Case: Driscoll, Jr. v. Patel

1:25-cv-03109 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Sept. 10, 2025

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Case Summary

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On September 10 2025, three plaintiffs, including the former acting director of the FBI, sued the FBI, the DOJ, and other top government officials in the Federal District of District of Columbia. Plaintiffs alleged that FBI director Kashyap P. Patel fired them as retribution for failure to show sufficient political loyalty, as each of them had worked on criminal investigations of President Trump. Plaintiffs alleged violations of the First and Fifth Amendment, as well as the legal nullity and ultra vires nature of their firings. Plaintiffs sought declaratory judgment under 28 U.S.C. §§ 2201 and 2202 as well as a writ of mandamus commanding
Defendants to return them to their respective offices and not remove them from federal service
without following lawful procedure.

This case is ongoing.

People

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Attorney for Plaintiff

Donovan, Margaret (District of Columbia)

Lowell, Abbe David (District of Columbia)

Moss, Bradley Prescott (District of Columbia)

Zaid, Mark Steven (District of Columbia)

Expert/Monitor/Master/Other

DONOVAN, SARAH JULY (District of Columbia)

Attorney for Plaintiff

Donovan, Margaret (District of Columbia)

Lowell, Abbe David (District of Columbia)

Moss, Bradley Prescott (District of Columbia)

Zaid, Mark Steven (District of Columbia)

Expert/Monitor/Master/Other

DONOVAN, SARAH JULY (District of Columbia)

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Documents in the Clearinghouse

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1 1:25-cv-03109	Complaint Driscoll, Jr. et al. v. Patel et al.	Sept. 10, 2025	Sept. 10, 2025 Complaint

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Docket

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Last updated Oct. 25, 2025, 9:54 p.m.

ECF Number	Description	Date	Link Date / Link
1	COMPLAINT against All Defendants with Jury Demand ( Filing fee $ 405 receipt number ADCDC-11947432) filed by BRIAN J. DRISCOLL, JR.. (Attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet, # 2 Summons to Kashyap P. Patel, # 3 Summons to FBI, # 4 Summons to Pamela J. Bondi, # 5 Summons to DOJ, # 6 Summons to Exec. Office of the President, # 7 Summons to USAO for DC, # 8 Summons to Attorney General of the U.S.)(Lowell, Abbe) (Entered: 09/10/2025) 1 Civil Cover Sheet View on PACER 2 Summons to Kashyap P. Patel View on PACER 3 Summons to FBI View on PACER 4 Summons to Pamela J. Bondi View on PACER 5 Summons to DOJ View on PACER 6 Summons to Exec. Office of the President View on RECAP 7 Summons to USAO for DC View on PACER 8 Summons to Attorney General of the U.S. View on PACER	Sept. 10, 2025	Sept. 10, 2025 Clearinghouse
2	SEALED DOCUMENT filed by BRIAN J. DRISCOLL, JR. re 1 Complaint, (This document is SEALED and only available to authorized persons.)(Lowell, Abbe) (Entered: 09/10/2025)	Sept. 10, 2025	Sept. 10, 2025 PACER
3	SUMMONS (7) Issued Electronically as to All Defendants, U.S. Attorney and U.S. Attorney General (Attachments: # 1 Notice and Consent)(zhcn) (Entered: 09/10/2025)	Sept. 10, 2025	Sept. 10, 2025 PACER
4	NOTICE of Appearance by Mark Steven Zaid on behalf of SPENCER L. EVANS (Zaid, Mark) (Entered: 09/10/2025)	Sept. 10, 2025	Sept. 10, 2025 PACER
5	NOTICE of Appearance by Margaret Donovan on behalf of BRIAN J. DRISCOLL, JR., STEVEN J. JENSEN (Donovan, Margaret) (Entered: 09/10/2025)	Sept. 10, 2025	Sept. 10, 2025 PACER
	Case Assigned/Reassigned	Sept. 10, 2025	Sept. 10, 2025 PACER
	Case Assigned to Judge Jia M. Cobb. (zhcn)	Sept. 10, 2025	Sept. 10, 2025 PACER
6	NOTICE of Appearance by Bradley Prescott Moss on behalf of SPENCER L. EVANS (Moss, Bradley) (Entered: 09/11/2025)	Sept. 11, 2025	Sept. 11, 2025 PACER
7	RETURN OF SERVICE/AFFIDAVIT of Summons and Complaint Executed as to the United States Attorney. Date of Service Upon United States Attorney on 9/11/2025. Answer due for ALL FEDERAL DEFENDANTS by 11/10/2025. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit Proof of Service - USAO-DC)(Donovan, Margaret) (Entered: 10/02/2025) 1 Exhibit Proof of Service - USAO-DC View on PACER	Oct. 2, 2025	Oct. 2, 2025 RECAP
8	MOTION to Intervene as Plaintiff by SARAH JULY DONOVAN. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibits)(znmw) (Entered: 10/17/2025) 1 Exhibits View on PACER	Oct. 14, 2025	Oct. 14, 2025 PACER
9	ORDER denying 8 Motion to Intervene: See document for details. Signed by Judge Jia M. Cobb on October 20, 2025. (lcjmc3) (Entered: 10/20/2025)	Oct. 20, 2025	Oct. 20, 2025 RECAP