., Western Watersheds Project, American Federation Of Government Employees, AFL-CIO, American Federation Of State County And Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, Service Employees International Union, AFL-CIO, AFGE LOCAL 1122, AFGE LOCAL 1236, AFGE Local 2110, AFGE LOCAL 3172, SEIU Local 1000, Alliance for Retired Americans. (Attachments: # 1 Complete List of Plaintiffs, # 2 Certificate of Good Standing)(Torti, Julia) (Filed on 5/1/2025) (Entered: 05/01/2025) 1 Complete List of Plaintiffs View on RECAP 2 Certificate of Good Standing View on RECAP	May 1, 2025	May 1, 2025 RECAP
30	Order by Judge Susan Illston granting 29 Motion for Pro Hac Vice of Julia Torti.(ec, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 5/1/2025) (Entered: 05/01/2025)	May 1, 2025	May 1, 2025 RECAP
31	MOTION for leave to appear in Pro Hac Vice ( Filing fee $ 328, receipt number ACANDC-20630067.) filed by American Geophysical Union, American Public Health Association, Center for Taxpayer Rights, Coalition to Protect Americas National Parks, Common Defense Civic Engagement, Main Street Alliance, Northeast Organic Farming Association, Inc., VoteVets Action Fund Inc., Western Watersheds Project, American Federation Of Government Employees, AFL-CIO, American Federation Of State County And Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, Service Employees International Union, AFL-CIO, AFGE LOCAL 1122, AFGE LOCAL 1236, AFGE Local 2110, AFGE LOCAL 3172, SEIU Local 1000, Alliance for Retired Americans. (Attachments: # 1 Complete List of Plaintiffs, # 2 Certificate of Good Standing)(Pruski, Jacek) (Filed on 5/1/2025) (Entered: 05/01/2025) 1 Complete List of Plaintiffs View on RECAP 2 Certificate of Good Standing View on RECAP	May 1, 2025	May 1, 2025 RECAP
32	MOTION for leave to appear in Pro Hac Vice ( Filing fee $ 328, receipt number ACANDC-20630601.) filed by American Geophysical Union, American Public Health Association, Center for Taxpayer Rights, Coalition to Protect Americas National Parks, Common Defense Civic Engagement, Main Street Alliance, Northeast Organic Farming Association, Inc., VoteVets Action Fund Inc., Western Watersheds Project, American Federation Of Government Employees, AFL-CIO, American Federation Of State County And Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, Service Employees International Union, AFL-CIO, AFGE LOCAL 1122, AFGE LOCAL 1236, AFGE Local 2110, AFGE LOCAL 3172, SEIU Local 1000, Alliance for Retired Americans. (Attachments: # 1 Complete List of Plaintiffs, # 2 Certificate of Good Standing)(Newland, Erica) (Filed on 5/1/2025) (Entered: 05/01/2025) 1 Complete List of Plaintiffs View on RECAP 2 Certificate of Good Standing View on RECAP	May 1, 2025	May 1, 2025 RECAP
33	Order by Judge Susan Illston granting 31 Motion for Pro Hac Vice of Jacek Pruski.(ec, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 5/1/2025) (Entered: 05/01/2025)	May 1, 2025	May 1, 2025 RECAP
34	Order by Judge Susan Illston granting 32 Motion for Pro Hac Vice of Erica Newland.(ec, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 5/1/2025) (Entered: 05/01/2025)	May 1, 2025	May 1, 2025 RECAP
35	ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION to Exceed Page Limitation for TRO Memorandum filed by American Geophysical Union, American Public Health Association, Center for Taxpayer Rights, Coalition to Protect Americas National Parks, Common Defense Civic Engagement, Main Street Alliance, Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., Northeast Organic Farming Association, Inc., VoteVets Action Fund Inc., Western Watersheds Project, American Federation Of Government Employees, AFL-CIO, County of Santa Clara, California, City of Chicago, Illinois, Martin Luther King, Jr. County, Washington, Harris County, Texas, City of Baltimore, Maryland, City and County of San Francisco, California, American Federation Of State County And Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, Service Employees International Union, AFL-CIO, AFGE LOCAL 1122, AFGE LOCAL 1236, AFGE Local 2110, AFGE LOCAL 3172, SEIU Local 1000, Alliance for Retired Americans. Responses due by 5/5/2025. (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Order)(Leonard, Danielle) (Filed on 5/1/2025) (Entered: 05/01/2025) 1 Proposed Order View on RECAP	May 1, 2025	May 1, 2025 RECAP
