Case: National Treasury Employees Union v. Trump

1:25-cv-02990 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Sept. 3, 2025

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Case Summary

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.) On September 3, 2025, the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), representing nearly 160,000 federal employees across 37 agencies, sued President Trump as well as the Director of OPM and the Acting Director of PTO to challenge EO 14343 (Further Exclusions Order, August 28, 2025). The EO relied on statutory authority (5 U.S.C. § 7103(b)(1)) permitting exclusions only where an agency’s “primary function” is intelligence, counterintellige…

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.)

On September 3, 2025, the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), representing nearly 160,000 federal employees across 37 agencies, sued President Trump as well as the Director of OPM and the Acting Director of PTO to challenge EO 14343 (Further Exclusions Order, August 28, 2025). The EO relied on statutory authority (5 U.S.C. § 7103(b)(1)) permitting exclusions only where an agency’s “primary function” is intelligence, counterintelligence, investigative, or national security work. Filing in federal court in Washington, D.C., Plaintiffs claimed the EO exceeded the president's statutory authority, and further alleged a violation of congressional intent through the effective nullification of Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute, and First Amendment retaliation as NTEU has been an outspoken critic of the administration's policies. Plaintiffs sought declaratory and injunctive relief.

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Summary Authors

Nick Martire (9/19/2025)

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Judge(s)

Friedman, Paul L. (District of Columbia)

Attorney for Plaintiff

Giles, Allison Conrey (District of Columbia)

Horne, Jessica (District of Columbia)

Shah, Paras N. (District of Columbia)

Attorney for Defendant

Simon, Jeremy S. (District of Columbia)

Judge(s)

Friedman, Paul L. (District of Columbia)

Attorney for Plaintiff

Giles, Allison Conrey (District of Columbia)

Horne, Jessica (District of Columbia)

Shah, Paras N. (District of Columbia)

Wilson, Julie M. (District of Columbia)

Attorney for Defendant

Simon, Jeremy S. (District of Columbia)

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Documents in the Clearinghouse

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1 1:25-cv-02990	Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief	Sept. 3, 2025	Sept. 3, 2025 Complaint

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Resources

Title	Description		External URL Date / External URL
Further Exclusions from Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs Donald Trump			https://www.whitehouse.gov/...

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Docket

See docket on RECAP: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71260779/national-treasury-employees-union-v-trump/

Last updated Oct. 1, 2025, 8:52 a.m.

ECF Number	Description	Date	Link Date / Link
1	COMPLAINT against All Defendants ( Filing fee $ 405 receipt number ADCDC-11930381) filed by NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION. (Attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet, # 2 Summons, # 3 Summons, # 4 Summons, # 5 Summons, # 6 Summons)(Giles, Allison) (Entered: 09/03/2025) 1 Civil Cover Sheet View on PACER 2 Summons View on PACER 3 Summons View on PACER 4 Summons View on PACER 5 Summons View on PACER 6 Summons View on PACER	Sept. 3, 2025	Sept. 3, 2025 Clearinghouse
2	NOTICE OF RELATED CASE by NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION. Case related to Case No. 25-935. (Giles, Allison) (Entered: 09/03/2025)	Sept. 3, 2025	Sept. 3, 2025 PACER
3	NOTICE of Appearance by Allison Conrey Giles on behalf of NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION (Giles, Allison) (Entered: 09/03/2025)	Sept. 3, 2025	Sept. 3, 2025 PACER
4	NOTICE of Appearance by Julie M. Wilson on behalf of NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION (Wilson, Julie) (Entered: 09/03/2025)	Sept. 3, 2025	Sept. 3, 2025 PACER
5	SUMMONS(5) Issued Electronically as to All Defendants, U.S. Attorney and U.S. Attorney General (Attachments: # 1 Notice and Consent)(zmbs) (Entered: 09/04/2025)	Sept. 4, 2025	Sept. 4, 2025 PACER
6	NOTICE of Appearance by Paras N. Shah on behalf of NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION (Shah, Paras) (Entered: 09/04/2025)	Sept. 4, 2025	Sept. 4, 2025 PACER
	Case Assigned to Judge Paul L. Friedman. (zmbs)	Sept. 4, 2025	Sept. 4, 2025 PACER
	Case Assigned/Reassigned	Sept. 4, 2025	Sept. 4, 2025 PACER
7	NOTICE of Appearance by Jessica Horne on behalf of NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION (Horne, Jessica) (Entered: 09/09/2025)	Sept. 9, 2025	Sept. 9, 2025 PACER
8	RETURN OF SERVICE/AFFIDAVIT of Summons and Complaint Executed as to the United States Attorney. Date of Service Upon United States Attorney on 9/4/2025. Answer due for ALL FEDERAL DEFENDANTS by 11/3/2025. (Giles, Allison) (Entered: 09/15/2025)	Sept. 15, 2025	Sept. 15, 2025 PACER
9	RETURN OF SERVICE/AFFIDAVIT of Summons and Complaint Executed. COKE MORGAN STEWART served on 9/15/2025 (Giles, Allison) (Entered: 09/15/2025)	Sept. 15, 2025	Sept. 15, 2025 RECAP
10	RESPONSE re 2 Notice of Related Case (Defendants' Objection to Notice of Relatedness) filed by SCOTT KUPOR, COKE MORGAN STEWART, DONALD J. TRUMP. (Simon, Jeremy) (Entered: 09/24/2025)	Sept. 24, 2025	Sept. 24, 2025 RECAP
11	Summons Returned Executed as to U.S. Attorney General	Sept. 29, 2025	Sept. 29, 2025 PACER
12	Summons Returned Executed as to Federal Defendant	Sept. 29, 2025	Sept. 29, 2025 PACER
13	Summons Returned Executed as to Federal Defendant	Sept. 29, 2025	Sept. 29, 2025 PACER