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Perkins Coie v. Department of Justice

Filed on behalf of
Perkins Coie LLP
In response to the Trump administration's efforts to
Case Number
1:25-cv-00716
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Filed
March 11, 2025
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Relief Outcomes
Sort Outcomes Asc
Temporary Restraining Order
Granted
2
Motion to Dismiss
Denied
9
Motion for Summary Judgment
Granted
10
Permanent Injunction
Granted
13
Summary
Law firm Perkins Coie has sued the Trump administration for issuing an executive order that targets the firm's work, including by limiting security clearances and federal contracts. Plaintiff argues that the order violates core constitutional rights, including the rights to free speech and due process. Perkins Coie asks the Court to permanently enjoin the federal government from implementing or enforcing EO 14230.
Plaintiffs
Perkins Coie LLP
Plaintiffs' Counsel
Williams & Connolly
Defendants
U.S. Department of Justice Federal Communications Commission Office of Management and Budget Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Office of Personnel Management General Services Administration Office of the Director of National Intelligence United States of America U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi Chairman Brendan Carr Director Russell Vought Acting Chair Andrea R. Lucas Acting Director Charles Ezell Acting Director Stephen Ehekian Director Tulsi Gabbard Administration for Children and Families Acting Assistant Secretary Andrew Gradison Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary John Knox Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Chairman Reid Nelson AmeriCorps Interim Agency Head Jennifer Bastress Tahmasebi Appalachian Regional Commission Co-Chair Gayle Conelly Manchin Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority Director Gary Disbrow Bonneville Power Administration Administrator John Hairston United States Agency for Global Media Acting Chief Executive Officer Victor Morales Bureau of Economic Analysis Director Vipin Arora Bureau of Indian Affairs Director Bryan Mercier Bureau of Industry and Security Under Secretary Jeffrey Kessler U.S. Bureau of Land Management Director Michael D. Ned Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Deputy Director Walter Cruickshank Bureau of Reclamation Acting Commissioner David Palumbo Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement Acting Director Paul Huang Bureau of the Census Acting Director Ron Jarmin Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Acting Director Susan Monarez Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz Central Intelligence Agency Director John Ratcliffe Chemical Safety Board Chairperson Steve Owens Chips Program Office Commission of Fine Arts Chairperson Billie Tsien Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission Acting Chairman Caroline D. Pham Commissioner Kristin N. Johnson Commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero Commissioner Summer K. Mersinger Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Acting Director Russell Vought Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency Acting Deputy Director Deidre Harrison Council on Environmental Quality Acting Chair Katherine Scarlett Defense Contract Audit Agency Lieutenant General Gregory L. Masiello The Defense Intelligence Agency Lieutenant General Jeffrey A. Kruse The Defense Logistics Agency Lieutenant General Mark T. Simerly The Denali Commission Federal Co-Chair Julie E. Kitka U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick U.S. Department of Defense Secretary Peter B. Hegseth U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Chris Wright U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer U.S. Department of State Secretary Marco Rubio U.S. Department of the Airforce Secretary Gary Ashworth U.S. Department of the Army Secretary Daniel P. Driscoll U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Doug Burgum Department of the Navy Secretary John Phelan U.S. Department of the Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Douglas A. Collins Directorate of Defense Trade Controls Director Sarah Heidema U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Administrator Derek Maltz U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin Executive Office of the President Export-Import Bank of the United States Acting President and Chairman James C. Cruse Fannie Mae Chairman William J. Pulte Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation Chairman Glen R. Smith Federal Aviation Administration Acting Administrator Chris Rocheleau Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel Federal Bureau of Prisons Director William K. Marshall, III Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Acting Chairman Travis Hill Federal Election Commission Vice Chairman and Acting Chairman James E. Trainor III U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency Acting Administrator Cameron Hamilton Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman Mark C. Christie Commissioner David Rosner Commissioner Lindsay S. See Commissioner Judy W. Chang Federal Highway Administration Executive Director Gloria M. Shepherd Federal Housing Finance Agency Director William J. Pulte Federal Labor Relations Authority Colleen Duffy Kiko Susan Tsui Grundmann Member Anne Wagner Federal Maritime Commission Chairman Louis Sola Commissioner Rebecca Dye Commissioner Daniel Maffei Commissioner Max Vekich Acting Director Gregory Goldstein Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission Chair Mary Lu Jordan Commissioner Timothy J. Baker Commissioner Moshe Z. Marvit Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council Executive Director Manisha Patel Federal Railroad Administration Executive Director Michael Lestingi Management Member Thomas R. Jayne Labor Member John Bragg Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board Acting Chair Dana Bilyeu Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson Commissioner Melissa