Case: National Council of Prison Locals, American Federation of Government Employees v. Federal Bureau of Prisons

President Donald Trump

COMPLAINT against Federal Bureau of Prisons, WILLIAM K. MARSHALL, III ( Filing fee $405 receipt number ACTDC-8399882.), filed by NATIONAL COUNCIL OF PRISON LOCALS, AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, CPL-33, AFGE LOCAL 1661, AFL-CIO. (Attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet)(Place, Logan) (Entered: 11/13/2025)

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Disclosure Statement by NATIONAL COUNCIL OF PRISON LOCALS, AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES. (Place, Logan) (Entered: 11/13/2025)

Disclosure Statement by CPL-33, AFGE LOCAL 1661, AFL-CIO. (Place, Logan) (Entered: 11/13/2025)

MOTION for Attorney(s) Daniel F. Jacobson to be Admitted Pro Hac Vice (paid $200 PHV fee; receipt number ACTDC-8399936) by CPL-33, AFGE LOCAL 1661, AFL-CIO, NATIONAL COUNCIL OF PRISON LOCALS, AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES. (Attachments: # 1 Certificate of Good Standing)(Place, Logan) (Entered: 11/13/2025)

MOTION for Attorney(s) Kyla M. Snow to be Admitted Pro Hac Vice (paid $200 PHV fee; receipt number ACTDC-8399973) by CPL-33, AFGE LOCAL 1661, AFL-CIO, NATIONAL COUNCIL OF PRISON LOCALS, AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES. (Attachments: # 1 Certificate of Good Standing)(Place, Logan) (Entered: 11/13/2025)

MOTION for Attorney(s) Lynn D. Eisenberg to be Admitted Pro Hac Vice (paid $200 PHV fee; receipt number ACTDC-8399992) by CPL-33, AFGE LOCAL 1661, AFL-CIO, NATIONAL COUNCIL OF PRISON LOCALS, AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES. (Attachments: # 1 Certificate of Good Standing)(Place, Logan) (Entered: 11/13/2025)

MOTION for Attorney(s) Brian C. Rosen-Shaud to be Admitted Pro Hac Vice (paid $200 PHV fee; receipt number ACTDC-8400017) by CPL-33, AFGE LOCAL 1661, AFL-CIO, NATIONAL COUNCIL OF PRISON LOCALS, AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES. (Place, Logan) (Entered: 11/13/2025)

Notice: Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 7.1(b), a disclosure statement required under Rule 7.1(a) must be filed with a party's first appearance, pleading, petition, motion, response, or other request addressed to the Court and must be supplemented if any required information changes during the case. Signed by Clerk on 11/13/2025.(Higgins, J.) (Entered: 11/13/2025)

Order on Pretrial Deadlines: Amended Pleadings due by 1/12/2026, Discovery due by 5/15/2026, and Dispositive Motions due by 6/19/2026 Signed by Clerk on 11/13/2025.(Denault, S) (Entered: 11/14/2025)

ELECTRONIC FILING ORDER FOR COUNSEL - PLEASE ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH COURTESY COPY REQUIREMENTS IN THIS ORDER Signed by Judge Vernon D. Oliver on 11/13/2025.(Denault, S) (Entered: 11/14/2025)

Standing Protective Order Signed by Judge Vernon D. Oliver on 11/13/2025.(Denault, S) (Entered: 11/14/2025)

Notice to Counsel and Litigants Regarding AI-Assisted Research: Attorneys and pro se litigants alike should exercise great caution in submitting any AI-generated language in filings before the Court. Use of AI without verification of the accuracy of the information it generates like any other shoddy research method from other sources or tools implicates Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11, the central purpose of which is to deter baseless filings in district court and thus to streamline the administration and procedure of the federal courts. Rule 11 applies fully to actions filed by pro se litigants.Therefore, all parties are on notice that the Court has a no-tolerance policy for any briefing (AI-assisted or not) that hallucinates legal propositions or otherwise severely misstates the law. Such filings will often result in sanctions absent reasonable excuse. See generally Willis v. U.S. Bank Nat'l Ass'n et al, No. 3:25-CV-516-BN, 2025 WL 1408897 (N.D. Tex. May 15, 2025). Signed by Clerk on 11/13/2025.(Denault, S) (Entered: 11/14/2025)

Notice of Option to Consent to Magistrate Judge Jurisdiction.(Denault, S) (Entered: 11/14/2025)

Request to Issue Summons

Notice re: Disclosure Statement

Request for Clerk to issue summons as to Federal Bureau of Prisons. (Place, Logan)

Request for Clerk to issue summons as to WILLIAM K. MARSHALL, III. (Place, Logan)

CASE ASSIGNMENT: District Judge Vernon D. Oliver assigned to the case. If the District Judge issues an Order of Referral to a Magistrate Judge for any matter other than settlement, the matter will be referred to Magistrate Judge Robert A. Richardson. (Hushin, Z.)

