Case: Chicago Headline Club v. Noem

Chicago Headline Club et al. v. Noem et al.

COMPLAINT filed by Autumn Reidy-Hamer, Raven Geary, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Headline Club, Raven Geary, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, David Black, Leigh Kunkel, Stephen Held, NABET-CWA Local 54041, William Paulson, Illinois Press Association; Filing fee $ 405, receipt number AILNDC-24160520. (Attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet Civil Cover Sheet)(Art, Steven) (Entered: 10/06/2025)

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ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiffs David Black, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Raven Geary, Stephen Held, Illinois Press Association, Leigh Kunkel, NABET-CWA Local 54041, William Paulson, Raven Geary, Autumn Reidy-Hamer by Daniel Massoglia (Massoglia, Daniel) (Entered: 10/06/2025)

ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiffs David Black, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Raven Geary, Stephen Held, Illinois Press Association, Leigh Kunkel, NABET-CWA Local 54041, William Paulson, Raven Geary, Autumn Reidy-Hamer by David Benjamin Owens (Owens, David) (Entered: 10/06/2025)

ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiffs David Black, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Raven Geary, Stephen Held, Illinois Press Association, Leigh Kunkel, NABET-CWA Local 54041, William Paulson, Raven Geary, Autumn Reidy-Hamer by Jordan Poole (Poole, Jordan) (Entered: 10/06/2025)

ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiffs David Black, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Raven Geary, Stephen Held, Illinois Press Association, Leigh Kunkel, NABET-CWA Local 54041, William Paulson, Raven Geary, Autumn Reidy-Hamer by Isaac M Green (Green, Isaac) (Entered: 10/06/2025)

ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiffs David Black, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Raven Geary, Stephen Held, Illinois Press Association, Leigh Kunkel, NABET-CWA Local 54041, William Paulson, Raven Geary, Autumn Reidy-Hamer by Heather Lewis Donnell (Donnell, Heather) (Entered: 10/06/2025)

ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiffs David Black, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Raven Geary, Stephen Held, Illinois Press Association, Leigh Kunkel, NABET-CWA Local 54041, William Paulson, Raven Geary, Autumn Reidy-Hamer by Lindsay Hagy (Hagy, Lindsay) (Entered: 10/06/2025)

ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiffs David Black, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Raven Geary, Stephen Held, Illinois Press Association, Leigh Kunkel, NABET-CWA Local 54041, William Paulson, Raven Geary, Autumn Reidy-Hamer by Aaron Michael Tucek (Tucek, Aaron) (Entered: 10/06/2025)

ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiffs David Black, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Raven Geary, Stephen Held, Illinois Press Association, Leigh Kunkel, NABET-CWA Local 54041, William Paulson, Raven Geary, Autumn Reidy-Hamer by Justin Hill (Hill, Justin) (Entered: 10/06/2025)

ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiffs David Black, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Raven Geary, Stephen Held, Illinois Press Association, Leigh Kunkel, NABET-CWA Local 54041, William Paulson, Raven Geary, Autumn Reidy-Hamer by Alexandra Wolfson (Wolfson, Alexandra) (Entered: 10/06/2025)

ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiffs David Black, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Raven Geary, Stephen Held, Illinois Press Association, Leigh Kunkel, NABET-CWA Local 54041, William Paulson, Raven Geary, Autumn Reidy-Hamer by Dominique Anne Gilbert (Gilbert, Dominique) (Entered: 10/06/2025)

CIVIL Cover Sheet (Art, Steven) (Entered: 10/06/2025)

ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiffs David Black, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Raven Geary, Stephen Held, Illinois Press Association, Leigh Kunkel, NABET-CWA Local 54041, William Paulson, Raven Geary, Autumn Reidy-Hamer by Matthew Vincent Topic (Topic, Matthew) (Entered: 10/06/2025)

MOTION by Plaintiffs David Black, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Raven Geary, Stephen Held, Illinois Press Association, Leigh Kunkel, NABET-CWA Local 54041, William Paulson, Raven Geary, Autumn Reidy-Hamer for temporary restraining order EMERGENCY (Wang, Elizabeth) (Entered: 10/06/2025)

Plaintiffs' Exhibit List to Emergency Motion for Temporary Restraining Order by David Black, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Raven Geary, Stephen Held, Illinois Press Association, Leigh Kunkel, NABET-CWA Local 54041, William Paulson, Raven Geary, Autumn Reidy-Hamer (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1, # 2 Exhibit 2, # 3 Exhibit 3, # 4 Exhibit 4, # 5 Exhibit 5, # 6 Exhibit 6, # 7 Exhibit 7, # 8 Exhibit 8, # 9 Exhibit 9, # 10 Exhibit 10, # 11 Exhibit 11, # 12 Exhibit 12, # 13 Exhibit 13, # 14 Exhibit 14, # 15 Exhibit 15, # 16 Exhibit 16, # 17 Exhibit 17, # 18 Exhibit 18, # 19 Exhibit 19, # 20 Exhibit 20, # 21 Exhibit 21, # 22 Exhibit 22, # 23 Exhibit 23, # 24 Exhibit 24, # 25 Exhibit 25, # 26 Exhibit 26, # 27 Exhibit 27, # 28 Exhibit 28, # 29 Exhibit 29, # 30 Exhibit 30, # 31 Exhibit 31, # 32 Exhibit 32, # 33 Exhibit 33, # 34 Exhibit 34, # 35 Exhibit 35, # 36 Exhibit 36, # 37 Exhibit 37, # 38 Exhibit 38, # 39 Exhibit 39, # 40 Exhibit 40, # 41 Exhibit 41, # 42 Exhibit 42, # 43 Exhibit 43, # 44 Exhibit 44, # 45 Exhibit 45)(Wang, Elizabeth) (Entered: 10/06/2025)

