President and Fellows of Harvard College v. United States Department of Homeland Security, et al
| PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE |
| US DEPT. OF HOMELAND SECURITY, UNITED STATES IMMIGRATION CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT, STUDENT AND EXCHANGE VISITOR PROGRAM, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, US DEPARTMENT OF STATE, KRISTI NOEM, in the official capacity as Secretary of the United States Department of Homeland Security, TODD M. LYONS, in the official capacity as Acting Director of United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, JOHN DOE, in the official capacity as Director of the Student and Exchange Visitor Program, JAMES HICKS, in the official capacity as Deputy Assistant Director of the Student and Exchange Visitor Program, PAMELA J. BONDI, in the official capacity as Attorney General of the United States and MARCO RUBIO, in the official capacity as Secretary of the United States Department of State |
| COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS and THEODORE WILLIAM SOMACH |
| FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM, DONALD B. AYER, JOHN B. BELLINGER, III, GREGORY CRAIG, JOHN C. DANFORTH, AMBASSADOR NANCY ELY-RAPHEL, AMBASSADOR STUART M. GERSON, AMBASSADOR CHARLES TIMOTHY HAGEL, AMBASSADOR AVRIL D. HAINES, AMBASSADOR CONRAD K. HARPER, AMBASSADOR MICHAEL VINCENT HAYDEN, PETER D. KEISLER, ALAN KRECZKO, MICHAEL LUTTIG, DENIS RICHARD MCDONOUGH, TREVOR MORRISON, THOMAS R. PICKERING, ALAN RAUL, SUSAN E. RICE, NICHOLAS ROSTOW, WENDY R. SHERMAN, ABRAHAM D. SOFAER, INTERNATIONAL UNION, UNITED AUTOMOBILE, AEROSPACE & AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WORKERS OF AMERICA, AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION, AMERICAN COUNSIL OF LEARNED SOCIETIES, ASSOCIATION FOR SLAVIC, EAST EUROPEAN, AND EURASIAN STUDIES, ASSOCIATION FOR SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE HISTORICAL STUDIES, BERKSHIRE CONFERENCE OF WOMEN HISTORIANS, BUSINESS HISTORY CONFERENCE, CONFERENCE ON ASIAN HISTORY, FRENCH COLONIAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY, LABOR AND WORKING-CLASS HISTORY ASSOCIATION, LGBTQ+ HISTORY ASSOCIATION, NATIONAL COUNCIL ON PUBLIC HISTORY, NORTH AMERICAN CONFERENCE ON BRITISH STUDIES, ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN HISTORIANS, SOCIETY FOR HISTORIANS OF THE GILDED AGE AND PROGRESSIVE ERA, SOCIETY OF ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIANS, WESTERN HISTORY ASSOCIATION, WESTERN SOCIETY FOR FRENCH HISTORY and WORLD HISTORY ASSOCIATION |
| 25-1627 |
| July 1, 2025 |
| U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit |
| Other Statutes |
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| DISCLOSURE statement filed by American Historical Association and Seventeen Additional Scholarly Groups. Served on 12/22/2025. [25-1627] (YTD) [Entered: 12/22/2025 12:27 PM] |
| AMICUS CURIAE BRIEF tendered by American Historical Association and Seventeen Additional Scholarly Groups. [25-1627] (YTD) [Entered: 12/22/2025 12:25 PM] |
| NOTICE of appearance on behalf of Movant(s) American Historical Association and Seventeen Additional Scholarly Groups filed by Attorney Yoseph T. Desta. Served on 12/22/2025. [25-1627] (YTD) [Entered: 12/22/2025 12:20 PM] |
ORDER entered: Upon consideration of motion, the deadline for plaintiff-appellee to file their brief is January 12, 2026 , and defendants-appellants' reply brief is to be filed by February 9, 2026 . [25-1627] (AVN) [Entered: 12/16/2025 09:53 AM]
