Case: Chicago Headline Club v. Noem

1:25-cv-12173 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Oct. 6, 2025

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Case Summary

This case was brought by journalists and peaceful protesters who were shot with rubber bullets and pepper sprayed by federal law enforcement officers outside the ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois, which the Trump Administration has been using as a staging ground for federal troops and ICE agents. Plaintiffs allege they were subjected to brutality and arrest despite presenting no threat to the federal officers, protesting peacefully, or being clearly marked as journalists.  On October 6, 2025,…

This case was brought by journalists and peaceful protesters who were shot with rubber bullets and pepper sprayed by federal law enforcement officers outside the ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois, which the Trump Administration has been using as a staging ground for federal troops and ICE agents. Plaintiffs allege they were subjected to brutality and arrest despite presenting no threat to the federal officers, protesting peacefully, or being clearly marked as journalists. 

On October 6, 2025, a group of journalists, journalist unions, journalistic organizations, and individual protesters including a priest filed suit in the Northern District of Illinois against Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security ("DHS") Kristi Noem and other DHS officials. Plaintiffs brought suit under the First Amendment's Speech and Religion Clauses, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act ("RFRA"), 42 U.S.C. § 2000bb-1, the Fourth Amendment's prohibition on excessive force and unreasonable seizures, and the Administrative Procedures Act ("APA"). Plaintiffs sought declaratory and injunctive relief to prohibit defendants from violently (or otherwise) obstructing plaintiffs' right to protest, assemble, report, and pray outside the Broadview Facility and other places in Illinois where the Trump Administration has deployed federal troops. This case was assigned to U.S. District Judge Sara L. Ellis.

On October 8, 2025, Plaintiffs filed for a Temporary Restraining Order ("TRO") to prohibit the Trump Administration from violently repressing Plaintiffs pending resolution of the case. On October 9. 2025, Plaintiffs' temporary restraining order was granted.

Judge Ellis modified the temporary restraining order on October 16, 2025, ordering the defendants to wear body cameras when engaging with protesters unless they were in an undercover capacity. The court set a hearing  for argument on plaintiffs motion for a preliminary injunction on November 10, 2025.

On October 21, 2025, Plaintiffs amended their complaint to allege that Defendants further violated Plaintiffs' First Amendment rights by violently retaliating against Plaintiffs for protesting ICE. On October 22, 2025, Plaintiffs filed a motion for a preliminary injunction, alleging that it was necessary because the TRO had not prevented Defendants from violently suppressing the Broadview ICE protests and journalism coverage.

Plaintiffs have provided extensive evidence that federal officers, including in the presence of senior official Gregory Bovino, have repeatedly violated the TRO. On October 23, 2025, Plaintiffs submitted a video to the court of boarder patrol officers, including Bovino, illegally harassing a woman recording their activities. The officers were not wearing identification as mandated by the TRO, arrested the woman and seized her phone, and used chemical spray on other protesters. Doc. 90. On October 26, 2023, Plaintiffs notified the court that Bovino and his officers tear gassed a crowd of peaceful protesters without giving a warning - in clear violation of the TRO. Doc. 94. On October 27, 2026, Plaintiffs notified the court that masked federal agents without identification numbers violently assaulted protesters in Old Irving Park with tear gas and physical violence - a clear TRO violation. Doc. 118. Masked DHS agents also tear gassed peaceful protesters in Lakeview without prior notice. Doc. 140 at 1-8. For further details about federal agent violence toward peaceful protesters, see here.

On October 27, 2025, Plaintiffs moved to amend the TRO to prohibit Defendants from using tear gas until Judge Ellis ruled on the Preliminary Injunction, citing the repeated instances where federal agents had tear gassed peaceful protesters. Judge Ellis granted the motion on October 28, 2025. Judge Ellis also ordered Defendants to provide her with all body camera video corresponding to the use of force, all use of force reports, and a chart of all individuals that have been arrested between September 2, 2025, and October 29, 2025. Judge Ellis further ordered Bovino to report to her daily at 5:45 pm to report on the use of force activities for that day. 

On October 29, 2025, Defendants moved for a writ of mandamus with the Seventh Circuit, moving for an emergency stay of the October 28 TRO forcing Bovino to report to Judge Ellis daily. The Seventh Circuit administratively stayed the order that Bovino report to Judge Ellis daily, reasoning that because the order was not in response to a motion by Plaintiffs, and because it put Judge Ellis in the position of inquisitor, not adjudicator, it violated the separation of powers.

On October 31, 2025, Defendants filed their motion in opposition to Plaintiffs motion for a Preliminary Injunction. Judge Ellis will hold a hearing on the preliminary injunction on November 10. 

On November 1, 2025, Plaintiffs provided notice that Defendants had again violated the TRO because federal agents, without identification, had assaulted and sprayed protesters in the parking lot of an elementary school. Doc. 174.

On November 6, 2025, Judge Ellis granted Plaintiffs motion for a preliminary injunction. 2025 WL 3124141. She enjoined Defendants from doing the following to Plaintiffs: dispersing or threatening journalists, issuing crowd dispersal orders, using riot control weapons, deploying gas canisters and firing air launchers, striking them with vehicles, using physical violence, or unlawfully arresting them. Defendant federal agents were also ordered to have a unique personally identifiable number visibly displayed and to wear body cameras. Judge Ellis did not set an expiration date for the preliminary injunction. 

Also on November 6, 2025, Judge Ellis granted Plaintiffs motion for class certification, certifying a class of "all persons who are or will in the future non-violently demonstrate, protest, observe, document, or record at Department of Homeland Security immigration enforcement and removal operations in the Northern District of Illinois." 2025 WL 3124141. Judge Ellis also certified a Religious Exercise Subclass of Plaintiffs who will engage in religious expression while protesting, as well as a Press Subclass for media members reporting on DHS immigration enforcement and removal proceedings. 

