American Council of Learned Societies v. McDonald
| AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LEARNED SOCIETIES, AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION, MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, WILLIAM GOLDSTEIN, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, ELIZABETH KADETSKY, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, VALARIE ORLANDO, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, KATALIN BALOG, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, BENJAMIN HOLTZMAN, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, LEE JASPERSE, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, NICOLE JENKINS, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated and THE AUTHORS GUILD, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated |
| MICHAEL MCDONALD, in his official capacity as Acting Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES, UNITED STATES DOGE SERVICE, AMY GLEASON, in her official capacity as Acting Administrator of the United States DOGE Service, NATE CAVANAUGH, Nate Cavanaugh in his official capacity as an employee of the U.S. DOGE Service or the General Services Administration and JUSTIN FOX, in his official capacity as an employee of the U.S. DOGE Service or the General Services Administration |
| 25-1905 |
| August 6, 2025 |
| U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit |
| Other Statutes |
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| Filing 36 SO-ORDERED SCHEDULING NOTIFICATION, setting Appellees' Amy Gleason, Justin Fox, Michael McDonald, Nate Cavanaugh, National Endowment for the Humanities, United States DOGE Service, Brief due date as 02/16/2026, FILED. [Entered: 11/21/2025 10:36 AM] |
| Filing 35 LR 31.2 SCHEDULING NOTIFICATION, on behalf of Appellee Michael McDonald, Appellee National Endowment for the Humanities, Appellee United States DOGE Service, Appellee Amy Gleason, Appellee Nate Cavanaugh, Appellee Justin Fox, informing Court of proposed due date 02/16/2026, RECEIVED. Service date 11/18/2025 by ACMS. [Entered: 11/18/2025 05:09 PM] |
| Filing 34 BRIEF, on behalf of Appellant American Council of Learned Societies, Appellant American Historical Association, Appellant Modern Language Association of America, FILED. Service date 10/08/2025 by ACMS. [Entered: 10/08/2025 11:42 AM] |
| Filing 33 SPECIAL APPENDIX, on behalf of Appellant American Council of Learned Societies, Appellant American Historical Association, Appellant Modern Language Association of America, FILED. Service date 10/08/2025 by ACMS. [Entered: 10/08/2025 11:39 AM] |
| Filing 32 JOINT APPENDIX, volume 3 of 3, (pp. JA 543 - JA 681), on behalf of Appellant American Council of Learned Societies, Appellant American Historical Association, Appellant Modern Language Association of America, FILED. Service date 10/08/2025 by ACMS. [Entered: 10/08/2025 11:37 AM] |
| Filing 31 JOINT APPENDIX, volume 2 of 3, (pp. JA 298 - JA 542), on behalf of Appellant American Council of Learned Societies, Appellant American Historical Association, Appellant Modern Language Association of America, FILED. Service date 10/08/2025 by ACMS. [Entered: 10/08/2025 11:35 AM] |
| Filing 30 JOINT APPENDIX, volume 1 of 3, (pp. JA 1 - JA 297), on behalf of Appellant American Council of Learned Societies, Appellant American Historical Association, Appellant Modern Language Association of America, FILED. Service date 10/08/2025 by ACMS. [Entered: 10/08/2025 11:27 AM] |
| Filing 29 DEFECTIVE DOCUMENT, Brief, Special Appendix and 3 Volumes of Joint Appendix, at docket entry 28, on behalf of Appellant American Council of Learned Societies, Appellant American Historical Association, Appellant Modern Language Association of America, FILED. [Entered: 10/07/2025 09:31 AM] |