36	Declaration of Barbara J. Chisholm in Support of Plaintiffs' Motion for TRO and Motion for Administrative Relief filed byAmerican Geophysical Union, American Public Health Association, Center for Taxpayer Rights, Coalition to Protect Americas National Parks, Common Defense Civic Engagement, Main Street Alliance, Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., Northeast Organic Farming Association, Inc., VoteVets Action Fund Inc., Western Watersheds Project, American Federation Of Government Employees, AFL-CIO, County of Santa Clara, California, City of Chicago, Illinois, Martin Luther King, Jr. County, Washington, Harris County, Texas, City of Baltimore, Maryland, City and County of San Francisco, California, American Federation Of State County And Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, Service Employees International Union, AFL-CIO, AFGE LOCAL 1122, AFGE LOCAL 1236, AFGE Local 2110, AFGE LOCAL 3172, SEIU Local 1000, Alliance for Retired Americans. (Leonard, Danielle) (Filed on 5/1/2025) (Entered: 05/01/2025)	May 1, 2025	May 1, 2025 RECAP
37	MOTION for Temporary Restraining Order filed by American Geophysical Union, American Public Health Association, Center for Taxpayer Rights, Coalition to Protect Americas National Parks, Common Defense Civic Engagement, Main Street Alliance, Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., Northeast Organic Farming Association, Inc., VoteVets Action Fund Inc., Western Watersheds Project, American Federation Of Government Employees, AFL-CIO, County of Santa Clara, California, City of Chicago, Illinois, Martin Luther King, Jr. County, Washington, Harris County, Texas, City of Baltimore, Maryland, City and County of San Francisco, California, American Federation Of State County And Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, Service Employees International Union, AFL-CIO, AFGE LOCAL 1122, AFGE LOCAL 1236, AFGE Local 2110, AFGE LOCAL 3172, SEIU Local 1000, Alliance for Retired Americans. (Attachments: # 1 Memorandum, # 2 Proposed Order, # 3 Declaration of Glenn Adler, # 4 Declaration of Liliana Caetano Bachelder, # 5 Declaration of Mark Bailey, # 6 Declaration of Kory Blake, # 7 Declaration of Veronica Bobbitt, # 8 Declaration of Michael Braden, # 9 Declaration of Mary-Jean Burke, # 10 Declaration of Mark Dietrich Cochran, # 11 Declaration of Rich Couture, # 12 Declaration of Kelly Daly, # 13 Declaration of Bethany Dreyfus, # 14 Declaration of Vincent Fabris, # 15 Declaration of Lane Gabel, # 16 Declaration of LaRhonda Gamble, # 17 Declaration of Brian Garthwaite, # 18 Declaration of George Niklas Gustafsson, # 19 Declaration of Joyce Howell, # 20 Declaration of Sarah Hunter, # 21 Declaration of Yolanda Jacobs, # 22 Declaration of Karen Jefferies, # 23 Declaration of Everett Kelley, # 24 Declaration of Aliyah Levin, # 25 Declaration of Matthew Nelson, # 26 Declaration of Elena Medina Neuman, # 27 Declaration of Micah Niemeier-Walsh, # 28 Declaration of Sylvia Norman, # 29 Declaration of Shaun OBrien, # 30 Declaration of Caitlin Prendiville, # 31 Declaration of Paula Schelling Soldner, # 32 Declaration of Jesus Soriano, # 33 Declaration of Elizabeth Turner-Nichols, # 34 Declaration of Francesca Wander, # 35 Declaration of Yvette Wilson, # 36 Declaration of Georges Benjamin, # 37 Declaration of Laura Davis, # 38 Declaration of Paul Eaton, # 39 Declaration of Richard Fiesta, # 40 Declaration of Erik Molvar, # 41 Declaration of Don Neubacher, # 