On November 19, 2025, the Seventh Circuit stayed Judge Ellis' preliminary injunction pending resolution on appeal. The court noted that Defendants would face irreparable harm from the preliminary injunction if it were not stayed, and also noted reservations about the Plaintiffs Article III standing. On November 20, 2025, Judge Ellis released a 233 page opinion detailing her rationale for issuing the preliminary injunction. 2025 WL 3240782.

On December 2, 2025, Plaintiffs filed a motion to dismiss the case with prejudice because Operation Midway Blitz had seemingly ended because defendant Bovino and the 200-225 DHS agents whose brutality instigated the litigation had left Chicago. Plaintiffs reported no further instances of unconstitutional behavior of the sort that necessitated this case since November 8, 2025. Plaintiffs also filed a motion in the Seventh Circuit to stay Defendants' appeal pending resolution of the motion to dismiss.

On December 4, 2025, the Seventh Circuit granted Plaintiffs' motion to stay the appeal pending Judge Ellis' resolution of Plaintiffs' motion to dismiss.

On January 22, 2026, Judge Ellis decertified the class and dismissed the case without prejudice, despite plaintiffs seeking dismissal with prejudice. On January 28th, the government asked the Seventh Circuit to dismiss its appeal and vacate Judge Ellis' preliminary injunction. Plaintiffs did not oppose the motion.

On March 5, the Seventh Circuit dismissed the government's appeal and vacated Judge Ellis' preliminary injunction and factfinding. They did so to signal to other district courts "to avoid issuing similarly expansive injunctions." Since the vacated district court's order would thus become unreviewable, the Seventh Circuit also wanted to keep future litigants, who could sue because the case had been dismissed without prejudice, from using the district court's factfinding and preliminary injunction order in future litigation. 2026 WL 622677.

This litigation has ended.

Summary Authors

Claire Pollard (10/7/2025)

Nick Martire (11/3/2025)

Jack Moore (3/9/2026)

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Judge(s)
Attorney for Plaintiff

Agarwal, Shalini Goel (Illinois)

Art, Steven Edwards (Illinois)

Attorney, Katharine Schwartzmann, (Illinois)

Attorney, Priyanka Menon, (Illinois)

Attorney, Hirsh M. (Illinois)

Attorney for Defendant
Expert/Monitor/Master/Other
Attorney for Plaintiff

Agarwal, Shalini Goel (Illinois)

Art, Steven Edwards (Illinois)

Attorney, Katharine Schwartzmann, (Illinois)

Attorney, Priyanka Menon, (Illinois)

Attorney, Hirsh M. (Illinois)

Attorney, Isaac Green, (Illinois)

Attorney, Jon C. (Illinois)

Attorney, Wallace Hilke, (Illinois)

Attorney, Craig B. (Illinois)

Attorney, Kevin M. (Illinois)

Attorney, Steven Edwards (Illinois)

Attorney, Conor Gaffney, (Illinois)

Attorney, Shalini Goel (Illinois)

Attorney, Elizabeth Wang, (Illinois)

Attorney, Scott R. (Illinois)

Attorney, Daniel Massoglia, (Illinois)

Attorney, Heather Lewis (Illinois)

Attorney, Rebecca Kim (Illinois)

Attorney, Locke E. (Illinois)

Attorney, Hannah Corinne (Illinois)

Bowman, Locke E. (Illinois)

Donnell, Heather Lewis (Illinois)

Futterman, Craig Benson (Illinois)

Gaffney, Conor (Illinois)

Gilbert, Dominique Anne (Illinois)

Glenberg, Rebecca Kim (Illinois)

Green, Isaac M (Illinois)

Hagy, Lindsay (Illinois)

Hilke, Wallace Bertram (Illinois)

Hill, Justin (Illinois)

Johnson, Hayden (Illinois)

Joshi, Hirsh M (Illinois)

Jr, Kevin M. (Illinois)

Kleinhaus, Theresa H. (Illinois)

Loevy, Jonathan I. (Illinois)

Marion, Hannah Corinne (Illinois)

Martinez, Alyssa (Illinois)

Massoglia, Daniel (Illinois)

Menon, Priyanka (Illinois)

Owens, David Benjamin (Illinois)

Poole, Jordan (Illinois)

Rauscher, Scott R. (Illinois)

Rickert, Julia Therese (Illinois)

Schwartzmann, Katharine (Illinois)

Thompson, Tara (Illinois)

Topic, Matthew Vincent (Illinois)

Tucek, Aaron Michael (Illinois)

Wang, Elizabeth C. (Illinois)

Wolfson, Alexandra (Illinois)

Documents in the Clearinghouse

Documents in this case
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1:25-cv-12173

Plaintiff's Complaint for Injunctive and Declaratory Relief

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

Oct. 6, 2025

Oct. 6, 2025

Complaint
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Defendants' Response to Plaintiffs' Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order

Oct. 8, 2025

Oct. 8, 2025

Pleading / Motion / Brief
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Temporary Restraining Order

Oct. 9, 2025

Oct. 9, 2025

Order/Opinion
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1:25-cv-12173

Notification of Docket Entry

Oct. 16, 2025

Oct. 16, 2025

Order/Opinion
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1:25-cv-12173

Modified Temporary Restraining Order

Oct. 17, 2025

Oct. 17, 2025

Order/Opinion
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Plaintiffs' First Amended Complaint for Injunctive and Declaratory Relief

Oct. 21, 2025

Oct. 21, 2025

Complaint
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1:25-cv-12173

Motion for Preliminary Injunction

Oct. 22, 2025

Oct. 22, 2025

Pleading / Motion / Brief
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1:25-cv-12173

Motion for Preliminary Injunction

Oct. 22, 2025

Oct. 22, 2025

Pleading / Motion / Brief
90

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Plaintiffs’ Notice of Violations of the Court’s Temporary Restraining Order

Oct. 23, 2025

Oct. 23, 2025

Pleading / Motion / Brief
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Plaintiffs' Notice of Violations of the Court's Temporary Restraining Order

Oct. 26, 2025

Oct. 26, 2025

Pleading / Motion / Brief

Docket

See docket on RECAP: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71559589/chicago-headline-club-v-noem/

Last updated July 22, 2026, 3:52 a.m.