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| JOINT MOTION to extend time to file brief filed by Appellants Pamela J. Bondi, DHS, John Doe, James Hicks, US Department of State, United States Department of Justice, Student and Exchange Visitor Program, Marco Rubio, Kristi Noem, Todd M. Lyons and ICE and Appellee President and Fellows of Harvard College. Served on 12/09/2025. [25-1627] CLERK'S NOTE: Party selection was incomplete. Correction made by clerk's office. No further action required. (TTD) [Entered: 12/09/2025 05:14 PM] |
| NINE (9) paper copies of amicus brief [ # 6767124-2 ] submitted by Amicus Curiae UAW. [25-1627] (DK) [Entered: 11/28/2025 02:28 PM] |
| AMICUS CURIAE BRIEF filed by Amicus Curiae UAW in support of Appellee. Served on 10/06/2025. Nine paper copies identical to that of the electronically filed brief must be submitted so that they are received by the court on or before 11/28/2025 . [25-1627] (AVN) [Entered: 11/21/2025 10:40 AM] |
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ORDER entered by Lara E. Montecalvo, Appellate Judge: On October 7, 2025, the court entered an order granting the government's motion for a stay of proceedings in light of the lapse in appropriations. The government has now filed an unopposed motion informing the court that appropriations have been restored and requesting that the deadline for plaintiffs-appellees to file their brief be reset to December 19, 2025, and that the deadline for the reply brief be set for January 16, 2026. In light of this filing, the stay of proceedings is lifted. The response brief shall be filed on or before December 19, 2025. Any reply brief shall be filed on or before January 16, 2026. [25-1627] (AVN) [Entered: 11/19/2025 01:21 PM]
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| MOTION to lift stay and enter briefing schedule filed by Appellants Pamela J. Bondi, DHS, John Doe, Kristi Noem, US Department of State, United States Department of Justice, Student and Exchange Visitor Program, Marco Rubio, Todd M. Lyons, James Hicks and ICE. Served on 11/17/2025. [25-1627] (TTD) [Entered: 11/17/2025 01:27 PM] |
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ORDER entered by Seth Robert Aframe, Appellate Judge: Appellants' unopposed motion for stay, in light of the lapse in appropriations, "until Department of Justice attorneys . . . resume their usual civil litigation functions" is granted. The government shall notify this court forthwith when those functions are resumed. [25-1627] (AVN) [Entered: 10/07/2025 12:27 PM]
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| NOTICE of appearance on behalf of Movant(s) United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW) filed by Attorney Daniel M. Eisenberg. Served on 10/06/2025. [25-1627] (DME) [Entered: 10/06/2025 12:53 PM] |
| AMICUS CURIAE BRIEF tendered by United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW). [25-1627] (DME) [Entered: 10/06/2025 12:55 PM] |
| DISCLOSURE statement filed by Amicus Curiae UAW. Served on 10/06/2025. [25-1627] (AVN) [Entered: 10/10/2025 10:01 AM] |
| MOTION to stay Pending Lapse of Appropriations filed by Appellants Pamela J. Bondi, DHS, John Doe, James Hicks, ICE, Todd M. Lyons, Kristi Noem, Marco Rubio, Student and Exchange Visitor Program, United States Department of Justice and US Department of State. Served on 10/03/2025. [25-1627] (TTD) [Entered: 10/03/2025 04:06 PM] |
| NINE (9) paper copies of amici brief [ # 6751102-2 ] submitted by Amici Curiae Former Senior Government Officials. [25-1627] (SRS) [Entered: 09/25/2025 04:50 PM] |
| AMICI CURIAE BRIEF filed by Former Senior Government Officials in support of Appellee. Served on 09/04/2025. Nine paper copies identical to that of the electronically filed brief must be submitted so that they are received by the court on or before 09/23/2025 . [25-1627] (AVN) [Entered: 09/16/2025 08:14 AM] |
