Rhode Island Latino Arts v. National Endowment for the Arts

Court
D.R.I.
Docket number
1:25-cv-00079
Filed
Terminated
Last filing
Assigned judge
William E Smith
Referred judge
Patricia A. Sullivan
Nature of suit
440 Civil Rights: Other
Cause
05:551 Administrative Procedure Act
Jurisdiction
U.S. Government Defendant
Jury demand
None
Case
Rhode Island Latino Arts v. National Endowment for the Arts
Source
Docket on CourtListener(opens another site)

Docket entries

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Docket entries
No.DateDescriptionDocument
1COMPLAINT ( filing fee paid $ 405.00, receipt number ARIDC-2106349 ), filed by Theatre Communications Group, Rhode Island Latino Arts, The Theater Offensive, National Queer Theater. (Attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet)(Labinger, Lynette) (Entered: 03/06/2025)Open(opens another site)
2MOTION for Preliminary Injunction ( Responses due by 3/20/2025.), MOTION to Expedite ( Responses due by 3/20/2025.), MOTION for Temporary Restraining Order filed by All Plaintiffs. (Attachments: # 1 Supporting Memorandum memorandum of law, # 2 Affidavit Declaration of Vera Eidelman with exhibits, # 3 Affidavit Declaration of Marta V. Martinez, # 4 Affidavit Declaration of Adam Odsess-Rubin with exhibit, # 5 Affidavit Declaration of Giselle Byrd, # 6 Affidavit Declaration of Emilya Cachapero)(Labinger, Lynette) (Entered: 03/06/2025)Open(opens another site)
3CASE OPENING NOTICE ISSUED (Hill, Cherelle) (Entered: 03/06/2025)Open(opens another site)
4Corporate Disclosure Statement by Rhode Island Latino Arts, National Queer Theater, The Theater Offensive, Theatre Communications Group. (Labinger, Lynette) (Entered: 03/06/2025)Open(opens another site)
5MOTION for Vera Eidelman to Appear Pro Hac Vice for all plaintiffs ( filing fee paid $ 100.00, receipt number ARIDC-2106480 ) filed by All Plaintiffs. (Labinger, Lynette) (Entered: 03/06/2025)Open(opens another site)
6MOTION for Lauren Yu to Appear Pro Hac Vice for all plaintiffs ( filing fee paid $ 100.00, receipt number ARIDC-2106482 ) filed by All Plaintiffs. (Labinger, Lynette) (Entered: 03/06/2025)Open(opens another site)
7MOTION for Scarlet Kim to Appear Pro Hac Vice for all plaintiffs ( filing fee paid $ 100.00, receipt number ARIDC-2106484 ) filed by All Plaintiffs. (Labinger, Lynette) (Entered: 03/06/2025)Open(opens another site)
8MOTION for David Cole to Appear Pro Hac Vice for all plaintiffs ( filing fee paid $ 100.00, receipt number ARIDC-2106486 ) filed by All Plaintiffs. (Labinger, Lynette) (Entered: 03/06/2025)Open(opens another site)
9MOTION for Brian Hauss to Appear Pro Hac Vice for all plaintiffs ( filing fee paid $ 100.00, receipt number ARIDC-2106609 ) filed by All Plaintiffs. (Labinger, Lynette) (Entered: 03/06/2025)Open(opens another site)
10DECLARATION of Ann Eilers by All Defendants. (Bolan, Kevin) (Entered: 03/10/2025)Open(opens another site)
11RESPONSE In Opposition to 2 MOTION for Preliminary Injunction MOTION to Expedite MOTION for Temporary Restraining Order filed by All Defendants. Replies due by 3/28/2025. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit Bolan Decl. (and Exs. A-C))(Bolan, Kevin) (Entered: 03/21/2025)Open(opens another site)
12REPLY to Response re 11 Response to Motion, in Support of Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction filed by All Plaintiffs. (Attachments: # 1 Affidavit SUPPLEMENTAL DECLARATION OF MARTA V. MARTNEZ, # 2 Affidavit SUPPLEMENTAL DECLARATION OF EMILYA CACHAPERO)(Labinger, Lynette) (Entered: 03/25/2025)Open(opens another site)
13MEMORANDUM and ORDER denying 2 Motion for Preliminary Injunction; denying 2 Motion to Expedite; denying 2 Motion for TRO. So Ordered by Senior District Judge William E Smith on 4/3/2025. (Entered: 04/03/2025)Open(opens another site)
14STIPULATION Accepting Service of the Summons and Complaint filed by All Plaintiffs. (Eidelman, Vera) (Entered: 04/09/2025)Open(opens another site)