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1 Oct. 6, 2025

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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2 Oct. 6, 2025

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

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3 Oct. 6, 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)

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4 Oct. 6, 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 Jonathan I. Loevy (Loevy, Jonathan) (Entered: 10/06/2025)

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5 Oct. 6, 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)

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6 Oct. 6, 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)

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7 Oct. 6, 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)

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8 Oct. 6, 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)

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9 Oct. 6, 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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10 Oct. 6, 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 Daniel Massoglia (Massoglia, Daniel) (Entered: 10/06/2025)

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11 Oct. 6, 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)

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12 Oct. 6, 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)

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13 Oct. 6, 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)

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14 Oct. 6, 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)

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15 Oct. 6, 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)

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16 Oct. 6, 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)

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17 Oct. 6, 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)

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18 Oct. 6, 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)

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19 Oct. 6, 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)

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20 Oct. 6, 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)

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21 Oct. 6, 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)

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22 Oct. 6, 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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23 Oct. 6, 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 leave to file excess pages (Art, Steven) (Entered: 10/06/2025)

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24 Oct. 6, 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)

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25 Oct. 6, 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)

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26 Oct. 6, 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)

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27 Oct. 6, 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)

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28 Oct. 6, 2025

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

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29 Oct. 6, 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)

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30 Oct. 6, 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)

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31 Oct. 6, 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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32 Oct. 6, 2025

ATTORNEY Appearance for Defendants Pamela Bondi, Gregory Bovino, Marcos Charles, Daniel Driscoll, Russell Hott, Todd Lyons, William K. Marshall III, Kristi Noem, Rodney Scott, Donald J. Trump, U.S Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Department of Justice, Unidentified Federal Agency Defendants, Unidentified Federal Officer Defendants by Sean Skedzielewski (Skedzielewski, Sean) (Entered: 10/06/2025)

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33 Oct. 6, 2025

MINUTE entry before the Honorable Sara L. Ellis: In court hearing held on 10/6/2025 regarding emergency motion for a temporary restraining order, 21 and continued to 10/8/2025 at 2:00 PM. Plaintiffs to appear in person, and the Defendants to appear remotely. Emailed notice (rj, ) (Entered: 10/07/2025)

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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, )

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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, )

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TRANSCRIPT OF PROCEEDINGS held on October 6, 2025 before the Honorable Sara L. Ellis. Order Number: 53181. Court Reporter Contact Information: Kelly M. Fitzgerald, kmftranscripts@gmail.com, 312-818-6626. IMPORTANT: The transcript may be viewed at the court's public terminal or purchased through the Court Reporter/Transcriber before the deadline for Release of Transcript Restriction. After that date it may be obtained through the Court Reporter/Transcriber or PACER. For further information on the redaction process, see the Court's web site at www.ilnd.uscourts.gov under Quick Links select Policy Regarding the Availability of Transcripts of Court Proceedings. Redaction Request due 10/29/2025. Redacted Transcript Deadline set for 11/10/2025. Release of Transcript Restriction set for 1/6/2026. (Fitzgerald, Kelly) (Entered: 10/08/2025)

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35 Oct. 8, 2025

RESPONSE by Pamela Bondi, Gregory Bovino, Marcos Charles, Daniel Driscoll, Russell Hott, Todd Lyons, William K. Marshall III, Kristi Noem, Rodney Scott, Donald J. Trump, U.S Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Department of Justice, Unidentified Federal Agency Defendants, Unidentified Federal Officer Defendantsin Opposition to 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-Ham 21 (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit, # 2 Exhibit, # 3 Exhibit, # 4 Exhibit, # 5 Exhibit, # 6 Exhibit, # 7 Exhibit, # 8 Exhibit, # 9 Exhibit, # 10 Exhibit, # 11 Exhibit, # 12 Exhibit)(Skedzielewski, Sean) (Entered: 10/08/2025)

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PLAINTIFFS NOTICE OF AMENDED PROPOSED TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER by David Black, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Raven Geary, Stephen Held, Leigh Kunkel, NABET-CWA Local 54041, William Paulson, Autumn Reidy-Hamer, Service List, Charles Thrush (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A, # 2 Exhibit B)(Art, Steven) (Entered: 10/08/2025)

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37 Oct. 8, 2025

NOTICE PURSUANT TO RULE 41(a)(1)(A(i) OF DISMISSAL OF THE ILLINOIS PRESS ASSOCIATION by Illinois Press Association (Art, Steven) (Entered: 10/08/2025)

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39 Oct. 8, 2025

MINUTE entry before the Honorable Sara L. Ellis: In court hearing held on 10/8/2025 regarding emergency motion for a temporary restraining order, 21 and continued to 10/9/2025 at 10:30 AM. Plaintiffs to appear in person, and the Defendants to appear remotely. Emailed notice (rj, ) (Entered: 10/09/2025)

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38 Oct. 9, 2025

PLAINTIFFS SUPPLEMENTAL MEMORANDUM BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF AMENDED PROPOSED TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER by David Black, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Raven Geary, Stephen Held, Leigh Kunkel, NABET-CWA Local 54041, William Paulson, Autumn Reidy-Hamer, Charles Thrush (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit Ex. 1)(Wang, Elizabeth) (Entered: 10/09/2025)

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SUPPLEMENT to response in opposition to motion,,, 35 CBP Directive re: Incident Driven Video Recording Systems (Skedzielewski, Sean) (Entered: 10/09/2025)