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ORDER entered: No objections having been filed, the motion of former senior government officials for leave to file an amici curiae brief in support of the appellee and affirmance is granted, and the brief is accepted for filing this day. [25-1627] (AVN) [Entered: 09/16/2025 08:12 AM]
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ORDER granting motion to extend time to file brief filed by Appellee President and Fellows of Harvard College. Brief due 10/24/2025 for appellee President and Fellows of Harvard College. [25-1627] (AVN) [Entered: 09/09/2025 08:41 AM]
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| ASSENTED TO MOTION to extend time to file brief filed by Appellee President and Fellows of Harvard College. Served on 09/05/2025. [25-1627] (IHG) [Entered: 09/05/2025 01:31 PM] |
| NINE (9) paper copies of amicus brief [ # 6747900-2 ] submitted by Amicus Curiae Federation for American Immigration Reform. [25-1627] (YCC) [Entered: 09/10/2025 03:55 PM] |
| AMICUS CURIAE BRIEF tendered by Former Senior Government Officials. [25-1627] (JGB) [Entered: 09/04/2025 05:33 PM] |
| NOTICE of appearance on behalf of Movant(s) Former Senior Government Officials filed by Attorney Joel G. Beckman. Served on 09/04/2025. [25-1627] (JGB) [Entered: 09/04/2025 05:28 PM] |
| AMICUS CURIAE BRIEF filed by Amicus Curiae Federation for American Immigration Reform in support of Appellants. Served on 09/02/2025. Nine paper copies identical to that of the electronically filed brief must be submitted so that they are received by the court on or before 09/10/2025 . [25-1627] (AVN) [Entered: 09/03/2025 09:01 AM] |
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ORDER entered: On August 28, 2025, Movants Former Senior Government Officials filed a brief as amicus curiae. The brief is non-compliant because the caption on the front cover of the brief does not match the caption used by the court. See Fed. R. App. P. 29(a)(4) and 32(a)(2)(C). In addition, Attorney Joel G. Beckman must file an appearance form required by 1st Cir. R. 12.0(a) and 46.0(a)(2). A corrected amicus brief and an appearance form must be filed no later than September 10, 2025 . [25-1627] (AVN) [Entered: 09/03/2025 09:32 AM]
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| FIVE (5) paper copies of appendix [ # 6747001-2 ] submitted by Appellants Pamela J. Bondi, John Doe, James Hicks, ICE, Todd M. Lyons, Kristi Noem, Marco Rubio, Student and Exchange Visitor Program, US Department of State, DHS and United States Department of Justice. [25-1627] (YCC) [Entered: 09/10/2025 10:14 AM] |
| NINE (9) paper copies of appellants' brief [ # 6746997-2 ] submitted by Appellants Pamela J. Bondi, John Doe, James Hicks, ICE, Todd M. Lyons, Kristi Noem, Marco Rubio, Student and Exchange Visitor Program, US Department of State, DHS and United States Department of Justice. [25-1627] (YCC) [Entered: 09/10/2025 10:10 AM] |
| NOTICE of appearance on behalf of Amicus Curiae Federation for American Immigration Reform filed by Attorney Matt A. Crapo. Served on 09/02/2025. [25-1627] (MAC) [Entered: 09/02/2025 12:00 PM] |
| DISCLOSURE statement filed by Amicus Curiae Federation for American Immigration Reform. [25-1627] (AVN) [Entered: 09/02/2025 11:35 AM] |
| AMICUS CURIAE BRIEF tendered by Federation for American Immigration Reform. [25-1627] (MAC) [Entered: 09/02/2025 10:44 AM] |
| MOTION for leave to file amicus curiae brief in support of Appellee filed by Movant(s) Former Senior Government Officials. Served on 08/28/2025. [25-1627] (JGB) [Entered: 08/28/2025 02:11 PM] |
