Summary
This per curiam order from the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit addresses a petition for rehearing en banc in J.G.G. v. Donald Trump. The court stays the effectiveness of its prior August 8, 2025, order granting mandamus relief pending the disposition of the en banc petition. It also maintains an existing administrative stay of the district court's April 16, 2025, order. These stays are intended solely to allow the court time to consider the rehearing petition and do not constitute a ruling on the merits.
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Questions Presented
- Whether the Court should stay the effectiveness of its order granting mandamus relief pending disposition of the petition for rehearing en banc.
Holdings
- The Court ordered that the effectiveness of its August 8, 2025 order granting mandamus relief be stayed pending disposition of the petition for rehearing en banc, and that the administrative stay of the district court’s order remain in effect.
Key quotations
“The purpose of these stays is to give the court sufficient opportunity to consider the petition for rehearing en banc and should not be construed in any way as a ruling on the merits of that petition.” (at 1)
Factual background
J.G.G. and other plaintiffs sued Donald J. Trump in his official capacity. The district court issued an order that the appellate court later vacated by granting mandamus relief.
Procedural history
The District Court entered an order on April 16, 2025. The Court of Appeals granted mandamus relief and vacated that order on August 8, 2025. The parties filed a petition for rehearing en banc, which the Court considered and issued this stay order.