Plaintiff:	WILLIAM L.A. CHURCH, aka Bill Church, KU KLUX KLAN, KU KLUX KLAN BROADCASTING NETWORK, KU KLUX KLAN CONFEDERACY, KU KLUX KLAN PRESS, KU KLUX KLAN GRAND GARDENS CHURCH OF GOD, KU KLUX KLAN HEBREW FEDERATION, KU KLUX KLAN WILDLIFE AND OUTDOOR LIFE FEDERATION, KU KLUX KLAN ROD AND GUN CLUB, BOW AND ARCHERS, AND RIFLE AND REVOLVER FEDERATION and KU KLUX KLAN CRIMINAL JUSTICE FEDERATION, The Justice Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Klan Senate
Defendant:	UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DIRECTORS, PAST AND PRESENT OF THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, while in office, FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, J. EDGAR HOOVER, Director, FBI, CLYDE TOLSON, Assistant Director and Special Aide, Special Projects and FBI COIN TEL, CLARENCE KELLY, Director, FBI (1973-1978), WILLIAM WEBSTER, Director, FBI (1978-1987), WILLIAM SESSIONS, Director, FBI (1987-1993), LOUIS J. FREEH, Director, FBI (1993-2000), ROBERT S. MUELLER, III, Director, FBI (2001-2013), JAMES B. COMEY, Director, FBI (2013-2018), CHARLES J. BRENNAN, Special Agent in Charge, CBI Cointel Pro Supervisor, GEORGE MOORE, Special Agent in Charge, FBI Cointel Pro Supervisor, COURTLAND JONES, Special Agent in Charge, FBI Cointel Pro Supervisor, GERALD GRIMALDI, Special Agent in Charge, FBI Cointel Pro Supervisor, GEROULD PANGBURN, Special Agent in Charge, FBI Cointel Pro Supervisor, JAMES MCGOVERN, Special Agent in Charge, FBI Cointel Pro Supervisor, FBI COINTEL PRO, Known, unknown, limited, identified, unidentified, agents, staff, personnel, informants, confidential informants, Does limited and unlimited (Bivens action in part), DIRECTORS PAST AND PRESENT OF THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY, RICHARD HELMS, Director, CIA (1966-1973), WILLIAM COLBY, Director, CIA (1973-1976), STANSFIELD TURNER, Director, CIA (1977-1981), WILLIAM CASEY, Director, CIA (1981-1987), WILLIAM WEBSTER, Director, CIA (1987-1991), BOBBY INMAN, Director, CIA, Deputy Chief, CLAIR GEORGE, Staff Project Executive, MAX HUGEL, Chief Covert Operations, CIA, before, up to, and after (1985-1987), ROBERT HELMS, CIA Chief (1988 before during and after), ROBERT M. GATES, Director, CIA (1991-1993), JAMES WOOLSEY, Director, CIA (1993-1995), JOHN DEUTCH, Director, CIA (1995-1997), GEORGE TENET, Director, CIA (1997-2004), MICHAEL V. HAYDEN, Director, CIA (2006-2009), LEON PANETTA, Director, CIA (2009-2011), JOHN O. BRENNAN, Director, CIA (2013-2017), MICHAEL R. POMPEO, Director, CIA (2017-2018), GINA HASPEL, Director, CIA (2018-2021), FREDERICK HITZ, CIA, Clandestine, Covert, Special Services, CIA Inspector General (1993-1996) before, during, and after, CIA COINTEL PRO JOINT OPERATIONS, Known, unknown, limited, identified, unidentified, field agents, staff, personnel, informants, confidential informants, Does limited and unlimited (Bivens action in part), U.S. TREASURY SECRETARIES, HENRY FOWLER, Sec. UST (1965-1968), DAVID KENNEDY, Sec. UST (1969-1971), GEORGE SHULTZ, Sec. UST (1972-1974), WILLIAM SIMON, Sec. UST (1974-1977), WILLIAM MILLER, Sec. UST (1979-1981), NICHOLAS F. BRADY, Sec. UST (1988-1993), ROBERT E. RUBIN, Sec. UST (1995-1999), JOHN W. SNOW, Sec. UST (2003-2006), TIMOTHY GEITHER, Sec. UST (2009-2013), JACOB J. LEW, Sec. UST (2013-2017), STEVEN TERNER MNUCHIN, Sec. UST (2017-2021), JANET YELLEN, Sec. UST (2021 to present), U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY, known, unknown, limited, identified, unidentified, agents, staff, personnel, informants, confidential informants, Does limited (Bivens action in part), SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, VETERANS ADMINISTRATION, SECRETARY JESSE BROWN, Sec., Veteran Affairs Administration (1993-1997), TOGO D. WEST, JR., Sec., Veteran Affairs Administration (1998-2000), ANTHONY J. PRINCIPI, Sec., Veteran Affairs Administration (2001-2005), ERIC SHIN SEKI, Sec., Veteran Affairs Administration (2008-2014), ROBERT A. MCDONALD, Sec., Veteran Affairs Administration (2014-2017), ROBERT WILKIE, Sec., Veteran Affairs Administration (2014-2017), DENNIS MCDONOUGH, Sec., Veteran Affairs Administration (2021 to present), U.S. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, known, unknown, limited, identified, unidentified, agents, staff, personnel, Does limited (Bivens action) and DEBT MANAGEMENT CENTER
Case Number:	26-5025
Filed:	January 14, 2026
Court:	U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
Nature of Suit:	Civil Rights: Other

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