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41 Oct. 9, 2025

MINUTE entry before the Honorable Sara L. Ellis: In court hearing held on 10/9/2025. Emergency motion for temporary restraining order 21 is granted. Plaintiffs' motion for excess pages 23 is granted. Motions for leave to appear pro hac vice 29, 30, and 31 are granted. In Court hearing set for 10/23/2025 at 9:00 AM CST. Enter Temporary Restraining Order. [For further details, see separate order]. Emailed notice (rj, ) (Entered: 10/09/2025)

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42 Oct. 9, 2025

TEMPORARY Restraining Order. Signed by the Honorable Sara L. Ellis on 10/9/2025:Emailed notice(rj, ) (Entered: 10/09/2025)

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43 Oct. 9, 2025

ORDER. The Court grants Plaintiffs' emergency motion for temporary restraining order ("TRO") 21 . The Court has set forth the terms of the TRO in a separate document. The Court sets a preliminary injunction hearing for October 23, 2025 at 9 a.m. See Statement. Signed by the Honorable Sara L. Ellis on 10/9/2025. Emailed notice(rj, ) (Entered: 10/09/2025)

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44 Oct. 10, 2025

TRANSCRIPT OF PROCEEDINGS held on October 8, 2025 before the Honorable Sara L. Ellis. Order Number: 53214. Court Reporter Contact Information: Kelly M. Fitzgerald, kmftranscripts@gmail.com, 312-818-6626. IMPORTANT: The transcript may be viewed at the court's public terminal or purchased through the Court Reporter/Transcriber before the deadline for Release of Transcript Restriction. After that date it may be obtained through the Court Reporter/Transcriber or PACER. For further information on the redaction process, see the Court's web site at www.ilnd.uscourts.gov under Quick Links select Policy Regarding the Availability of Transcripts of Court Proceedings. Redaction Request due 10/31/2025. Redacted Transcript Deadline set for 11/10/2025. Release of Transcript Restriction set for 1/8/2026. (Fitzgerald, Kelly) (Entered: 10/10/2025)

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TRANSCRIPT OF PROCEEDINGS held on October 9, 2025 before the Honorable Sara L. Ellis. Order Number: 53219. Court Reporter Contact Information: Kelly M. Fitzgerald, kmftranscripts@gmail.com, 312-818-6626. IMPORTANT: The transcript may be viewed at the court's public terminal or purchased through the Court Reporter/Transcriber before the deadline for Release of Transcript Restriction. After that date it may be obtained through the Court Reporter/Transcriber or PACER. For further information on the redaction process, see the Court's web site at www.ilnd.uscourts.gov under Quick Links select Policy Regarding the Availability of Transcripts of Court Proceedings. Redaction Request due 11/4/2025. Redacted Transcript Deadline set for 11/14/2025. Release of Transcript Restriction set for 1/12/2026. (Fitzgerald, Kelly) (Entered: 10/14/2025)

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46 Oct. 15, 2025

MINUTE entry before the Honorable Sara L. Ellis: In Court hearing set for 10/16/2025 at 8:30 AM. Plaintiffs to appear in person, and the Defendants to appear remotely (video). Emailed notice (rj, ) (Entered: 10/15/2025)

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47 Oct. 15, 2025

ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiffs David Black, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Raven Geary, Stephen Held, Leigh Kunkel, NABET-CWA Local 54041, William Paulson, Autumn Reidy-Hamer, Charles Thrush by Scott R. Rauscher (Rauscher, Scott) (Entered: 10/15/2025)

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ATTORNEY Appearance for Defendants Pamela Bondi, Gregory Bovino, Marcos Charles, Daniel Driscoll, Russell Hott, Todd Lyons, William K. Marshall III, Kristi Noem, Rodney Scott, Donald J. Trump, U.S Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Department of Justice, Unidentified Federal Agency Defendants, Unidentified Federal Officer Defendants by Samuel Holt (Holt, Samuel) (Entered: 10/15/2025)

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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, Autumn Reidy-Hamer, Charles Thrush by Hirsh M Joshi (Joshi, Hirsh) (Entered: 10/15/2025)

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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, Autumn Reidy-Hamer, Charles Thrush for discovery (expedited) (Owens, David) (Entered: 10/15/2025)

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51 Oct. 16, 2025

MINUTE entry before the Honorable Sara L. Ellis: In court hearing held. The Court modifies the Temporary Restraining Order and orders the parties to meet and confer regarding the modification as to use of body cameras. The parties must submit their proposed modified order to Judge Ellis' proposed order email. The Court sets a hearing for 10/20/2025 at 10:30 a.m. The Court orders Field Director Russell Holt to appear. The Court strikes the preliminary injunction hearing set for 10/23/2025 and resets it to 11/5/2025 at 9:00 AM. The Court sets the following briefing schedule on Plaintiffs' motion for preliminary injunction: Plaintiffs' motion is due by 10/21/2025; Defendants' response is due by 10/31/2025, and Plaintiffs' reply is due by 11/3/2025. The Court denies Plaintiffs' motion for expedited discovery as moot 50 as stated on the record. Plaintiffs should file their revised motion for expedited discovery by 10/16/2025 and Defendants' response is due by 10/17/2025. Plaintiffs should file any amended complaint and motion for class certification by 10/21/2025. Defendants' response to Plaintiffs' class certification motion is due by 10/31/2025 and Plaintiffs' reply is due by 11/3/2025. There will not be remote access for the hearing scheduled for October 20, 2025, pursuant to Judicial Conference policy, because the Court anticipates live testimony. The courtroom will be open to the public, and an overflow courtroom will be available for additional seating. Emailed notice (rj, ) (Entered: 10/16/2025)

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52 Oct. 16, 2025

TRANSCRIPT OF PROCEEDINGS held on October 16, 2025 before the Honorable Sara L. Ellis. Order Number: 53522. Court Reporter Contact Information: Kelly M. Fitzgerald, kmftranscripts@gmail.com, 312-818-6626. IMPORTANT: The transcript may be viewed at the court's public terminal or purchased through the Court Reporter/Transcriber before the deadline for Release of Transcript Restriction. After that date it may be obtained through the Court Reporter/Transcriber or PACER. For further information on the redaction process, see the Court's web site at www.ilnd.uscourts.gov under Quick Links select Policy Regarding the Availability of Transcripts of Court Proceedings. Redaction Request due 11/6/2025. Redacted Transcript Deadline set for 11/17/2025. Release of Transcript Restriction set for 1/14/2026. (Fitzgerald, Kelly) (Entered: 10/16/2025)

