TN v. Linda McMahon

Court
6th Cir.
Docket number
25-5206
Filed
Last filing
Nature of suit
2899 Admin Proc Act/Review
Case
State of Tenn. v. Linda McMahon
Cite
TN v. McMahon, No. 25-5206 (6th Cir. filed Mar. 12, 2025)
Source
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Docket entries
No.DateDescriptionDocument
1Civil Case Docketed. Notice filed by Appellant A Better Balance. Transcript needed: n. (RGF) [Entered: 03/12/2025 02:21 PM]Open(opens another site)
2The case manager for this case is: Mr. Roy G. Ford [telephone number removed] (RGF) [Entered: 03/12/2025 02:23 PM]Open(opens another site)
3BRIEFING LETTER SENT setting briefing schedule: appellant brief due 04/21/2025;. appellee brief due 05/21/2025; (RGF) [Entered: 03/12/2025 02:24 PM]Open(opens another site)
4APPEARANCE filed for Appellant A Better Balance by Alexandra Z. Brodsky. Certificate of Service: 03/12/2025. [25-5206] (AZB) [Entered: 03/12/2025 04:12 PM]Open(opens another site)
5RULING LETTER SENT to hold briefing in abeyance pending the court's jurisdictional review. (RLB) [Entered: 03/14/2025 09:19 AM]Open(opens another site)
6APPEARANCE filed for Appellees Ms. Linda McMahon and U.S. Department of Education by David L. Peters. Certificate of Service: 03/14/2025. [25-5206] (DP) [Entered: 03/14/2025 03:47 PM]Open(opens another site)
7APPEARANCE filed for Appellees Christian Educators Association International and A.C. by Jonathan A. Scruggs. Certificate of Service: 03/14/2025. [25-5206] (JAS) [Entered: 03/14/2025 03:54 PM]Open(opens another site)
8APPEARANCE filed for Appellant A Better Balance by Adele P. Kimmel. Certificate of Service: 03/17/2025. [25-5206] (APK) [Entered: 03/17/2025 02:38 PM]Open(opens another site)
9APPEARANCE filed for Appellant A Better Balance by Matthew Borden. Certificate of Service: 03/17/2025. [25-5206] (MB) [Entered: 03/17/2025 09:58 PM]Open(opens another site)
10APPEARANCE filed for Appellant A Better Balance by Marissa R. Benavides. Certificate of Service: 03/17/2025. [25-5206] (MB) [Entered: 03/17/2025 10:04 PM]Open(opens another site)
11APPEARANCE filed for Appellant A Better Balance by Christman Rice. Certificate of Service: 03/17/2025. [25-5206] (TCR) [Entered: 03/17/2025 10:11 PM]Open(opens another site)
12MOTION filed by Mr. Ned B. Pillersdorf for A Better Balance to remand. Certificate of Service: 03/17/2025. [25-5206] (NBP) [Entered: 03/17/2025 10:52 PM]Open(opens another site)
13CORPORATE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT. Name of Counsel: Ned Pillersdorf; A Better Balance makes the following disclosure: 1. Is said party a subsidiary or affiliate of a publicly owned corporation? NO 2. Is there a publicly owned corporation, not a party to the appeal, with a financial interest in the outcome? NO Certificate of Service: 03/17/2025. [25-5206] (NBP) [Entered: 03/17/2025 11:10 PM]Open(opens another site)
14APPEARANCE filed for Appellant A Better Balance by Sean Ouellette. Certificate of Service: 03/18/2025. [25-5206] (SO) [Entered: 03/18/2025 09:09 AM]Open(opens another site)
15APPEARANCE filed for Appellees Christian Educators Association International and A.C. by Jacob P. Warner. Certificate of Service: 03/18/2025. [25-5206] (JPW) [Entered: 03/18/2025 01:08 PM]Open(opens another site)
16CORPORATE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT. Name of Counsel: Jacob P. Warner; A.C. and Christian Educators Association International makes the following disclosure: 1. Is said party a subsidiary or affiliate of a publicly owned corporation? No 2. Is there a publicly owned corporation, not a party to the appeal, with a financial interest in the outcome? No Certificate of Service: 03/18/2025. [25-5206] (JPW) [Entered: 03/18/2025 04:00 PM]Open(opens another site)