15AMENDED COMPLAINT against All Defendants, filed by Theatre Communications Group, Rhode Island Latino Arts, The Theater Offensive, National Queer Theater. (Attachments: # 1 Amended Complaint in Redline)(Eidelman, Vera) (Entered: 05/12/2025)Open(opens another site)
16NOTICE by National Queer Theater, Rhode Island Latino Arts, The Theater Offensive, Theatre Communications Group of Discovery Request (Eidelman, Vera) (Entered: 05/12/2025)Open(opens another site)
17MOTION for Protective Order to Preclude Extra-Record Discovery filed by All Defendants. Responses due by 6/2/2025. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit)(Bolan, Kevin) (Entered: 05/19/2025)Open(opens another site)
18RESPONSE In Opposition to 17 MOTION for Protective Order to Preclude Extra-Record Discovery filed by All Plaintiffs. Replies due by 6/3/2025. (Eidelman, Vera) (Entered: 05/27/2025)Open(opens another site)
19ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD filed by Mary Anne Carter, National Endowment for the Arts. (Bolan, Kevin) Clerk's Office removed case participant restriction on the document and swapped out Main Document 19 on 12/29/2025; document is now electronically accessible. (Gonzalez Gomez, Viviana) (Entered: 05/27/2025)Open(opens another site)
20ANSWER to 15 Amended Complaint by Mary Anne Carter, National Endowment for the Arts.(Bolan, Kevin) (Entered: 05/27/2025)Open(opens another site)
21NOTICE by Mary Anne Carter, National Endowment for the Arts -- Resps. to Pls.' RFAs (Bolan, Kevin) (Entered: 06/11/2025)Open(opens another site)
22MOTION for Summary Judgment filed by All Plaintiffs. Responses due by 7/14/2025. (Attachments: # 1 Supporting Memorandum Memorandum of Law in Support of Motion for Summary Judgement, # 2 Affidavit Supplemental Declaration of Vera Eidelman, # 3 Affidavit Second Supplemental Declaration of TCG, # 4 Affidavit Supplemental Declaration of NQT, # 5 Affidavit Supplemental Declaration of TTO, # 6 Affidavit Second Supplemental Declaration of RILA)(Eidelman, Vera) (Entered: 06/30/2025)Open(opens another site)
23STATEMENT OF UNDISPUTED FACTS by All Plaintiffs re 22 MOTION for Summary Judgment . (Eidelman, Vera) (Entered: 06/30/2025)Open(opens another site)
24Cross MOTION for Summary Judgment and Opposition to Plaintiffs' Summary-Judgment Motion filed by All Defendants. Responses due by 7/30/2025. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit Bolan Decl. and Exs. A to D)(Bolan, Kevin) (Entered: 07/16/2025)Open(opens another site)
25STATEMENT OF UNDISPUTED FACTS and Response to Plaintiffs' Statement of Facts by All Defendants re 24 Cross MOTION for Summary Judgment and Opposition to Plaintiffs' Summary-Judgment Motion. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit Beattie Decl. and Exs. A & B)(Bolan, Kevin) (Entered: 07/16/2025)Open(opens another site)
26RESPONSE In Opposition to 22 MOTION for Summary Judgment filed by All Defendants. Replies due by 7/23/2025. (Hill, Cherelle) (Entered: 07/18/2025)Open(opens another site)
27RESPONSE In Opposition to 22 MOTION for Summary Judgment Statement of Facts and Their Separate Statement of Undisputed Facts filed by All Defendants. Replies due by 7/25/2025. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit Beattie Decl. with Exs. A and B)(Bolan, Kevin) (Entered: 07/18/2025)Open(opens another site)
28RESPONSE In Opposition to 24 Cross MOTION for Summary Judgment and Opposition to Plaintiffs' Summary-Judgment Motion filed by All Plaintiffs. Replies due by 8/8/2025. (Eidelman, Vera) (Entered: 08/01/2025)Open(opens another site)
29RESPONSE IN OPPOSITION by National Queer Theater, Rhode Island Latino Arts, The Theater Offensive, Theatre Communications Group re 25 Statement of Undisputed Facts, . (Eidelman, Vera) (Entered: 08/01/2025)Open(opens another site)
