Plaintiff:	American Bar Association
Defendant:	Executive Office of the President, United States Department of Justice, Pamela J. Bondi, in her official capacity as Attorney General of the United States, Office of Management and Budget, Russell T. Vought, in his official capacity as Acting Director, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Andrea R. Lucas, in her official capacity as Acting Chair, Office of Personnel Management, Charles Ezell, in his official capacity as Acting Director, General Services Administration, Stephen Ehekian, in his official capacity as Acting Administrator, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, in her official capacity as Acting Director, Central Intelligence Agency, John Ratcliffe, in his official capacity as Director, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, United States Department of Agriculture, Brooke Rollins, in her official capacity as Secretary of Agriculture, Department of Commerce, Howard W. Lutnick, in his official capacity as Secretary of Commerce, United States Department of Defense, Peter B. Hegseth, in his official capacity as Secretary of Defense, United States Department of Energy, Chris Wright, in his official capacity as Secretary of Energy, Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., in his official capacity as Secretary of Health and Human Services, United States Department of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, United States Department of the Interior, Douglas Burgum, in his official capacity as U.S. Secretary of the Interior, Department of Labor, Lori Chavez-DeRemer, in her official capacity as Secretary of Labor, United States Department of State, Marco A. Rubio, in his official capacity as Secretary of State, United States Department of Transportation, Sean P. Duffy, in his official capacity as Secretary of Transportation, United States Department of the Treasury, Scott Bessent, in his official capacity as Secretary of the Treasury, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Douglas A. Collins, in his official capacity as Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Kash Patel, in his official capacity as Director, FBI, Environmental Protection Agency, Lee M. Zeldin, in his official capacity as Administrator, EPA, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Mark C. Christie, in his official capacity as Chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, David Rosner, in his official capacity as Commissioner, Lindsay S. See, in her official capacity as Commissioner, Judy W. Chang, in her official capacity as Commissioner, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Federal Communications Commission, Brendan T. Carr, in his official capacity as Chairman, FCC, Geoffrey Starks, in his official capacity as Commissioner, FCC, Nathan Simington, in his official capacity as Commissioner, Anna M. Gomez, in her official capacity as Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission, Andrew N. Ferguson, in his official capacity as Chairman, Melissa Holyoak, in her official capacity as Commissioner, Mark Meador, in his official capacity as Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service, William E. Long, Jr., in his official capacity as Commissioner, Securities and Exchange Commission, Paul S. Atkins, in his official capacity as Chairman, Hester M. Pierce, in her official capacity as Commissioner, Caroline A. Crenshaw, in her official capacity as Commissioner, Mark T. Uyeda, in his official capacity as Commissioner, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Coke Morgan Stewart, in her official capacity as Acting Director, United States Postal Service, Douglas A. Tulino, in his official capacity as Acting Postmaster General, United States of America, Todd Blanche, in his official capacity as Acting Attorney General of the United States, Scott Kupor, in his official capacity as Acting Director, Edward C. Forst, in his official capacity as Acting Administrator, Markwayne Mullin, Keith E. Sonderling, in her official capacity as Secretary of Labor, Laura V. Swett, in his official capacity as Chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Frank Bisignano, in his official capacity as Commissioner, John A. Squires, in her official capacity as Acting Director and David Steiner, in his official capacity as Acting Postmaster General
Movant:	Andrew DeLaney
Case Number:	26-5128
Filed:	April 21, 2026
Court:	U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit
Nature of Suit:	Other Civil Rights

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