- Docket No.
- 1:25-cv-10787
- District Court
- Massachusetts Eastern
Goal
- Block enforcement of agency action
- Compel agency action
- Declaration that agency action is unlawful
Issues
Case History
Litigation Content
Why this Matters:
The plaintiffs allege that National Institute of Health’s (NIH) termination of large numbers of grants and refusal to consider pending grant applications based on grants’ connection with forbidden terms, such as “gender identity,” “diversity, equity, and inclusion,” violate the Administrative Procedure Act, the Fifth Amendment, and the separation of powers principle powers. NIH funding has led to breakthrough scientific discoveries that have been critical to minimizing death and disease and closing gaps in health.
Potential Impact:
Curtailing biomedical and behavioral research based on vague notions of “gender identity” and “diversity, equity, and inclusion” will delay scientific advancement and exacerbate health disparities.
37 Major Filings
- DEFENDANTS' NOTICE OF PRODUCTION (Aug 19, 2025)
- DEFENDANTS’ MEMORANDUM RE: THE COURT’S JURISDICTION (Aug 15, 2025)
- JOINT PROPOSAL AND STIPULATION (Aug 1, 2025)
- SCHEDULING ORDER (Jul 28, 2025)
- OPINION ON MOTION FOR STAY (Jul 18, 2025)
- ORDER ON MOTION FOR STAY (Jul 18, 2025)
- PARTIAL JUDGEMENT (Jul 2, 2025)
- PLAINTIFFS' RESPONSE TO MOTION TO DISMISS (Jun 30, 2025)
- ORDER ON MOTION FOR STAY (Jun 24, 2025)
- DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR STAY (Jun 23, 2025)
- DEFENDANTS' NOTICE OF APPEAL (Jun 23, 2025)
- JUDGEMENT (Jun 23, 2025)
- ORDER ON REQUEST FOR EXPEDITED DEADLINE (Jun 23, 2025)
- PLAINTIFFS’ RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR EXPEDITED DEADLINE (Jun 20, 2025)
- DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS (Jun 20, 2025)
- PLAINTIFF'S SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEF (Jun 19, 2025)
- SCHEDULING ORDER (Jun 16, 2025)
- APHA PLAINTIFFS’ RESPONSE TO PHASE ONE BRIEF (Jun 13, 2025)
- DEFENDANTS’ RESPONSE BRIEF (Jun 13, 2025)
- PLAINTIFFS' PHASE ONE BRIEF (Jun 9, 2025)
- PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO COMPLETE ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD AND FOR EXPEDITED BRIEFING (Jun 9, 2025)
- DEFENDANTS' PHASE ONE BRIEF (Jun 9, 2025)
- OPINION AND ORDER (May 30, 2025)
- AMICUS BRIEF [BIOLOGICAL AND BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH SOCIETIES] (May 27, 2025)
- PLAINTIFFS' SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEF (May 23, 2025)
- AMICUS BRIEF [THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES ET AL.] (May 22, 2025)
- NOTES FROM HEARING (May 22, 2025)
- PLAINTIFFS' REPLY RE: MOTION FOR A PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION (May 19, 2025)
- JOINT STATUS REPORT (May 16, 2025)
- DEFENDANT’S RESPONSE TO MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION (May 12, 2025)
- ORDER ON CERTAIN ORGANIZATIONAL DECLARANTS (May 5, 2025)
- AMICUS BRIEF [BIOLOGICAL AND BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH SOCIETIES] (May 2, 2025)
- JOINT MOTION TO SET BRIEFING SCHEDULE (May 2, 2025)
- PLAINTIFFS' MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION (Apr 25, 2025)
- PLAINTIFFS' MOTION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER (Apr 25, 2025)
- PLAINTIFFS' MOTION TO FILE UNDER SEAL (Apr 23, 2025)
- COMPLAINT (Apr 2, 2025)