- Docket No.
- 3:26-cv-10510
- District Court
- California Northern
Goal
- Block enforcement of an agency action
- Certify class
- Compel agency action
- Declaration that agency action is unlawful
- Vacate agency action
Issues
Litigation Content
Why This Matters:
Why This Matters:
Plaintiffs allege that the National Institutes of Health and the Department of Health and Human Services unlawfully terminated federal grant awards based on hostility toward certain ideological viewpoints and protected groups, violating the First Amendment’s Free Speech Clause, and the Administrative Procedure Act. NIH funding has led to breakthrough scientific discoveries that have been critical to minimizing death and disease and closing gaps in health disparities.
Potential Impact:
Potential Impact:
Curtailing research funding based on an administration’s preferred ideological viewpoints could jeopardize critical studies, delay scientific advancement, and exacerbate health disparities.
13 Major Filings
- ORDER ON MOTION TO PROCEED BY PSEUDONYM (Oct 8, 2026)
- JOINT STIPULATION (Oct 7, 2026)
- SCHEDULING ORDER (Oct 7, 2026)
- SCHEDULING ORDER (Oct 6, 2026)
- SCHEDULING ORDER (Oct 5, 2026)
- ORDER REASSIGNING CASE (Oct 5, 2026)
- PLAINTIFFS' MOTION TO CERTIFY CLASS (Sep 25, 2026)
- PLAINTIFFS' MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION (Sep 24, 2026)
- ORDER RE: NOTICE OF RELATED CASE (Sep 18, 2026)
- PLAINTIFFS' NOTICE OF RELATED CASE (Sep 17, 2026)
- PLAINTIFFS DOE ET AL.'S MOTION TO PROCEED BY PSEUDONYM (Sep 16, 2026)
- SCHEDULING ORDER (Sep 16, 2026)
- COMPLAINT (Sep 16, 2026)