Case: Jackson v. Kennedy

Chicago Headline Club v. Noem

COMPLAINT against All Defendants ( Filing fee $ 405 receipt number ADCDC-11731522) filed by SHAWN CHENAULT, BRENDAN DEMICH, CATHERINE JACKSON, VID DESAI, FONDA KORNEGAY, CARRIE GREENE, MELISSA ADAMS. (Attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet, # 2 Summons (Combined Requests))(Bailey, Clayton) (Entered: 06/03/2025)

1 Civil Cover Sheet

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2 Summons (Combined Requests)

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SEALED DOCUMENT filed by MELISSA ADAMS, SHAWN CHENAULT, BRENDAN DEMICH, VID DESAI, CARRIE GREENE, CATHERINE JACKSON, FONDA KORNEGAY re 1 Complaint, (This document is SEALED and only available to authorized persons.)(Bailey, Clayton) (Entered: 06/03/2025)

SUMMONS (16) Issued Electronically as to All Defendants. (Attachments: # 1 Notice and Consent)(znmw) (Entered: 06/04/2025)

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REQUEST FOR SUMMONS TO ISSUE filed by SHAWN CHENAULT, BRENDAN DEMICH, CATHERINE JACKSON, VID DESAI, FONDA KORNEGAY, CARRIE GREENE, MELISSA ADAMS. Related document: Notice of Error- New Case,.(Bailey, Clayton) (Entered: 06/04/2025)

STANDING ORDER. Signed by Judge Beryl A. Howell on June 4, 2025. (lcbah1) (Entered: 06/04/2025)

Notice of Error- New Case

Case Assigned/Reassigned

Case Assigned to Judge Beryl A. Howell. (znmw)

NOTICE OF NEW CASE ERROR regarding 1 Complaint,. The following error(s) need correction: Missing summonses- U.S. government. When naming a U.S. government agent or agency as a defendant, you must supply a summons for each defendant & two additional summonses for the U.S. Attorney & U.S. Attorney General. Please submit using the event Request for Summons to Issue. (znmw)

SUMMONS (2) Issued Electronically as to U.S. Attorney and U.S. Attorney General (mg) (Entered: 06/05/2025)

RETURN OF SERVICE/AFFIDAVIT of Summons and Complaint Executed as to the United States Attorney. Date of Service Upon United States Attorney on 6/5/2025. Answer due for ALL FEDERAL DEFENDANTS by 8/4/2025. (Bailey, Clayton) (Entered: 06/10/2025)

NOTICE of Appearance by Alexander William Resar on behalf of All Defendants (Resar, Alexander) (Entered: 07/08/2025)

NOTICE of Appearance by Jessica Merry Samuels on behalf of All Plaintiffs (Samuels, Jessica) (Entered: 07/09/2025)

Joint MOTION for Extension of Time to File Responsive Pleading, Joint MOTION to Stay LCvR 23.1(b) Deadline for Plaintiffs' Motion for Class Certification by ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION, CHARLES EZELL, AMY GLEASON, ANDREW GRADISON, ROBERT F. KENNEDY, JR, MARTIN MAKARY, SUSAN MONAREZ, ELON MUSK, OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, U.S. DOGE SERVICE, U.S. DOGE SERVICE TEMPORARY ORGANIZATION, U.S. FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, U.S. OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT, RUSSELL VOUGHT. (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Order)(Resar, Alexander) (Entered: 07/09/2025)

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RETURN OF SERVICE/AFFIDAVIT of Summons and Complaint Executed. ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES served on 6/11/2025; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION served on 6/9/2025; CHARLES EZELL served on 6/11/2025; AMY GLEASON served on 6/17/2025; ANDREW GRADISON served on 6/11/2025; ROBERT F. KENNEDY, JR served on 6/11/2025; MARTIN MAKARY served on 6/10/2025; SUSAN MONAREZ served on 6/9/2025; ELON MUSK served on 6/17/2025; OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET served on 6/17/2025; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES served on 6/11/2025; U.S. DOGE SERVICE served on 6/17/2025; U.S. DOGE SERVICE TEMPORARY ORGANIZATION served on 6/17/2025; U.S. FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION served on 6/10/2025; U.S. OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT served on 6/11/2025; RUSSELL VOUGHT served on 6/17/2025, RETURN OF SERVICE/AFFIDAVIT of Summons and Complaint Executed on United States Attorney General. Date of Service Upon United States Attorney General 06/12/2025. (Samuels, Jessica) (Entered: 07/10/2025)

Order on Motion for Extension of Time to AND Order on Motion to Stay

MINUTE ORDER (paperless) GRANTING the parties' 10 Joint Motion for Extension of Time; DIRECTING defendants to respond to plaintiff's 1 Complaint by September 5, 2025; and STAYING the deadline for plaintiffs to move for class certifications until resolution of defendant's anticipated motion to dismiss and the parties' submission of the conference report required by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(f) and LCvR 16.3. Signed by Judge Beryl A. Howell on July 10, 2025. (lcbah1)

Set/Reset Deadlines

Set/Reset Deadlines: Defendant's Response To The Plaintiff's 1 Complaint due by 9/5/2025. (mac)

MOTION to Dismiss, MOTION to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction by ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION, CHARLES EZELL, AMY GLEASON, ANDREW GRADISON, ROBERT F. KENNEDY, JR, MARTIN MAKARY, SUSAN MONAREZ, ELON MUSK, OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, U.S. DOGE SERVICE, U.S. DOGE SERVICE TEMPORARY ORGANIZATION, U.S. FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, U.S. OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT, RUSSELL VOUGHT. (Attachments: # 1 Memorandum of law in Support of Defendants' Motion to Dismiss Pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 12(b)(1) and 12(b)(6), # 2 Proposed Order)(Resar, Alexander) (Entered: 09/05/2025)

