Plaintiff: Autumn Reidy-Hamer, Block Club Chicago, Charles Thrush, Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, David Black, Illinois Press Association, Leigh Kunkel, NABET-CWA Local 54041, Raven Geary, Stephen Held, William Paulson
ORDER. The Court grants Plaintiffs' emergency motion for temporary restraining order ("TRO") [21]. The Court has set forth the terms of the TRO in a separate document. The Court sets a preliminary injunction hearing for October 23, 2025 at 9 a.m. See Statement. Signed by the Honorable Sara L. Ellis on 10/9/2025. Emailed notice(rj, )
MINUTE entry before the Honorable Sara L. Ellis: In court hearing held on 10/9/2025. Emergency motion for temporary restraining order [21] is granted. Plaintiffs' motion for excess pages [23] is granted. Motions for leave to appear pro hac vice [29], [30], and [31] are granted. In Court hearing set for 10/23/2025 at 9:00 AM CST. Enter Temporary Restraining Order. [For further details, see separate order]. Emailed notice (rj, )
PLAINTIFFS SUPPLEMENTAL MEMORANDUM BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF AMENDED PROPOSED TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER by David Black, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Raven Geary, Stephen Held, Leigh Kunkel, NABET-CWA Local 54041, William Paulson, Autumn Reidy-Hamer, Charles Thrush (Attachments: # (1) Exhibit Ex. 1)(Wang, Elizabeth)
MINUTE entry before the Honorable Sara L. Ellis: In court hearing held on 10/8/2025 regarding emergency motion for a temporary restraining order, [21] and continued to 10/9/2025 at 10:30 AM. Plaintiffs to appear in person, and the Defendants to appear remotely. Emailed notice (rj, )
PLAINTIFFS NOTICE OF AMENDED PROPOSED TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER by David Black, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Raven Geary, Stephen Held, Leigh Kunkel, NABET-CWA Local 54041, William Paulson, Autumn Reidy-Hamer, Service List, Charles Thrush (Attachments: # (1) Exhibit A, # (2) Exhibit B)(Art, Steven)
RESPONSE by Pamela Bondi, Gregory Bovino, Marcos Charles, Daniel Driscoll, Russell Hott, Todd Lyons, William K. Marshall III, Kristi Noem, Rodney Scott, Donald J. Trump, U.S Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Department of Justice, Unidentified Federal Agency Defendants, Unidentified Federal Officer Defendantsin Opposition to MOTION by Plaintiffs David Black, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Raven Geary, Stephen Held, Illinois Press Association, Leigh Kunkel, NABET-CWA Local 54041, William Paulson, Raven Geary, Autumn Reidy-Ham[21] (Attachments: # (1) Exhibit, # (2) Exhibit, # (3) Exhibit, # (4) Exhibit, # (5) Exhibit, # (6) Exhibit, # (7) Exhibit, # (8) Exhibit, # (9) Exhibit, # (10) Exhibit, # (11) Exhibit, # (12) Exhibit)(Skedzielewski, Sean)
TRANSCRIPT OF PROCEEDINGS held on October 6, 2025 before the Honorable Sara L. Ellis. Order Number: 53181. Court Reporter Contact Information: Kelly M. Fitzgerald, kmftranscripts@gmail.com, 312-818-6626. IMPORTANT: The transcript may be viewed at the court's public terminal or purchased through the Court Reporter/Transcriber before the deadline for Release of Transcript Restriction. After that date it may be obtained through the Court Reporter/Transcriber or PACER. For further information on the redaction process, see the Court's web site at www.ilnd.uscourts.gov under Quick Links select Policy Regarding the Availability of Transcripts of Court Proceedings. Redaction Request due 10/29/2025. Redacted Transcript Deadline set for 11/10/2025. Release of Transcript Restriction set for 1/6/2026. (Fitzgerald, Kelly)
MINUTE entry before the Honorable Sara L. Ellis: In court hearing held on 10/6/2025 regarding emergency motion for a temporary restraining order, [21] and continued to 10/8/2025 at 2:00 PM. Plaintiffs to appear in person, and the Defendants to appear remotely. Emailed notice (rj, )
ATTORNEY Appearance for Defendants Pamela Bondi, Gregory Bovino, Marcos Charles, Daniel Driscoll, Russell Hott, Todd Lyons, William K. Marshall III, Kristi Noem, Rodney Scott, Donald J. Trump, U.S Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Department of Justice, Unidentified Federal Agency Defendants, Unidentified Federal Officer Defendants by Sean Skedzielewski (Skedzielewski, Sean)