| APPENDIX filed by Appellants Pamela J. Bondi, John Doe, James Hicks, ICE, Todd M. Lyons, Kristi Noem, Marco Rubio, Student and Exchange Visitor Program, US Department of State, DHS and United States Department of Justice. Served on 08/25/2025. Five paper copies of the electronically filed appendix must be submitted so that they are received by the court on or before 09/04/2025 . [25-1627] (YCC) [Entered: 08/28/2025 02:01 PM] |
| APPELLANTS' BRIEF filed by Appellants Pamela J. Bondi, John Doe, James Hicks, ICE, Todd M. Lyons, Kristi Noem, Marco Rubio, Student and Exchange Visitor Program, US Department of State, DHS and United States Department of Justice. Served on 08/25/2025. Nine paper copies identical to that of the electronically filed brief must be submitted so that they are received by the court on or before 09/04/2025 . Brief due 09/24/2025 for APPELLEE President and Fellows of Harvard College. [25-1627] (YCC) [Entered: 08/28/2025 01:48 PM] |
| APPENDIX tendered by Appellants Pamela J. Bondi, DHS, John Doe, James Hicks, ICE, Todd M. Lyons, Kristi Noem, US Department of State, United States Department of Justice, Marco Rubio and Student and Exchange Visitor Program. Served on 08/25/2025. [25-1627] (TTD) [Entered: 08/25/2025 10:30 PM] |
| BRIEF tendered by Appellants Pamela J. Bondi, DHS, John Doe, James Hicks, ICE, Todd M. Lyons, Kristi Noem, Marco Rubio, US Department of State, United States Department of Justice and Student and Exchange Visitor Program. [25-1627] (TTD) [Entered: 08/25/2025 10:26 PM] |
| NOTICE issued. The following attorneys have failed to register for an appellate ECF account and will no longer receive notice of court issued documents in this case: Bridget K. O'Hickey for US Department of State, DHS, United States Department of Justice, ICE, Todd M. Lyons, Kristi Noem, John Doe, Marco Rubio, Pamela J. Bondi, Student and Exchange Visitor Program and James Hicks and Robert K. Hur for President and Fellows of Harvard College. [25-1627] (AVN) [Entered: 07/31/2025 09:17 AM] |
| NOTICE of appearance on behalf of Appellee President and Fellows of Harvard College filed by Attorney Jacob B. Richards. Served on 07/18/2025. [25-1627] (JR) [Entered: 07/18/2025 10:46 PM] |
| NOTICE issued. After 07/30/2025 , the following attorneys will no longer receive notice of court issued documents in this case unless they register for an appellate ECF account: Bridget K. O'Hickey for US Department of State, DHS, United States Department of Justice, ICE, Todd M. Lyons, Kristi Noem, John Doe, Marco Rubio, Pamela J. Bondi, Student and Exchange Visitor Program and James Hicks, Danielle Kerker Goldstein for President and Fellows of Harvard College, Lauren J. Hartz for President and Fellows of Harvard College, Joshua Paul Morrow for President and Fellows of Harvard College, Serena M. Orloff for President and Fellows of Harvard College, Jacob Richards for President and Fellows of Harvard College and Katherine Yarger for President and Fellows of Harvard College. [25-1627] (AVN) [Entered: 07/16/2025 11:31 AM] |
| CORRECTED NOTICE* issued. After 07/30/2025 , the following attorneys will no longer receive notice of court issued documents in this case unless they register for an appellate ECF account: Bridget K. O'Hickey for US Department of State, DHS, United States Department of Justice, ICE, Todd M. Lyons, Kristi Noem, John Doe, Marco Rubio, Pamela J. Bondi, Student and Exchange Visitor Program and James Hicks, Danielle Kerker Goldstein for President and Fellows of Harvard College, Robert K. Hur for President and Fellows of Harvard College, Joshua Paul Morrow for President and Fellows of Harvard College, Serena M. Orloff for President and Fellows of Harvard College, Jacob Richards for President and Fellows of Harvard College and Katherine Yarger for President and Fellows of Harvard College. *Corrected notice issued to amend the text of the notice. [25-1627] (AVN) [Entered: 07/16/2025 03:05 PM] |