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53 Oct. 16, 2025

STATUS Report JOINT STATUS REPORT OF ALL PARTIES by Pamela Bondi, Gregory Bovino, Marcos Charles, Daniel Driscoll, Russell Hott, Todd Lyons, William K. Marshall III, Kristi Noem, Rodney Scott, Donald J. Trump, U.S Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Department of Justice, Unidentified Federal Agency Defendants, Unidentified Federal Officer Defendants (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit FPS TRO Guidance, # 2 Exhibit ICE TRO Guidance, # 3 Exhibit CBP Email Distribution, # 4 Exhibit CBP TRO Guidance, # 5 Exhibit DOJ Email Distribution)(Skedzielewski, Sean) (Entered: 10/16/2025)

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54 Oct. 16, 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, Autumn Reidy-Hamer, Charles Thrush for discovery (expedited) (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit Requests for Production)(Owens, David) (Entered: 10/16/2025)

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55 Oct. 17, 2025

MOTION by Defendants Pamela Bondi, Gregory Bovino, Marcos Charles, Daniel Driscoll, Russell Hott, Todd Lyons, William K. Marshall III, Kristi Noem, Rodney Scott, Donald J. Trump, U.S Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Department of Justice, Unidentified Federal Agency Defendants, Unidentified Federal Officer Defendants for reconsideration regarding order on motion for discovery,,,,,,, in court hearing,,,,,,, set deadlines/hearings,,,,,, 51 EMERGENCY Motion to Modify Procedure For Hearing on October 20, 2025 (Attachments: # 1 Text of Proposed Order)(Skedzielewski, Sean) (Entered: 10/17/2025)

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56 Oct. 17, 2025

MINUTE entry before the Honorable Sara L. Ellis: The Court sets a telephone conference for 10/17/2025 at 12:30 PM regarding the emergency motion to modify procedure for hearing on Oct. 20, 2025 55 . Attorneys/Parties should appear for the hearing by calling the Toll-Free Number: (650) 479-3207, Access Code: 2314 361 1508. Throughout the telephonic hearing, each speaker will be expected to identify themselves for the record before speaking. Please note that the conference call-in will be used by all cases that are on the court's calendar for the said date, therefore counsel must be in a quiet area while on the line and must have the telephone muted until your case is called. Members of the public and media will be able to call in to listen to this hearing (use toll-free number). Please be sure to keep your phone on mute when you are not speaking. Persons granted remote access to proceedings are reminded of the general prohibition against photographing, recording, and rebroadcasting court proceedings. Violation of these prohibitions may result in sanctions, including removal of court-issued media credentials, restricted entry to future hearings, denial of entry to future hearings, or any other sanctions deemed necessary by the Court. Emailed notice (rj, ) (Entered: 10/17/2025)

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57 Oct. 17, 2025

MOTION by Plaintiffs David Black, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Raven Geary, Stephen Held, Leigh Kunkel, NABET-CWA Local 54041, William Paulson, Autumn Reidy-Hamer, Charles Thrush, svc Service List to enforce TRO (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit Ex. 1)(Kleinhaus, Theresa) (Entered: 10/17/2025)

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58 Oct. 17, 2025

Plaintiff's NOTICE of Motion by Theresa H. Kleinhaus for presentment of motion to enforce, 57 before Honorable Sara L. Ellis on 10/2/2025 at 10:30 AM. (Kleinhaus, Theresa) (Entered: 10/17/2025)

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59 Oct. 17, 2025

RESPONSE by David Black, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Raven Geary, Stephen Held, Leigh Kunkel, NABET-CWA Local 54041, William Paulson, Autumn Reidy-Hamer, Charles Thrushin Opposition to MOTION by Defendants Pamela Bondi, Gregory Bovino, Marcos Charles, Daniel Driscoll, Russell Hott, Todd Lyons, William K. Marshall III, Kristi Noem, Rodney Scott, Donald J. Trump, U.S Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Department of Justice, Unidenti 55 (Owens, David) (Entered: 10/17/2025)

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60 Oct. 17, 2025

PLAINTIFF'S PROPOSED MODIFICATION OF THE COURT'S TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER by David Black, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Raven Geary, Stephen Held, Leigh Kunkel, NABET-CWA Local 54041, William Paulson, Autumn Reidy-Hamer, Charles Thrush (Art, Steven) (Entered: 10/17/2025)

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61 Oct. 17, 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, Autumn Reidy-Hamer, Charles Thrush by Tara Thompson (Thompson, Tara) (Entered: 10/17/2025)

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62 Oct. 17, 2025

ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiffs David Black, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Raven Geary, Stephen Held, Leigh Kunkel, NABET-CWA Local 54041, William Paulson, Autumn Reidy-Hamer, Charles Thrush by Julia Therese Rickert (Rickert, Julia) (Entered: 10/17/2025)

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63 Oct. 17, 2025

DEFENDANTS PROPOSED MODIFICATION OF THE COURT'S TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER by Pamela Bondi, Gregory Bovino, Marcos Charles, Daniel Driscoll, Russell Hott, Todd Lyons, William K. Marshall III, Kristi Noem, Rodney Scott, Donald J. Trump, U.S Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Department of Justice, Unidentified Federal Agency Defendants, Unidentified Federal Officer Defendants (Skedzielewski, Sean) (Entered: 10/17/2025)

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64 Oct. 17, 2025

ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiffs David Black, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Raven Geary, Stephen Held, Leigh Kunkel, NABET-CWA Local 54041, William Paulson, Autumn Reidy-Hamer, Charles Thrush by Tara Thompson - corrected (Thompson, Tara) (Entered: 10/17/2025)