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MOTION by Plaintiffs David Black, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Raven Geary, Stephen Held, Illinois Press Association, Leigh Kunkel, NABET-CWA Local 54041, William Paulson, Raven Geary, Autumn Reidy-Hamer for leave to file excess pages (Art, Steven) (Entered: 10/06/2025)

ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiffs David Black, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Raven Geary, Stephen Held, Illinois Press Association, Leigh Kunkel, NABET-CWA Local 54041, William Paulson, Raven Geary, Autumn Reidy-Hamer by Kevin M. Fee, Jr (Fee, Kevin) (Entered: 10/06/2025)

ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiffs David Black, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Raven Geary, Stephen Held, Illinois Press Association, Leigh Kunkel, NABET-CWA Local 54041, William Paulson, Raven Geary, Autumn Reidy-Hamer by Rebecca Kim Glenberg (Glenberg, Rebecca) (Entered: 10/06/2025)

MINUTE entry before the Honorable Sara L. Ellis: In Court hearing regarding emergency motion for temporary restraining order 21 is set for 10/6/2025 at 2:30 PM. The parties are required to appear in person in courtroom 1403. Emailed notice (rj, ) (Entered: 10/06/2025)

Proposed Temporary Restraining Order by David Black, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Raven Geary, Stephen Held, Illinois Press Association, Leigh Kunkel, NABET-CWA Local 54041, William Paulson, Raven Geary, Autumn Reidy-Hamer (Wang, Elizabeth) (Entered: 10/06/2025)

DECLARATION of Elizabeth Wang per Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65(b)(1)(B) (Wang, Elizabeth) (Entered: 10/06/2025)

MOTION for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice on behalf of David Black, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Raven Geary, Stephen Held, Illinois Press Association, Leigh Kunkel, NABET-CWA Local 54041, William Paulson, Raven Geary, Autumn Reidy-Hamer by Katharine Schwartzmann; Filing fee $ 150, receipt number AILNDC-24163392. (Schwartzmann, Katharine) (Entered: 10/06/2025)

ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiffs David Black, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Raven Geary, Stephen Held, Illinois Press Association, Leigh Kunkel, NABET-CWA Local 54041, William Paulson, Raven Geary, Autumn Reidy-Hamer by Locke E. Bowman, III (Bowman, Locke) (Entered: 10/06/2025)

MOTION for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice on behalf of David Black, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Raven Geary, Stephen Held, Illinois Press Association, Leigh Kunkel, NABET-CWA Local 54041, William Paulson, Raven Geary, Autumn Reidy-Hamer by Conor Gaffney; Filing fee $ 150, receipt number AILNDC-24163453. (Gaffney, Conor) (Entered: 10/06/2025)

MOTION for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice on behalf of David Black, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Raven Geary, Stephen Held, Illinois Press Association, Leigh Kunkel, NABET-CWA Local 54041, William Paulson, Raven Geary, Autumn Reidy-Hamer by Hayden Johnson; Filing fee $ 150, receipt number AILNDC-24163521. (Johnson, Hayden) (Entered: 10/06/2025)

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ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiffs David Black, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Raven Geary, Stephen Held, Illinois Press Association, Leigh Kunkel, NABET-CWA Local 54041, William Paulson, Raven Geary, Autumn Reidy-Hamer by Jonathan I. Loevy (Loevy, Jonathan) (Entered: 10/06/2025)

ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiffs David Black, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Raven Geary, Stephen Held, Illinois Press Association, Leigh Kunkel, NABET-CWA Local 54041, William Paulson, Raven Geary, Autumn Reidy-Hamer by Elizabeth C. Wang (Wang, Elizabeth) (Entered: 10/06/2025)

ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiffs David Black, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Raven Geary, Stephen Held, Illinois Press Association, Leigh Kunkel, NABET-CWA Local 54041, William Paulson, Raven Geary, Autumn Reidy-Hamer by Wallace Bertram Hilke (Hilke, Wallace) (Entered: 10/06/2025)

ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiffs David Black, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Raven Geary, Stephen Held, Illinois Press Association, Leigh Kunkel, NABET-CWA Local 54041, William Paulson, Raven Geary, Autumn Reidy-Hamer by Craig Benson Futterman (Futterman, Craig) (Entered: 10/06/2025)

ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiffs David Black, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Raven Geary, Stephen Held, Illinois Press Association, Leigh Kunkel, NABET-CWA Local 54041, William Paulson, Raven Geary, Autumn Reidy-Hamer by Hannah Corinne Marion (Marion, Hannah) (Entered: 10/06/2025)

ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiffs David Black, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Raven Geary, Stephen Held, Illinois Press Association, Leigh Kunkel, NABET-CWA Local 54041, William Paulson, Raven Geary, Autumn Reidy-Hamer by Theresa H. Kleinhaus (Kleinhaus, Theresa) (Entered: 10/06/2025)

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CASE ASSIGNED to the Honorable Sara L. Ellis. Designated as Magistrate Judge the Honorable Jeannice W. Appenteng. Case assignment: Random assignment. (Civil Category 2). (khg, )

CLERK'S NOTICE: Pursuant to Local Rule 73.1(b), a United States Magistrate Judge of this court is available to conduct all proceedings in this civil action. If all parties consent to have the currently assigned United States Magistrate Judge conduct all proceedings in this case, including trial, the entry of final judgment, and all post-trial proceedings, all parties must sign their names on the attached Consent To form. This consent form is eligible for filing only if executed by all parties. The parties can also express their consent to jurisdiction by a magistrate judge in any joint filing, including the Joint Initial Status Report or proposed Case Management Order. (khg, )