| Filing 28 BRIEF, on behalf of Appellant American Council of Learned Societies, Appellant American Historical Association, Appellant Modern Language Association of America, FILED. Service date 09/30/2025 by ACMS. [Entered: 09/30/2025 08:19 PM] |
| Filing 27 SPECIAL APPENDIX, on behalf of Appellant American Council of Learned Societies, Appellant American Historical Association, Appellant Modern Language Association of America, FILED. Service date 09/30/2025 by ACMS. [Entered: 09/30/2025 08:17 PM] |
| Filing 26 JOINT APPENDIX, volume 3 of 3, (pp. JA 543 - JA 681), on behalf of Appellant American Council of Learned Societies, Appellant American Historical Association, Appellant Modern Language Association of America, FILED. Service date 09/30/2025 by ACMS. [Entered: 09/30/2025 02:59 PM] |
| Filing 25 JOINT APPENDIX, volume 2 of 3, (pp. JA 298 - JA 452), on behalf of Appellant American Council of Learned Societies, Appellant American Historical Association, Appellant Modern Language Association of America, FILED. Service date 09/30/2025 by ACMS. [Entered: 09/30/2025 02:51 PM] |
| Filing 24 JOINT APPENDIX, volume 1 of 3, (pp. JA 1 - JA 297), on behalf of Appellant American Council of Learned Societies, Appellant American Historical Association, Appellant Modern Language Association of America, FILED. Service date 09/30/2025 by ACMS. [Entered: 09/30/2025 02:48 PM] |
| Filing 23 MOTION ORDER, denying motion to expedite appeal at docket entry 17, on behalf of Appellant American Council of Learned Societies, Appellant American Historical Association, Appellant Modern Language Association of America, by ECL, FILED. [Entered: 09/11/2025 12:09 PM] [Edited: 09/11/2025 03:38 PM] |
| Filing 22 REPLY TO OPPOSITION, on behalf of Appellant American Council of Learned Societies, Appellant American Historical Association, Appellant Modern Language Association of America, FILED. Service date 09/09/2025 by ACMS. [Entered: 09/09/2025 08:17 PM] |
| Filing 21 OPPOSITION, to Motion to expedite appeal, at docket entry 17, on behalf of Appellee Michael McDonald, Appellee National Endowment for the Humanities, Appellee United States DOGE Service, Appellee Amy Gleason, Appellee Nate Cavanaugh, Appellee Justin Fox, FILED. Service date 09/03/2025 by ACMS. [Entered: 09/03/2025 01:31 PM] |
| Filing 20 SO-ORDERED SCHEDULING NOTIFICATION, setting Appellants' American Council of Learned Societies, American Historical Association, Modern Language Association of America, Brief due date as 09/30/2025, Appendix due date as 09/30/2025, FILED. [Entered: 09/02/2025 11:10 AM] |
| Filing 19 ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND NOTICE OF APPEARANCE, on behalf of Appellee Michael McDonald, Appellee National Endowment for the Humanities, Appellee United States DOGE Service, Appellee Amy Gleason, Appellee Nate Cavanaugh, Appellee Justin Fox, FILED. Service date 08/27/2025 by ACMS. [Entered: 08/27/2025 04:30 PM] |
| Filing 18 LR 31.2 SCHEDULING NOTIFICATION, on behalf of Appellant American Council of Learned Societies, Appellant American Historical Association, Appellant Modern Language Association of America, informing Court of proposed due date 09/30/2025, RECEIVED. Service date 08/26/2025 by ACMS. [Entered: 08/26/2025 11:38 AM] |
| Filing 17 MOTION, to expedite appeal, on behalf of Appellant American Council of Learned Societies, Appellant American Historical Association, Appellant Modern Language Association of America, FILED. Service date 08/25/2025 by ACMS. [Entered: 08/25/2025 09:28 PM] |