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65 Oct. 17, 2025

MINUTE entry before the Honorable Sara L. Ellis: Telephone conference held on 10/17/2025. The Court grants Defendants' emergency motion to modify procedure for hearing on Oct. 20, 2025 55 as stated on the record. Enter Modified Temporary Restraining Order. [For further details, see separate order.] Emailed notice (rj, ) (Entered: 10/17/2025)

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66 Oct. 17, 2025

Modified Temporary Restraining Order. Signed by the Honorable Sara L. Ellis on 10/17/2025:Emailed notice(rj, ) (Entered: 10/17/2025)

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67 Oct. 17, 2025

Plainitffs' Proposed Questions for Defendants' Witnesses at October 20th Hearing by David Black, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Leigh Kunkel, NABET-CWA Local 54041, William Paulson, Autumn Reidy-Hamer, Charles Thrush (Donnell, Heather) (Entered: 10/17/2025)

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68 Oct. 17, 2025

RESPONSE by Pamela Bondi, Gregory Bovino, Marcos Charles, Daniel Driscoll, Russell Hott, Todd Lyons, William K. Marshall III, Kristi Noem, Rodney Scott, Donald J. Trump, U.S Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Department of Justice, Unidentified Federal Agency Defendants, Unidentified Federal Officer Defendantsin Opposition to 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, Autumn Reidy-Hamer, Charles Th 54 (Holt, Samuel) (Entered: 10/17/2025)

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69 Oct. 18, 2025

NOTICE by All Defendants of Witnesses for the October 20, 2025 Hearing (Holt, Samuel) (Entered: 10/18/2025)

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70 Oct. 19, 2025

Notice of Distribution of Modified Temporary Restraining Order by Pamela Bondi, Gregory Bovino, Marcos Charles, Daniel Driscoll, Russell Hott, Todd Lyons, William K. Marshall III, Kristi Noem, Rodney Scott, Donald J. Trump, U.S Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Department of Justice, Unidentified Federal Agency Defendants, Unidentified Federal Officer Defendants (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit CBP Email Distribution, # 2 Exhibit ICE Email Distribution, # 3 Exhibit DOJ Email Distribution)(Skedzielewski, Sean) (Entered: 10/19/2025)

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71 Oct. 20, 2025

REPLY by Plaintiffs David Black, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Raven Geary, Stephen Held, Leigh Kunkel, NABET-CWA Local 54041, William Paulson, Autumn Reidy-Hamer, Charles Thrush to motion for discovery, 54, response in opposition to motion,, 68 (Owens, David) (Entered: 10/20/2025)

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72 Oct. 20, 2025

ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiffs David Black, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Raven Geary, Stephen Held, Leigh Kunkel, NABET-CWA Local 54041, William Paulson, Autumn Reidy-Hamer, Charles Thrush by Priyanka Menon (Menon, Priyanka) (Entered: 10/20/2025)

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85 Oct. 20, 2025

MINUTE entry before the Honorable Sara L. Ellis: In court hearing held on 10/20/2025. The Court grants in part and denies in part Plaintiffs' motion for expedited discovery 54 as stated on the record. The Court enters and continues Plaintiffs' motion to enforce the Court's temporary restraining order 57 to 11/5/25 at 9 a.m. Emailed notice (rj, ) (Entered: 10/22/2025)

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73 Oct. 21, 2025

Plaintiffs' Supplemental Exhibit List by David Black, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Raven Geary, Stephen Held, Leigh Kunkel, NABET-CWA Local 54041, William Paulson, Autumn Reidy-Hamer, Charles Thrush (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 46, # 2 Exhibit 47, # 3 Exhibit 48, # 4 Exhibit 49, # 5 Exhibit 50, # 6 Exhibit 51, # 7 Exhibit 52, # 8 Exhibit 53, # 9 Exhibit 54, # 10 Exhibit 55, # 11 Exhibit 56, # 12 Exhibit 57, # 13 Exhibit 58, # 14 Exhibit 59, # 15 Exhibit 60, # 16 Exhibit 61, # 17 Exhibit 62, # 18 Exhibit 63, # 19 Exhibit 64, # 20 Exhibit 65, # 21 Exhibit 66, # 22 Exhibit 67, # 23 Exhibit 68, # 24 Exhibit 69, # 25 Exhibit 70, # 26 Exhibit 71, # 27 Exhibit 72, # 28 Exhibit 73, # 29 Exhibit 74, # 30 Exhibit 75, # 31 Exhibit 76)(Owens, David) (Entered: 10/21/2025)

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74 Oct. 21, 2025

Second Notice of Distribution of Modified Temporary Restraining Order by Pamela Bondi, Gregory Bovino, Marcos Charles, Daniel Driscoll, Russell Hott, Todd Lyons, William K. Marshall III, Kristi Noem, Rodney Scott, Donald J. Trump, U.S Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Department of Justice, Unidentified Federal Agency Defendants, Unidentified Federal Officer Defendants (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit FPS Email Distribution)(Skedzielewski, Sean) (Entered: 10/21/2025)

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75 Oct. 21, 2025

TRANSCRIPT OF PROCEEDINGS held on October 20, 2025 before the Honorable Sara L. Ellis. Order Number: 53552. Court Reporter Contact Information: Kelly M. Fitzgerald, kmftranscripts@gmail.com, 312-818-6626. IMPORTANT: The transcript may be viewed at the court's public terminal or purchased through the Court Reporter/Transcriber before the deadline for Release of Transcript Restriction. After that date it may be obtained through the Court Reporter/Transcriber or PACER. For further information on the redaction process, see the Court's web site at www.ilnd.uscourts.gov under Quick Links select Policy Regarding the Availability of Transcripts of Court Proceedings. Redaction Request due 11/11/2025. Redacted Transcript Deadline set for 11/21/2025. Release of Transcript Restriction set for 1/19/2026. (Fitzgerald, Kelly) (Entered: 10/21/2025)