MOTION for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice on behalf of David Black, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Raven Geary, Stephen Held, Illinois Press Association, Leigh Kunkel, NABET-CWA Local 54041, William Paulson, Raven Geary, Autumn Reidy-Hamer by Hayden Johnson; Filing fee $ 150, receipt number AILNDC-24163521. (Johnson, Hayden)
MOTION for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice on behalf of David Black, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Raven Geary, Stephen Held, Illinois Press Association, Leigh Kunkel, NABET-CWA Local 54041, William Paulson, Raven Geary, Autumn Reidy-Hamer by Conor Gaffney; Filing fee $ 150, receipt number AILNDC-24163453. (Gaffney, Conor)
MOTION for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice on behalf of David Black, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Raven Geary, Stephen Held, Illinois Press Association, Leigh Kunkel, NABET-CWA Local 54041, William Paulson, Raven Geary, Autumn Reidy-Hamer by Katharine Schwartzmann; Filing fee $ 150, receipt number AILNDC-24163392. (Schwartzmann, Katharine)
Proposed Temporary Restraining Order by David Black, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Raven Geary, Stephen Held, Illinois Press Association, Leigh Kunkel, NABET-CWA Local 54041, William Paulson, Raven Geary, Autumn Reidy-Hamer (Wang, Elizabeth)
MINUTE entry before the Honorable Sara L. Ellis: In Court hearing regarding emergency motion for temporary restraining order [21] is set for 10/6/2025 at 2:30 PM. The parties are required to appear in person in courtroom 1403. Emailed notice (rj, )
ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiffs David Black, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Raven Geary, Stephen Held, Illinois Press Association, Leigh Kunkel, NABET-CWA Local 54041, William Paulson, Raven Geary, Autumn Reidy-Hamer by Rebecca Kim Glenberg (Glenberg, Rebecca)
ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiffs David Black, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Raven Geary, Stephen Held, Illinois Press Association, Leigh Kunkel, NABET-CWA Local 54041, William Paulson, Raven Geary, Autumn Reidy-Hamer by Kevin M. Fee, Jr (Fee, Kevin)
MOTION by Plaintiffs David Black, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Raven Geary, Stephen Held, Illinois Press Association, Leigh Kunkel, NABET-CWA Local 54041, William Paulson, Raven Geary, Autumn Reidy-Hamer for leave to file excess pages (Art, Steven)
MOTION by Plaintiffs David Black, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Raven Geary, Stephen Held, Illinois Press Association, Leigh Kunkel, NABET-CWA Local 54041, William Paulson, Raven Geary, Autumn Reidy-Hamer for temporary restraining order EMERGENCY (Wang, Elizabeth)
ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiffs David Black, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Raven Geary, Stephen Held, Illinois Press Association, Leigh Kunkel, NABET-CWA Local 54041, William Paulson, Raven Geary, Autumn Reidy-Hamer by Matthew Vincent Topic (Topic, Matthew)
ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiffs David Black, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Raven Geary, Stephen Held, Illinois Press Association, Leigh Kunkel, NABET-CWA Local 54041, William Paulson, Raven Geary, Autumn Reidy-Hamer by Dominique Anne Gilbert (Gilbert, Dominique)
ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiffs David Black, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Raven Geary, Stephen Held, Illinois Press Association, Leigh Kunkel, NABET-CWA Local 54041, William Paulson, Raven Geary, Autumn Reidy-Hamer by Alexandra Wolfson (Wolfson, Alexandra)
ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiffs David Black, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Raven Geary, Stephen Held, Illinois Press Association, Leigh Kunkel, NABET-CWA Local 54041, William Paulson, Raven Geary, Autumn Reidy-Hamer by Justin Hill (Hill, Justin)
ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiffs David Black, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Raven Geary, Stephen Held, Illinois Press Association, Leigh Kunkel, NABET-CWA Local 54041, William Paulson, Raven Geary, Autumn Reidy-Hamer by Aaron Michael Tucek (Tucek, Aaron)
ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiffs David Black, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Raven Geary, Stephen Held, Illinois Press Association, Leigh Kunkel, NABET-CWA Local 54041, William Paulson, Raven Geary, Autumn Reidy-Hamer by Lindsay Hagy (Hagy, Lindsay)
ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiffs David Black, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Raven Geary, Stephen Held, Illinois Press Association, Leigh Kunkel, NABET-CWA Local 54041, William Paulson, Raven Geary, Autumn Reidy-Hamer by Heather Lewis Donnell (Donnell, Heather)
ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiffs David Black, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Raven Geary, Stephen Held, Illinois Press Association, Leigh Kunkel, NABET-CWA Local 54041, William Paulson, Raven Geary, Autumn Reidy-Hamer by Isaac M Green (Green, Isaac)
ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiffs David Black, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Raven Geary, Stephen Held, Illinois Press Association, Leigh Kunkel, NABET-CWA Local 54041, William Paulson, Raven Geary, Autumn Reidy-Hamer by Jordan Poole (Poole, Jordan)
ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiffs David Black, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Raven Geary, Stephen Held, Illinois Press Association, Leigh Kunkel, NABET-CWA Local 54041, William Paulson, Raven Geary, Autumn Reidy-Hamer by David Benjamin Owens (Owens, David)
ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiffs David Black, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Raven Geary, Stephen Held, Illinois Press Association, Leigh Kunkel, NABET-CWA Local 54041, William Paulson, Raven Geary, Autumn Reidy-Hamer by Daniel Massoglia (Massoglia, Daniel)
ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiffs David Black, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Raven Geary, Stephen Held, Illinois Press Association, Leigh Kunkel, NABET-CWA Local 54041, William Paulson, Raven Geary, Autumn Reidy-Hamer by Theresa H. Kleinhaus (Kleinhaus, Theresa)
ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiffs David Black, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Raven Geary, Stephen Held, Illinois Press Association, Leigh Kunkel, NABET-CWA Local 54041, William Paulson, Raven Geary, Autumn Reidy-Hamer by Hannah Corinne Marion (Marion, Hannah)
ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiffs David Black, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Raven Geary, Stephen Held, Illinois Press Association, Leigh Kunkel, NABET-CWA Local 54041, William Paulson, Raven Geary, Autumn Reidy-Hamer by Craig Benson Futterman (Futterman, Craig)
ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiffs David Black, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Raven Geary, Stephen Held, Illinois Press Association, Leigh Kunkel, NABET-CWA Local 54041, William Paulson, Raven Geary, Autumn Reidy-Hamer by Wallace Bertram Hilke (Hilke, Wallace)
ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiffs David Black, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Raven Geary, Stephen Held, Illinois Press Association, Leigh Kunkel, NABET-CWA Local 54041, William Paulson, Raven Geary, Autumn Reidy-Hamer by Elizabeth C. Wang (Wang, Elizabeth)
ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiffs David Black, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Raven Geary, Stephen Held, Illinois Press Association, Leigh Kunkel, NABET-CWA Local 54041, William Paulson, Raven Geary, Autumn Reidy-Hamer by Jonathan I. Loevy (Loevy, Jonathan)
ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiffs David Black, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Raven Geary, Stephen Held, Illinois Press Association, Leigh Kunkel, NABET-CWA Local 54041, William Paulson, Raven Geary, Autumn Reidy-Hamer by Locke E. Bowman, III (Bowman, Locke)
CLERK'S NOTICE: Pursuant to Local Rule 73.1(b), a United States Magistrate Judge of this court is available to conduct all proceedings in this civil action. If all parties consent to have the currently assigned United States Magistrate Judge conduct all proceedings in this case, including trial, the entry of final judgment, and all post-trial proceedings, all parties must sign their names on the attached Consent To form. This consent form is eligible for filing only if executed by all parties. The parties can also express their consent to jurisdiction by a magistrate judge in any joint filing, including the Joint Initial Status Report or proposed Case Management Order. (khg, )
Filed: None, Entered: None
case assigned
CASE ASSIGNED to the Honorable Sara L. Ellis. Designated as Magistrate Judge the Honorable Jeannice W. Appenteng. Case assignment: Random assignment. (Civil Category 2). (khg, )