Ann Holyoak Commissioner Mark M. Meador Federal Transit Administration Executive Director Matthew Welbes U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network Director Andrea Gacki U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Martin Makary Grid Deployment Office Director Nick Elliot Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council Health Resources and Services Administration Administrator Thomas Engels U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner Institute of Museum and Library Services Acting Director Keith Sonderling Internal Revenue Service Acting Commissioner Michael Faulkender International Trade Administration Deputy Under Secretary Diane Farrell Joint Chiefs of Staff Kennedy Center President Richard Grenell Loan Programs Office Director Lane Genatowski National Aeronautics and Space Administration Acting Administrator Janet Petro National Archives and Records Administration Acting Archivist Marco Rubio National Counterterrorism Center Acting Director Don Holstead National Endowment for the Arts Acting Chair Mary Anne Carter National Endowment for the Humanities Acting Chairman Michael McDonald National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Director Frank Whitworth National Indian Gaming Commission Acting Chairwoman Sharon Avery National Institutes of Health Director Jayanta Bhattacharya National Labor Relations Board Chairman Marvin E. Kaplan Board Member David Prouty National Marine Fisheries Service Director Eugenio Pineiro Soler National Mediation Board Chair Loren Sweatt Member Linda Puchala Member Deirdre Hamilton National Nuclear Security Administration Acting Administrator Teresa M. Robbins Acting Administrator Laura Grimm National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration U.S. National Park Service Acting Director Jessica Bowron National Renewable Energy Laboratory Laboratory Director Martin Keller National Science Foundation Acting Director Victor McCrary National Security Agency Acting Director LTG William J. Hartman National Security Council National Security Advisor Michael Waltz U.S. National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Jennifer Homendy Former Vice Chair Alvin Brown Member Michael Graham Member Thomas Chapman Member J. Todd Iman Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations Executive Director Cathy Tripodi Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs Director Catherine Eschbach Office of Foreign Assets Control Director Bradley Smith Office of Government Ethics Acting Director Jamieson L. Greer Office of Homeland Security Situational Awareness Director Christopher Tomney Office of National Drug Control Policy Acting Director Jon Rice Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Michael Kratsios The Office of the Secretary of Defense U.S. Office of Special Counsel Acting Special Counsel Douglas Collins Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Acting Comptroller Rodney E. Hood DOJ Office of the Inspector General Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz Office of the United States Trade Representative Trade Representative Jamieson Greer The Patent Trial and Appeal Board Acting Director Coke Morgan Stewart Peace Corps Chief Executive Officer Allison Greene The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Alice Director Alice Maroni The Presidio Trust Chair Mark Buell Rural Utilities Service Acting Administrator Christopher McLean The Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Paul S. Atkins Commissioner Hester M. Peirce Commissioner Caroline A. Crenshaw Commissioner Mark T. Uyeda The Selective Service System Acting Director Craig T. Brown U.S. Small Business Administration Administrator Kelly Loefler Smithsonian Institution Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III Surface Transportation Board Chairman Patrick J. Fuchs Member Robert E. Primus Chairman Michelle A. Schultz Member Karen J. Hedlund Tennessee Valley Authority Chair Bill Renick Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Acting Director Coke Morgan Stewart U.S. Agency for International Development U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Chief Lieutenant General William H. Graham, Jr. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Acting Director Kika Scott U.S. Coast Guard Acting Commandant Kevin E. Lunday U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Chair Rochelle Garza U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Acting Chairman Peter A. Feldman U.S. Customs and Border Protection Acting Commissioner Pete R. Flores U.S. Election Assistance Commission Commissioner Donald L. Palmer U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Acting Director Paul Souza U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Acting Director Todd Lyons U.S. International Trade Commission Chair Amy A. Karpel Commissioner David Johnson Commissioner Jason E. Kearns U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board Acting Chairman Henry J. Kerner U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board Chair Peter Swift The United States Patent and Trademark Office U.S. Post Office Acting Postmaster General Doug Tulino U.S. Postal Inspection Service Chief Postal Inspector Gary Barksdale U.S. Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board Board Member Beth A. Williams U.S. Railroad Retirement Board Chairman Erhard R. Chorle Management Member Thomas R. Jayne Labor Member John Bragg U.S. Secret Service Director Sean M. Curran U.S. Social Security Administration Acting Commissioner Leland Dudek U.S. Space Force Chief of Space Operations B. Chance Saltzman U.S. Trade and Development Agency Director Thomas R. Hardy Transportation Security Administration Acting Administrator Ha Nguyen McNeill

Documents

Motion for Summary Judgment
Motion for Summary Judgment
April 30, 2025
Opposition to Motion to Dismiss
Perkins Coie v. Department of Justice- Plaintiffs' Opposition to Defendants' Motion to Dismiss
April 16, 2025
Motion for Temporary Restraining Order
Motion for Temporary Restraining Order
March 11, 2025