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SEALED TRANSCRIPT OF PROCEEDINGS held on October 20, 2025 before the Honorable Sara L. Ellis. Court Reporter Contact Information: Kelly M. Fitzgerald, kmftranscripts@gmail.com, 312-818-6626. (Fitzgerald, Kelly) (Entered: 10/21/2025)

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77 Oct. 21, 2025

Plaintiffs' Second Supplemental Exhibit List by David Black, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Raven Geary, Stephen Held, Leigh Kunkel, NABET-CWA Local 54041, William Paulson, Autumn Reidy-Hamer, Charles Thrush (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 77, # 2 Exhibit 78, # 3 Exhibit 79, # 4 Exhibit 80)(Owens, David) (Entered: 10/21/2025)

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78 Oct. 21, 2025

MOTION by Plaintiffs David Black, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Raven Geary, Stephen Held, Leigh Kunkel, NABET-CWA Local 54041, William Paulson, Autumn Reidy-Hamer, Charles Thrush for leave to file excess pages,Unopposed (Rauscher, Scott) (Entered: 10/21/2025)

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79 Oct. 21, 2025

DECLARATION of Lindsay Hagy (Hagy, Lindsay) (Entered: 10/21/2025)

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AMENDED complaint by Raven Geary, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Headline Club, William Paulson, Autumn Reidy-Hamer, Charles Thrush, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, David Black, Leigh Kunkel, Stephen Held, NABET-CWA Local 54041, Reverend Dr. Beth Johnson, David Beale, Rudy Villa, Jennifer Crespo, Rev. Abby Holcombe, Father Brendan Curran against All Defendants (Bowman, Locke) (Entered: 10/21/2025)

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81 Oct. 21, 2025

MOTION by Plaintiffs David Beale, David Black, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Jennifer Crespo, Father Brendan Curran, Raven Geary, Stephen Held, Rev. Abby Holcombe, Reverend Dr. Beth Johnson, Leigh Kunkel, NABET-CWA Local 54041, William Paulson, Autumn Reidy-Hamer, Charles Thrush, Rudy Villa to certify class (Rauscher, Scott) (Entered: 10/21/2025)

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MOTION by Plaintiffs David Beale, David Black, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Jennifer Crespo, Father Brendan Curran, Raven Geary, Stephen Held, Rev. Abby Holcombe, Reverend Dr. Beth Johnson, Leigh Kunkel, NABET-CWA Local 54041, William Paulson, Autumn Reidy-Hamer, Charles Thrush, Rudy Villa for preliminary injunction (Owens, David) (Entered: 10/22/2025)

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83 Oct. 22, 2025

NOTICE of Motion by Steven Edwards Art for presentment of motion to certify class, 81, motion for preliminary injunction, 82 before Honorable Sara L. Ellis on 11/4/2025 at 09:45 AM. (Art, Steven) (Entered: 10/22/2025)

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Supplemental Filign - Exs to Dkt. 81 by David Beale, David Black, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Jennifer Crespo, Father Brendan Curran, Raven Geary, Stephen Held, Rev. Abby Holcombe, Reverend Dr. Beth Johnson, Leigh Kunkel, NABET-CWA Local 54041, William Paulson, Autumn Reidy-Hamer, Charles Thrush, Rudy Villa (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit Ex. 2, # 2 Exhibit Ex. 3, # 3 Exhibit Ex. 4, # 4 Exhibit Ex. 5)(Rauscher, Scott) (Entered: 10/22/2025)

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MOTION by Plaintiffs David Beale, David Black, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Jennifer Crespo, Father Brendan Curran, Raven Geary, Stephen Held, Rev. Abby Holcombe, Reverend Dr. Beth Johnson, Leigh Kunkel, NABET-CWA Local 54041, William Paulson, Autumn Reidy-Hamer, Charles Thrush, Rudy Villa for preliminary injunction CORRECTED TOA (Owens, David) (Entered: 10/22/2025)

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87 Oct. 23, 2025

MINUTE entry before the Honorable Sara L. Ellis: The Court modifies the order on expedited discovery 85 as follows: the Court expands the time for the depositions of Gregory Bovino to 5 hours, Daniel Parra to 3 hours, and Russell Hott to 3 hours. The Court orders the parties to include the use of force incidents by CBP in the neighborhood of Little Village on 10/22/2025 and 10/23/2025 when the Court will address Plaintiffs' motion to enforce the TRO 57 on 11/5/2025 during the preliminary injunction hearing. The Court reminds Defendants of their obligation to preserve all body-worn camera footage of any use of force incident resulting from Operation Midway Blitz from 9/2/2025 through the resolution of this case. Emailed notice (rj, ) (Entered: 10/23/2025)

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88 Oct. 23, 2025

PLAINTFFS NOTICE OF ALLEGED VIOLATION by David Beale, David Black, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Jennifer Crespo, Father Brendan Curran, Raven Geary, Stephen Held, Rev. Abby Holcombe, Reverend Dr. Beth Johnson, Leigh Kunkel, NABET-CWA Local 54041, William Paulson, Autumn Reidy-Hamer, Charles Thrush, Rudy Villa (Art, Steven) (Entered: 10/23/2025)

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CORRECTED Notice of Alleged Violation [Dkt. 88] by David Beale, David Black, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Jennifer Crespo, Father Brendan Curran, Raven Geary, Stephen Held, Rev. Abby Holcombe, Reverend Dr. Beth Johnson, Leigh Kunkel, NABET-CWA Local 54041, William Paulson, Autumn Reidy-Hamer, Charles Thrush, Rudy Villa LINK CORRECTED (Art, Steven) (Entered: 10/23/2025)