42 Declaration of Nina Olson, # 43 Declaration of Shawn Phetteplace, # 44 Declaration of Naveed Shah, # 45 Declaration of Alexandra Shultz, # 46 Declaration of Leah Barton, # 47 Declaration of Adrienne Bechelli, # 48 Declaration of Miguel Campos, # 49 Declaration of Dean Crispen, # 50 Declaration of Dwight Dively, # 51 Declaration of Darrell Hahn, # 52 Declaration of Olusimbo Ige, # 53 Declaration of Tyrone Jue, # 54 Declaration of Faith Leach, # 55 Declaration of Samuel Pena, # 56 Declaration of Susan Philip, # 57 Declaration of Francisco Velez, # 58 Declaration of James Williams, # 59 Declaration of Kimberly Worthington, # 60 Declaration of Edward Hugler, # 61 Declaration of Brian McKeon, # 62 Declaration of Reginald Wells)(Leonard, Danielle) (Filed on 5/1/2025) (Entered: 05/01/2025) 1 Memorandum View on RECAP 2 Proposed Order View on RECAP 3 Declaration of Glenn Adler View on RECAP 4 Declaration of Liliana Caetano Bachelder View on RECAP 5 Declaration of Mark Bailey View on RECAP 6 Declaration of Kory Blake View on RECAP 7 Declaration of Veronica Bobbitt View on RECAP 8 Declaration of Michael Braden View on RECAP 9 Declaration of Mary-Jean Burke View on RECAP 10 Declaration of Mark Dietrich Cochran View on RECAP 11 Declaration of Rich Couture View on RECAP 12 Declaration of Kelly Daly View on RECAP 13 Declaration of Bethany Dreyfus View on RECAP 14 Declaration of Vincent Fabris View on RECAP 15 Declaration of Lane Gabel View on RECAP 16 Declaration of LaRhonda Gamble View on RECAP 17 Declaration of Brian Garthwaite View on RECAP 18 Declaration of George Niklas Gustafsson View on RECAP 19 Declaration of Joyce Howell View on RECAP 20 Declaration of Sarah Hunter View on RECAP 21 Declaration of Yolanda Jacobs View on RECAP 22 Declaration of Karen Jefferies View on RECAP 23 Declaration of Everett Kelley View on RECAP 24 Declaration of Aliyah Levin View on RECAP 25 Declaration of Matthew Nelson View on RECAP 26 Declaration of Elena Medina Neuman View on RECAP 27 Declaration of Micah Niemeier-Walsh View on RECAP 28 Declaration of Sylvia Norman View on RECAP 29 Declaration of Shaun OBrien View on RECAP 30 Declaration of Caitlin Prendiville View on RECAP 31 Declaration of Paula Schelling Soldner View on RECAP 32 Declaration of Jesus Soriano View on RECAP 33 Declaration of Elizabeth Turner-Nichols View on RECAP 34 Declaration of Francesca Wander View on RECAP 35 Declaration of Yvette Wilson View on RECAP 36 Declaration of Georges Benjamin View on RECAP 37 Declaration of Laura Davis View on RECAP 38 Declaration of Paul Eaton View on RECAP 39 Declaration of Richard Fiesta View on RECAP 40 Declaration of Erik Molvar View on RECAP 41 Declaration of Don Neubacher View on RECAP 42 Declaration of Nina Olson View on RECAP 43 Declaration of Shawn Phetteplace View on RECAP 44 Declaration of Naveed Shah View on RECAP 45 Declaration of Alexandra Shultz View on RECAP 46 Declaration of Leah Barton View on RECAP 47 Declaration of Adrienne Bechelli View on RECAP 48 Declaration of Miguel Campos View on RECAP 49 Declaration of Dean Crispen View on RECAP 50 Declaration of Dwight Dively View on RECAP 51 Declaration of Darrell Hahn View on RECAP 52 Declaration of Olusimbo Ige View on RECAP 53 Declaration of Tyrone Jue View on RECAP 54 Declaration of Faith Leach View on RECAP 55 Declaration of Samuel Pena View on RECAP 56 Declaration of Susan Philip View on RECAP 57 Declaration of Francisco Velez View on RECAP 58 Declaration of James Williams View on RECAP 59 Declaration of Kimberly Worthington View on RECAP 60 Declaration of Edward Hugler View on RECAP 61 Declaration of Brian McKeon View on RECAP 62 Declaration of Reginald Wells View on RECAP	May 1, 2025	May 1, 2025 RECAP

Case: American Federation Of Government Employees, AFL-CIO v. Trump

3:25-cv-03698 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

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