1 Memorandum of law in Support of Defendants' Motion to Dismiss Pursuant to

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Consent MOTION for Extension of Time to file Reply in Support of Motion to Dismiss by ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION, CHARLES EZELL, AMY GLEASON, ANDREW GRADISON, ROBERT F. KENNEDY, JR, MARTIN MAKARY, SUSAN MONAREZ, ELON MUSK, OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, U.S. DOGE SERVICE, U.S. DOGE SERVICE TEMPORARY ORGANIZATION, U.S. FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, U.S. OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT, RUSSELL VOUGHT. (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Order)(Resar, Alexander) (Entered: 09/17/2025)

Order on Motion for Extension of Time to

MINUTE ORDER (paperless) GRANTING defendants' 13 Consent Motion to Extend Deadline to File Reply in Support of Motion to Dismiss; and DIRECTING defendants to file a reply in support of their motion to dismiss by October 3, 2025. Signed by Judge Beryl A. Howell on September 18, 2025. (lcbah1)

Set/Reset Deadlines

Set/Reset Deadlines: Defendants Reply In Support Of Motion To Dismiss due by 10/3/2025. (mac)

Memorandum in opposition to re 12 MOTION to Dismiss MOTION to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction filed by MELISSA ADAMS, SHAWN CHENAULT, BRENDAN DEMICH, VID DESAI, CARRIE GREENE, CATHERINE JACKSON, FONDA KORNEGAY. (Attachments: # 1 Text of Proposed Order)(Bailey, Clayton) (Entered: 09/19/2025)

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MOTION for Scheduling Order Reinstating Reply Deadline by MELISSA ADAMS, SHAWN CHENAULT, BRENDAN DEMICH, VID DESAI, CARRIE GREENE, CATHERINE JACKSON, FONDA KORNEGAY. (Attachments: # 1 Text of Proposed Order)(Bailey, Clayton) (Entered: 10/01/2025)

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Memorandum in opposition to re 15 MOTION for Scheduling Order Reinstating Reply Deadline filed by ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION, CHARLES EZELL, AMY GLEASON, ANDREW GRADISON, ROBERT F. KENNEDY, JR, MARTIN MAKARY, SUSAN MONAREZ, ELON MUSK, OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, U.S. DOGE SERVICE, U.S. DOGE SERVICE TEMPORARY ORGANIZATION, U.S. FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, U.S. OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT, RUSSELL T. VOUGHT. (Resar, Alexander) (Entered: 10/01/2025)

MINUTE ORDER (paperless), upon consideration of plaintiffs' 15 Motion to Reinstate Reply Deadline and appreciating the frustration expressed in extending defendants' deadline, nonetheless DENYING, without prejudice, plaintiffs' motion, given that defendants' counsel "are generally prohibited, with limited exceptions, from working during the pendency of the lapse of appropriations, even on a voluntary basis," Oct. 1, 2025 Standing Order No. 25-55 (Boasberg, C.J.). Signed by Judge Beryl A. Howell on October 2, 2025. (lcbah1)

Order on Motion for Scheduling Order

MOTION for Scheduling Order Reinstating Reply Deadline (Renewed) by MELISSA ADAMS, SHAWN CHENAULT, BRENDAN DEMICH, VID DESAI, CARRIE GREENE, CATHERINE JACKSON, FONDA KORNEGAY. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1 - Nagy Declaration, # 2 Text of Proposed Order)(Bailey, Clayton) (Entered: 10/15/2025)

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REVISED MINUTE ORDER (paperless), upon consideration of 17 Plaintiffs' Renewed Motion to Reinstate Reply Deadline, GRANTING plaintiffs' motion in light of the significant privacy interests, affecting thousands of federal employees, raised in the case, see Compl. ¶ 1, ECF No. 1, and the posture of briefing on a dispositive motion in this case, with the original filing deadline for defendants' reply brief on October 3, 2025, merely two days after issuance of the blanket extension of deadlines and stay of civil matters involving the federal government, subject to certain exceptions, including "further order of the Court," in Standing Order No. 25-55 (Oct. 1, 2025) (Boasberg, C.J.), and the fact that the Department of Justice's own Contingency Plan authorizes employees to work "[i]f a court... orders a case to continue," FY 2026 Contingency Plan at 3 (Sept. 29, 2025), https://www.justice.gov/jmd/media/1377216/dl; and DIRECTING defendants to file any reply in support of their motion to dismiss by October 22, 2025 at 2 p.m. Signed by Judge Beryl A. Howell on October 17, 2025. (lcbah1)

Order on Motion for Scheduling Order

Set/Reset Deadlines

Set/Reset Deadlines: Defendants Reply In Support Of Their Motion To Dismiss due no later than 2:00PM on 10/22/2025. (mac)

REPLY to opposition to motion re 12 Motion to Dismiss,,, Motion to Dismiss/Lack of Jurisdiction,, filed by ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION, CHARLES EZELL, AMY GLEASON, ANDREW GRADISON, ROBERT F. KENNEDY, JR, MARTIN MAKARY, SUSAN MONAREZ, ELON MUSK, OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, U.S. DOGE SERVICE, U.S. DOGE SERVICE TEMPORARY ORGANIZATION, U.S. FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, U.S. OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT, RUSSELL T. VOUGHT. (Resar, Alexander) (Entered: 10/22/2025)