NOTICE TO COUNSEL/SELF-REPRESENTED PARTIES : Counsel or self-represented parties initiating or removing this action are responsible for serving all parties with attached documents and copies of 7 MOTION for Attorney(s) Brian C. Rosen-Shaud to be Admitted Pro Hac Vice (paid $200 PHV fee; receipt number ACTDC-8400017) filed by National Council of Prison Locals, American Federation of Government Employees, CPL-33, AFGE Local 1661, AFL-CIO, 4 MOTION for Attorney(s) Daniel F. Jacobson to be Admitted Pro Hac Vice (paid $200 PHV fee; receipt number ACTDC-8399936) filed by National Council of Prison Locals, American Federation of Government Employees, CPL-33, AFGE Local 1661, AFL-CIO, 2 Disclosure Statement filed by National Council of Prison Locals, American Federation of Government Employees, 8 Notice re: Disclosure Statement, 1 Complaint, filed by National Council of Prison Locals, American Federation of Government Employees, CPL-33, AFGE Local 1661, AFL-CIO, 3 Disclosure Statement filed by CPL-33, AFGE Local 1661, AFL-CIO, 10 Electronic Filing Order, 12 Notice re: AI-Assisted Research,,,, 13 Notice of Option to Consent to Magistrate Judge Jurisdiction, 9 Order on Pretrial Deadlines, 5 MOTION for Attorney(s) Kyla M. Snow to be Admitted Pro Hac Vice (paid $200 PHV fee; receipt number ACTDC-8399973) filed by National Council of Prison Locals, American Federation of Government Employees, CPL-33, AFGE Local 1661, AFL-CIO, 11 Standing Protective Order, 6 MOTION for Attorney(s) Lynn D. Eisenberg to be Admitted Pro Hac Vice (paid $200 PHV fee; receipt number ACTDC-8399992) filed by National Council of Prison Locals, American Federation of Government Employees, CPL-33, AFGE Local 1661, AFL-CIO Signed by Clerk on 11/14/2025.(Denault, S) (Entered: 11/14/2025)

ELECTRONIC SUMMONS ISSUED in accordance with Fed. R. Civ. P. 4 and LR 4 as to *Federal Bureau of Prisons, William K. Marshall, III* with answer to complaint due within *60* days. Attorney *Logan Place* *Livingston, Adler, Pulda, Meiklejohn & Kelly* *557 Prospect Ave.* *Hartford, CT 06105-2922*. (Denault, S) (Entered: 11/14/2025)

ORDER granting 4 Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice for Attorney Daniel F. Jacobson.. Signed by Clerk on 11/14/2025. (Denault, S) (Entered: 11/14/2025)

ORDER granting 5 Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice for Attorney Kyla Snow. Signed by Clerk on 11/14/2025. (Denault, S) (Entered: 11/14/2025)

ORDER granting 6 Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice for Attorney Lynn D. Eisenberg. Signed by Clerk on 11/14/2025. (Denault, S) (Entered: 11/14/2025)

ORDER granting 7 Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice for Attorney Brian C. Rosen-Shaud. Certificate of Good Standing due by 1/13/2026. Signed by Clerk on 11/14/2025. (Denault, S) (Entered: 11/14/2025)

Order on Motion for Admission Pro Hac Vice

NOTICE of Appearance by Kyla Snow on behalf of CPL-33, AFGE Local 1661, AFL-CIO, National Council of Prison Locals, American Federation of Government Employees (Snow, Kyla) (Entered: 11/17/2025)

NOTICE of Appearance by Brian C. Rosen-Shaud on behalf of CPL-33, AFGE Local 1661, AFL-CIO, National Council of Prison Locals, American Federation of Government Employees (Rosen-Shaud, Brian) (Entered: 11/18/2025)

CERTIFICATE OF GOOD STANDING re 7 MOTION for Attorney(s) Brian C. Rosen-Shaud to be Admitted Pro Hac Vice (paid $200 PHV fee; receipt number ACTDC-8400017) by CPL-33, AFGE Local 1661, AFL-CIO, National Council of Prison Locals, American Federation of Government Employees. (Attachments: # 1 Certificate of Good Standing)(Rosen-Shaud, Brian) (Entered: 11/19/2025)

Request for Issuance of Summons by CPL-33, AFGE Local 1661, AFL-CIO, National Council of Prison Locals, American Federation of Government Employees. (Denault, S) (Entered: 11/24/2025)

ORDER denying 23 Request to Issue Summons. The Clerk of Court has already issued summons to the Defendants in this case: the Federal Bureau of Prisons and Director William K. Marshall. Plaintiffs now request that the Clerk issue additional summons to Attorney General Pamela Bondi and United States Attorney David Sullivan.Plaintiffs misinterpret the directive of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(i). Under that rule, when serving United States and its agencies or offices, a party must (1) "deliver a copy of the summons and of the complaint to the United States Attorney for the district where the action is brought" and (2) "send a copy of each by registered or certified mail to the Attorney General of the United States." Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(i)(1) (emphasis added).No part of Rule 4(i) requires issuing summons to the Attorney General of the United States and the United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut. It only requires service of the current summons on them—usually via certified mail—so their offices have a record of the case. Accordingly, the Court denies Plaintiffs' 23 Request to Issue Summons.Signed by Judge Vernon D. Oliver on 11/24/2025. (Frostbutter, S) (Entered: 11/24/2025)

Order on Motion for Order

Affidavit of Service