Summary
This per curiam order from the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals grants an administrative stay of the district court’s March 18, 2025 preliminary injunction pending the court’s consideration of an emergency motion for a stay pending appeal. The stay is intended to allow time for briefing and does not constitute a ruling on the merits. The order directs appellees to file a response by April 1, 2025, and any reply by April 3, 2025, while noting that plaintiffs may move to lift the stay if actions negatively impact service members under the referenced policies before the stay is lifted.
Topics
Practice areas
Questions Presented
- Whether the district court’s preliminary injunction order may be administratively stayed pending appeal
Holdings
- The district court’s order granting the preliminary injunction is administratively stayed pending further order of the court.
Key quotations
“The purpose of this administrative stay is to give the court sufficient opportunity to consider the emergency motion for stay pending appeal and should not be construed in any way as a ruling on the merits of that motion.”
Factual background
The plaintiffs, service members, challenged the district court’s preliminary injunction related to the Hegseth Policy and MDI Guidance.
Procedural history
The district court entered an order on March 18, 2025 granting the appellees’ renewed application for a preliminary injunction. The appellants filed an emergency motion for an immediate administrative stay pending appeal.
Remand instructions
The district court is ordered to file a response to the motion for stay pending appeal by 12:00 noon on Tuesday, April 1, 2025, and any reply is due by 12:00 noon on Thursday, April 3, 2025.