| NOTICE of appearance on behalf of Appellee President and Fellows of Harvard College filed by Attorney Steven P. Lehotsky. Served on 07/16/2025. [25-1627] (SPL) [Entered: 07/16/2025 02:56 PM] |
| NOTICE of appearance on behalf of Appellee President and Fellows of Harvard College filed by Attorney Scott A. Keller. Served on 07/15/2025. [25-1627] (SAK) [Entered: 07/15/2025 03:57 PM] |
| NOTICE of appearance on behalf of Appellee President and Fellows of Harvard College filed by Attorney Shannon G. Denmark. Served on 07/15/2025. [25-1627] (SGD) [Entered: 07/15/2025 03:44 PM] |
| BRIEFING schedule set. Brief and Appendix due 08/25/2025 for appellants Pamela J. Bondi, John Doe, James Hicks, Immigration Customs Enforcement, Todd M. Lyons, Kristi Noem, Marco Rubio, Student and Exchange Visitor Program, US Department of State, US Dept. of Homeland Security and United States Department of Justice. Pursuant to F.R.A.P. 31(a), appellee's brief will be due 30 days following service of appellant's brief and appellant's reply brief will be due 21 days following service of appellee's brief. [25-1627] (JMK) [Entered: 07/15/2025 03:14 PM] |
| TRANSCRIPT report/order form filed by Appellants Pamela J. Bondi, DHS, John Doe, James Hicks, ICE, Todd M. Lyons, Kristi Noem, Marco Rubio, Student and Exchange Visitor Program, United States Department of Justice and US Department of State indicating transcripts are not necessary for this appeal. Served on 07/15/2025. [25-1627] (TTD) [Entered: 07/15/2025 11:59 AM] |
| DOCKETING statement filed by Appellants Pamela J. Bondi, DHS, John Doe, James Hicks, ICE, Todd M. Lyons, Kristi Noem, Marco Rubio, Student and Exchange Visitor Program, US Department of State and United States Department of Justice. Served on 07/15/2025. [25-1627] (TTD) [Entered: 07/15/2025 11:04 AM] |
| NOTICE of appearance on behalf of Appellants Pamela J. Bondi, DHS, John Doe, James Hicks, ICE, Todd M. Lyons, Kristi Noem, Marco Rubio, United States Department of Justice, US Department of State and Student and Exchange Visitor Program filed by Attorney Tiberius Davis. Served on 07/15/2025. [25-1627] (TTD) [Entered: 07/15/2025 10:40 AM] |
| NOTICE of appearance on behalf of Appellee President and Fellows of Harvard College filed by Attorney Ishan K. Bhabha. Served on 07/14/2025. [25-1627] (IKB) [Entered: 07/14/2025 02:37 PM] |
| NOTICE of appearance on behalf of Appellee President and Fellows of Harvard College filed by Attorney Andrianna D. Kastanek. Served on 07/14/2025. [25-1627] (AK) [Entered: 07/14/2025 02:10 PM] |
| NOTICE of appearance on behalf of Appellee President and Fellows of Harvard College filed by Attorney Ian Heath Gershengorn. Served on 07/14/2025. [25-1627] (IHG) [Entered: 07/14/2025 02:39 PM] |
| NOTICE of appearance on behalf of Appellee President and Fellows of Harvard College filed by Attorney Lauren J. Hartz. Served on 07/14/2025. [25-1627] (LJH) [Entered: 07/14/2025 02:43 PM] |
| CIVIL CASE docketed. Notice of appeal (doc. #77) filed by Appellants Pamela J. Bondi, John Doe, James Hicks, ICE, Todd M. Lyons, Kristi Noem, Marco Rubio, Student and Exchange Visitor Program, US Department of State, DHS and United States Department of Justice. Appearance form, Docketing Statement, and Transcript Report/Order form due 07/15/2025 . [25-1627] (AVN) [Entered: 07/01/2025 12:35 PM] |
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