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NOTICE by David Beale, David Black, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Jennifer Crespo, Father Brendan Curran, Raven Geary, Stephen Held, Rev. Abby Holcombe, Reverend Dr. Beth Johnson, Leigh Kunkel, NABET-CWA Local 54041, William Paulson, Autumn Reidy-Hamer, Charles Thrush, Rudy Villa NOTICE OF VIOLATION OF TRO (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 81)(Kleinhaus, Theresa) (Entered: 10/23/2025)

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91 Oct. 24, 2025

ATTORNEY Appearance for Defendants Pamela Bondi, Gregory Bovino, Marcos Charles, Shawn Byers Chicago Deputy Field Office Director, Sam Olson Chicago Field Office Director, ICE, Kyle Harvick Deputy Incident Commander, CBP, Kash Patel Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Faron Paramore Director of the Federal Protective Service (FPS), Daniel Driscoll, Russell Hott, Todd Lyons, William K. Marshall III, Kristi Noem, Rodney Scott, Donald J. Trump, U.S Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Department of Justice, Unidentified Federal Agency Defendants, Unidentified Federal Officer Defendants, Stephen Miller White House Deputy Chief of Staff by Peter Roni Goldstone (Goldstone, Peter) (Entered: 10/24/2025)

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92 Oct. 24, 2025

ORDER. The Court sets a status hearing for 10/28/2025 at 10:00 AM. The Court orders Defendants to produce Defendant Gregory Bovino, in person, for this hearing. Signed by the Honorable Sara L. Ellis on 10/24/2025. Emailed notice(rj, ) (Entered: 10/24/2025)

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93 Oct. 25, 2025

ATTORNEY Appearance for Defendants Pamela Bondi, Gregory Bovino, Marcos Charles, Shawn Byers Chicago Deputy Field Office Director, Sam Olson Chicago Field Office Director, ICE, Kyle Harvick Deputy Incident Commander, CBP, Kash Patel Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Faron Paramore Director of the Federal Protective Service (FPS), Daniel Driscoll, Russell Hott, Todd Lyons, William K. Marshall III, Kristi Noem, Rodney Scott, Donald J. Trump, U.S Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Department of Justice, Unidentified Federal Agency Defendants, Unidentified Federal Officer Defendants, Stephen Miller White House Deputy Chief of Staff by Christopher Marisak Lynch (Lynch, Christopher) (Entered: 10/25/2025)

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94 Oct. 26, 2025

NOTICE by David Beale, David Black, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Jennifer Crespo, Father Brendan Curran, Raven Geary, Stephen Held, Rev. Abby Holcombe, Reverend Dr. Beth Johnson, Leigh Kunkel, NABET-CWA Local 54041, William Paulson, Autumn Reidy-Hamer, Charles Thrush, Rudy Villa OF VIOLATIONS OF THE COURTS TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 82, # 2 Exhibit 83, # 3 Exhibit 84, # 4 Exhibit 85)(Art, Steven) (Entered: 10/26/2025)

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95 Oct. 26, 2025

MOTION by Plaintiffs David Beale, David Black, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Jennifer Crespo, Father Brendan Curran, Raven Geary, Stephen Held, Rev. Abby Holcombe, Reverend Dr. Beth Johnson, Leigh Kunkel, NABET-CWA Local 54041, William Paulson, Autumn Reidy-Hamer, Charles Thrush, Rudy Villa for protective order (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A, # 2 Exhibit B, # 3 Exhibit C)(Art, Steven) (Entered: 10/26/2025)

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96 Oct. 26, 2025

MOTION by Defendants Pamela Bondi, Gregory Bovino, Marcos Charles, Shawn Byers Chicago Deputy Field Office Director, Sam Olson Chicago Field Office Director, ICE, Kyle Harvick Deputy Incident Commander, CBP, Kash Patel Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Faron Paramore Director of the Federal Protective Service (FPS), Daniel Driscoll, Russell Hott, Todd Lyons, William K. Marshall III, Kristi Noem, Rodney Scott, Donald J. Trump, U.S Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Department of Justice, Unidentified Federal Agency Defendants, Unidentified Federal Officer Defendants, Stephen Miller White House Deputy Chief of Staff for protective order and in opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion for Protective Order at ECF No. 95 (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit Email from Plainitffs' Cousnel, # 2 Text of Proposed Order Protective Order, # 3 Text of Proposed Order Clawback Order)(Skedzielewski, Sean) (Entered: 10/26/2025)

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Case Details

State / Territory:

Illinois

Case Type(s):

Speech and Religious Freedom

Immigration and/or the Border

Special Collection(s):

Trump Administration 2.0: Challenges to the Government

Key Dates

Filing Date: Oct. 6, 2025

Case Ongoing: Yes

Plaintiffs

Plaintiff Description:

Plaintiffs include two non-profit membership organization of professional journalists in Chicago, a newspaper, two unions, individual journalists, a pastor, and individual protesters.

Plaintiff Type(s):

Non-profit NON-religious organization

Private Plaintiff

Attorney Organizations:

Loevy & Loevy

Protect Democracy

Public Interest Lawyer: Yes

Filed Pro Se: No

Class Action Sought: Yes

Class Action Outcome: Granted

Defendants

Federal

Kristi Noem

Defendant Type(s):

Law-enforcement

Case Details

Causes of Action:

Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. §§ 551 et seq.

Religious Freedom Rest. Act/Religious Land Use and Inst. Persons Act (RFRA/RLUIPA)

Constitutional Clause(s):

Freedom of speech/association

Free Exercise Clause

Other Dockets:

Northern District of Illinois 1:25-cv-12173

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit 25-03023

Available Documents:

Any published opinion

Complaint (any)

Injunctive (or Injunctive-like) Relief

Trial Court Docket

Outcome

Prevailing Party: Plaintiff OR Mixed

Relief Sought:

Declaratory judgment

Injunction

Relief Granted:

Preliminary injunction / Temp. restraining order

Source of Relief:

Litigation

Content of Injunction:

Preliminary relief granted

Issues

Discrimination Basis:

Religion discrimination

Policing:

Excessive force

Over/Unlawful Detention (policing)

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