- Docket No.
- 1:25-cv-10787
- District Court
- Massachusetts
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. 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.
News And Analysis (1)
49 Major Filings
- SCHEDULING ORDER (Sep 25, 2025)
- SCHEDULING ORDER (Sep 17, 2025)
- SCHEDULING ORDER (Sep 8, 2025)
- 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)
- APPELLATE OPINION ON MOTION FOR STAY (Jul 18, 2025)
- APPELLATE 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)
- STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER (Jun 16, 2025)
- APHA PLAINTIFFS’ RESPONSE BRIEF (Jun 13, 2025)
- DEFENDANTS’ RESPONSE BRIEF (Jun 13, 2025)
- ORDER ON MOTION TO COMPLETE THE ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD (Jun 12, 2025)
- DEFENDANTS' RESPONSE TO MOTION TO COMPLETE THE ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD (Jun 12, 2025)
- DEFENDANTS' CERTIFICATION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD PART II (Jun 11, 2025)
- DEFENDANTS' CERTIFICATION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD PART I (Jun 11, 2025)
- PLAINTIFFS' OPENING BRIEF (Jun 9, 2025)
- PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO COMPLETE ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD AND FOR EXPEDITED BRIEFING (Jun 9, 2025)
- DEFENDANTS' OPENING BRIEF (Jun 9, 2025)
- DEFENDANTS' NOTICE OF CERTIFICATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD (Jun 3, 2025)
- OPINION AND ORDER ON MOTION TO DISMISS (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)
- COURT'S NOTES RE: HEARING (May 22, 2025)
- PLAINTIFFS' REPLY RE: MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION (May 19, 2025)
- JOINT STATUS REPORT (May 16, 2025)
- DEFENDANT’S RESPONSE TO MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION (May 12, 2025)
- ORDER ON MOTION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER (May 5, 2025)
- AMICUS BRIEF [BIOLOGICAL AND BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH SOCIETIES] (May 2, 2025)
- JOINT MOTION TO SET BRIEFING SCHEDULE (May 2, 2025)
- PLAINTIFFS' DECLARATIONS RE MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION PART III (Apr 25, 2025)
- PLAINTIFFS' DECLARATIONS RE MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION PART II (Apr 25, 2025)
- PLAINTIFFS' DECLARATIONS RE: MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION PART I (Apr 25, 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)