| Filing 16 ATTORNEY, Mary Ellen Brennan for Appellee Michael McDonald, Appellee National Endowment for the Humanities, Appellee United States DOGE Service, Appellee Amy Gleason, Appellee Nate Cavanaugh, Appellee Justin Fox, ADDED. [Entered: 08/22/2025 08:57 AM] |
| Filing 15 NOTICE OF APPEARANCE AS SUBSTITUTE COUNSEL/ADDITIONAL COUNSEL, on behalf of Amy Gleason, Justin Fox, Michael McDonald, Nate Cavanaugh, National Endowment for the Humanities, United States DOGE Service, FILED. [Entered: 08/20/2025 01:46 PM] |
| Filing 14 ATTORNEY, Rachael Doud for Appellee Michael McDonald, Appellee National Endowment for the Humanities, Appellee United States DOGE Service, Appellee Amy Gleason, Appellee Nate Cavanaugh, Appellee Justin Fox, ADDED. [Entered: 08/20/2025 10:43 AM] |
| Filing 13 NEW CASE MANAGER, Dennisse Pizarro-Lebron, ASSIGNED. [Entered: 08/20/2025 10:15 AM] |
| Filing 12 NOTICE OF APPEARANCE AS SUBSTITUTE COUNSEL/ADDITIONAL COUNSEL, on behalf of Amy Gleason, Justin Fox, Michael McDonald, Nate Cavanaugh, National Endowment for the Humanities, United States DOGE Service, FILED. [Entered: 08/20/2025 09:57 AM] |
| Filing 11 FORM D, on behalf of Appellant American Council of Learned Societies, Appellant American Historical Association, Appellant Modern Language Association of America, FILED. Service date 08/12/2025 by ACMS. [Entered: 08/12/2025 10:33 AM] |
| Filing 10 FORM C, on behalf of Appellant American Council of Learned Societies, Appellant American Historical Association, Appellant Modern Language Association of America, FILED. Service date 08/12/2025 by ACMS. [Entered: 08/12/2025 10:30 AM] |
| Filing 9 ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND NOTICE OF APPEARANCE, on behalf of Appellant American Council of Learned Societies, Appellant American Historical Association, Appellant Modern Language Association of America, FILED. Service date 08/12/2025 by ACMS. [Entered: 08/12/2025 10:17 AM] |
| Filing 8 ATTORNEY, Daniel F. Jacobson, in place of attorney John Robinson, SUBSTITUTED. [Entered: 08/12/2025 10:08 AM] |
| Filing 7 NOTICE OF APPEARANCE AS SUBSTITUTE COUNSEL/ADDITIONAL COUNSEL, on behalf of American Council of Learned Societies, American Historical Association, Modern Language Association of America, FILED. [Entered: 08/12/2025 09:29 AM] |
| Filing 6 NON-ADMITTED ATTORNEY, John Robinson for Appellant American Council of Learned Societies, American Historical Association, Modern Language Association of America, orally informed to apply for admission forthwith and submit Addendum A to Notice of Appearance, NOTIFIED. [Entered: 08/06/2025 10:52 AM] |
| Filing 5 INTERLOCUTORY CIVIL APPEAL, on behalf of Appellant American Council of Learned Societies, American Historical Association, Modern Language Association of America, received on 08/01/2025, OPENED. [Entered: 08/06/2025 10:48 AM] |
| Filing 4 ELECTRONIC INDEX, in lieu of record, FILED. [Entered: 08/06/2025 10:45 AM] |
| Filing 3 PAYMENT OF DOCKETING FEE, on behalf of Appellant American Council of Learned Societies, American Historical Association, Modern Language Association of America, district court receipt # ANYSDC-31465491, FILED. [Entered: 08/06/2025 10:42 AM] |
| Filing 2 DISTRICT COURT DECISION AND ORDER, dated 07/25/2025, RECEIVED. [Entered: 08/06/2025 10:40 AM] |
| Filing 1 NOTICE OF INTERLOCUTORY CIVIL APPEAL, with district court docket, on behalf of Appellant American Council of Learned Societies, American Historical Association, Modern Language Association of America, FILED. [Entered: 08/06/2025 10:38 AM] |
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| Defendant: MICHAEL MCDONALD, in his official capacity as Acting Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities | |
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