- Docket No.
- 1:25-cv-11916
- District Court
- Massachusetts
Goal
- Compel agency action
- Declaration that agency action is unlawful
Issues
Litigation Content
Why this Matters:
The plaintiffs allege that the Health and Human Services Secretary’s directive removing the COVID-19 vaccine from the CDC-recommended immunization schedules for children and pregnant women violates the Administrative Procedure Act. The federal vaccine legal infrastructure has been instrumental in shoring up vaccine policy across the country.
Potential Impact:
Modification of the CDC’s recommended immunization schedule without sufficient scientific justification could lead to reduced coverage by insurers, increased vaccination hesitancy, increased risk of the spread of preventable diseases, and increased mortality.
News And Analysis (1)
43 Major Filings
- ORDER ON MOTION TO STAY (Oct 2, 2025)
- DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO STAY (Oct 1, 2025)
- SCHEDULING ORDER (Sep 30, 2025)
- PLAINTIFFS' RESPONSE TO MOTION TO DISMISS (Sep 24, 2025)
- PROPOSED INTERVENOR'S NOTICE OF APPEAL (Sep 23, 2025)
- SCHEDULING ORDER (Sep 15, 2025)
- SCHEDULING ORDER (Sep 15, 2025)
- ORDER ON MOTION TO VACATE (Sep 11, 2025)
- PROPOSED INTERVENOR'S MOTION TO AMEND JUDGMENT (Sep 9, 2025)
- ORDER ON MOTION TO PROCEED UNDER PSUDONYM AND FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER (Sep 5, 2025)
- DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO DISMISS (Sep 3, 2025)
- SCHEDULING ORDER (Sep 3, 2025)
- SCHEDULING ORDER (Sep 3, 2025)
- PLAINTIFF DOE 3'S MOTION TO PROCEED UNDER PSUDONYM AND FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER (Sep 3, 2025)
- SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT (Sep 3, 2025)
- PROPOSED INTERVENOR'S REPLY RE: MOTION TO INTERVENE (Aug 22, 2025)
- PLAINTIFFS' MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE A SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT AND JOINT MOTION TO MODIFY CASE SCHEDULE (Aug 20, 2025)
- PROPOSED INTERVENOR'S REPLY RE: MOTION TO VACATE (Aug 19, 2025)
- PLAINTIFFS’ RESPONSE TO MOTION TO INTERVENE (Aug 19, 2025)
- PLAINTIFFS' RESPONSE TO MOTION TO VACATE (Aug 14, 2025)
- SCHEDULING ORDER (Aug 14, 2025)
- PROPOSED INTERVENOR'S MOTION TO VACATE (Aug 12, 2025)
- JOINT MOTION TO RESCHEDULE HEARING (Aug 6, 2025)
- PROPOSED INTERVENOR'S REPLY RE: MOTION TO INTERVENE (Aug 6, 2025)
- SCHEDULING ORDER (Jul 31, 2025)
- ORDER ON MOTION TO INTERVENE (Jul 31, 2025)
- JOINT STIPULATION (Jul 30, 2025)
- PLAINTIFFS’ RESPONSE TO MOTION TO INTERVENE (Jul 30, 2025)
- PLAINTIFFS' APPENDIX OF EVIDENCE (Jul 29, 2025)
- PLAINTIFFS' MEMORANDUM RE: MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION (Jul 29, 2025)
- PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION (Jul 29, 2025)
- PLAINTIFFS' MOTION TO FILE DECLARATIONS UNDER SEAL (Jul 28, 2025)
- ORDER ON MOTION TO PROCEED UNDER PSUDONYM AND FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER (Jul 24, 2025)
- PROPOSED INTERVENOR'S AMENDED MEMORANDUM RE: MOTION TO INTERVENE (Jul 24, 2025)
- AMENDED COMPLAINT (Jul 23, 2025)
- PLAINTIFF DOE 2'S MOTION TO PROCEED UNDER PSUDONYM AND FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER (Jul 23, 2025)
- SCHEDULING ORDER (Jul 23, 2025)
- PROPOSED INTERVENOR'S MOTION TO INTERVENE (Jul 16, 2025)
- PLAINTIFFS' MOTION TO WITHDRAW MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION (Jul 9, 2025)
- ORDER ON MOTION TO PROCEED UNDER PSUDONYM AND FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER (Jul 8, 2025)
- PLAINTIFFS' MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION (Jul 7, 2025)
- COMPLAINT (Jul 7, 2025)
- PLAINTIFF DOE'S MOTION TO PROCEED UNDER PSUDONYM AND FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER (Jul 7, 2025)