J.G.G. v. Donald J. Trump

Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit · June 10, 2025 · No. 25-5217

Summary

This is a per curiam order from the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit granting an administrative stay of a district court’s preliminary injunction and class certification order. The stay is intended to allow the appellate court time to consider the appellants’ emergency motion for a stay pending appeal and does not constitute a ruling on the merits. The court also sets deadlines for appellees to file a response and any reply to the emergency motion.

Court
Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Writing for the Court
Katsas; Rao; Walker
Jurisdiction
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Decision date
June 10, 2025
Docket number
25-5217
Procedural posture
Emergency motion for stay pending appeal
Precedential value
published
Parties
Donald J. Trump, in his official capacity as President of the United States, et al. v. J.G.G., et al.
Disposition
other

Topics

appellate procedureappellate jurisdictionstandard of reviewinjunctionscivil procedure

Practice areas

civil procedureconstitutional law

Questions Presented

  1. Whether the district court's order granting in part a preliminary injunction and class certification should be stayed pending appeal

Holdings

  1. The court administratively stays those portions of the district court’s order pending further order of the court.

Key quotations

It is ORDERED that those portions of the district court’s order entered on June 4, 2025, granting in part appellees’ motion for a preliminary injunction, granting in part their motion for class certification, and ordering appellants to file a notice by June 11, 2025, be administratively stayed pending further order of the court. (at 1)

Factual background

The district court granted in part the appellees' motion for a preliminary injunction and class certification and required the appellants to file a notice. The appellants sought an emergency stay of those portions of the order pending appeal.

Procedural history

The district court entered an order on June 4, 2025 granting in part a preliminary injunction, granting in part a motion for class certification, and ordering the appellants to file a notice. The appellants filed an emergency motion for a stay pending appeal, which is the subject of this order.

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