30STATEMENT OF UNDISPUTED FACTS (Additional) by All Plaintiffs re 28 Response to Motion. (Attachments: # 1 Affidavit Second Supplemental Declaration of Vera Eidelman with Exs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)(Eidelman, Vera) (Entered: 08/01/2025)Open(opens another site)
31REPLY to Response re 26 Response to Motion for Summary Judgement filed by All Plaintiffs. (Eidelman, Vera) (Entered: 08/01/2025)Open(opens another site)
32REPLY to Response re 28 Response to Motion for Summary Judgment filed by All Defendants. (Bolan, Kevin) (Entered: 08/08/2025)Open(opens another site)
33STATEMENT OF DISPUTED FACTS by All Defendants re 29 Response in Opposition, 30 Statement of Undisputed Facts. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit Suppl. Decl. of Daniel Beattie with Exs. A & B)(Bolan, Kevin) (Entered: 08/08/2025)Open(opens another site)
34MEMORANDUM AND ORDER: Plaintiffs' 22 Motion for Summary Judgment is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART; and Defendants' 24 Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment is DENIED IN PART and GRANTED IN PART. So Ordered by Senior Judge William E. Smith on 9/19/2025. (Simoncelli, Michael) (Entered: 09/19/2025)Open(opens another site)
35JUDGMENT. So Ordered by Clerk of Court on 9/19/2025. (Simoncelli, Michael) (Entered: 09/19/2025)Open(opens another site)
36NOTICE OF APPEAL by Mary Anne Carter, National Endowment for the Arts (No fee paid, USA, Waived by Statute, or IFP.) NOTICE TO COUNSEL: Counsel should register for a First Circuit CM/ECF Appellate Filer Account at http://pacer.psc.uscourts.gov/cmecf/. Counsel should also review the First Circuit requirements for electronic filing by visiting the CM/ECF Information section at http://www.ca1.uscourts.gov/cmecf Appeal Record due by 11/24/2025. (Bolan, Kevin) (Entered: 11/17/2025)Open(opens another site)
37CLERK'S CERTIFICATE AND APPELLATE COVER SHEET: Abbreviated record on appeal consisting of notice of appeal, order(s) being appealed, and a certified copy of the district court docket report transmitted to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in accordance with 1st Cir. R. 11.0(b). 36 Notice of Appeal,,. (Attachments: # 1 Record on Appeal)(Hill, Cherelle) (Entered: 11/17/2025)Open(opens another site)
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Case assigned to Senior District Judge William E Smith and Magistrate Judge Patricia A. Sullivan. (Hill, Cherelle)
TEXT ORDER granting 5 Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice of Vera Eidelman. So Ordered by Senior District Judge William E Smith on 3/6/2025. (Hill, Cherelle)
TEXT ORDER granting 6 Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice of Lauren Yu. So Ordered by Senior District Judge William E Smith on 3/6/2025. (Hill, Cherelle)
TEXT ORDER granting 7 Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice of Scarlet Kim. So Ordered by Senior District Judge William E Smith on 3/6/2025. (Hill, Cherelle)
TEXT ORDER granting 8 Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice of David Cole. So Ordered by Senior District Judge William E Smith on 3/6/2025. (Hill, Cherelle)
TEXT ORDER granting 9 Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice of Brian Hauss. So Ordered by Senior District Judge William E Smith on 3/6/2025. (Hill, Cherelle)
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NOTICE of Hearing: Zoom Video Conference set for 3/7/2025 at 04:30 PM before Senior District Judge William E Smith. (Simoncelli, Michael)
NOTICE of Hearing: Zoom Video Conference set for 3/7/2025 at 04:30 PM before Senior District Judge William E Smith. This is an attorneys only conference. (Simoncelli, Michael)
Minute Entry for proceedings held before Senior District Judge William E Smith: Zoom Chambers Conference held on 3/7/2025. Participants: V. Eidelman, B. Hauss, D. Cole, L. Yu, S. Kim, and L. Labinger for the Plaintiffs; B. Wong for the Defendants. (Simoncelli, Michael)
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