17APPEARANCE filed for Appellee TN by Whitney D. Hermandorfer. Certificate of Service: 03/18/2025. [25-5206] (WDH) [Entered: 03/18/2025 05:51 PM]Open(opens another site)
18APPEARANCE filed for Appellee KY by Matthew F. Kuhn. Certificate of Service: 03/19/2025. [25-5206] (MFK) [Entered: 03/19/2025 09:11 AM]Open(opens another site)
19APPEARANCE filed for Appellee IN by James A. Barta. Certificate of Service: 03/19/2025. [25-5206] (JAB) [Entered: 03/19/2025 01:19 PM]Open(opens another site)
20RESPONSE filed regarding a motion to remand case, [12]; previously filed by Mr. Ned B. Pillersdorf for A Better Balance. Response from Attorney Mr. David Peters for Appellees Ms. Linda McMahon and U.S. Department of Education. Certificate of Service: 03/19/2025. [25-5206] (DP) [Entered: 03/19/2025 04:24 PM]Open(opens another site)
21RESPONSE in opposition filed regarding a motion to remand case, [12]; previously filed by Mr. Ned B. Pillersdorf for A Better Balance. Response from Attorney Mr. Jacob P. Warner for Appellees A.C. and Christian Educators Association International. Certificate of Service: 03/21/2025. [25-5206] (JPW) [Entered: 03/21/2025 04:15 PM]Open(opens another site)
22CIVIL APPEAL STATEMENT OF PARTIES AND ISSUES filed by Attorney Mr. Matthew Borden for Appellant A Better Balance. Is this case a cross-appeal? No; Has this case or a related one been before this court previously? Yes; Case Name: TN, et al v. Linda McMahon, et al, Citation: Case No. 24-5588; Was this case mediated through the court's program: No; Parties Against Whom this Appeal is Being Taken: A.C., Christian Educators Association International, IN, KY, Ms. Linda McMahon, OH, TN, U.S. Department of Education, VA and WV ; Issues: Proposed Intervenor-Defendant A Better Balance appeals from the final judgment entered by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky (Chief Judge Reeves) vacating the entirety of a 2024 Title IX regulation, Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance, 89 Fed. Reg. 33474 (Apr. 29, 2024) (codified at 34 C.F.R. ? 106). The issue on appeal is whether the district court was wrong to vacate nationwide portions of the regulation plaintiffs and intervenor-plaintiffs did not argue were unlawful, and, in particular, whether this Court should permit the portions related to pregnant and postpartum students, codified at 34 C.F.R. 106.40, to go into effect.. Certificate of Service: 03/26/2025. [25-5206] (MB) [Entered: 03/26/2025 05:19 PM]Open(opens another site)
23TRANSCRIPT ORDER filed - transcript is already on file in the District Court Clerks Office. Filed by Mr. Matthew Borden for A Better Balance. Certificate of Service: 03/26/2025. [25-5206] (MB) [Entered: 03/26/2025 06:53 PM]Open(opens another site)
24APPEARANCE filed for Appellant A Better Balance by Ned Pillersdorf. Certificate of Service: 04/30/2025. [25-5206] (NBP) [Entered: 04/30/2025 09:54 AM]Open(opens another site)
25APPEARANCE filed for Appellee TN by Virginia N. Adamson. Certificate of Service: 05/16/2025. [25-5206] (VA) [Entered: 05/16/2025 12:25 PM]Open(opens another site)
26APPEARANCE filed for Appellee TN by James Matthew Rice. Certificate of Service: 07/15/2025. [25-5206] (JMR) [Entered: 07/15/2025 04:26 PM]Open(opens another site)
27MOTION filed by Ms. Whitney D. Hermandorfer for TN for Whitney D. Hermandorfer to withdraw as counsel for State of Tennessee. Certificate of Service: 07/15/2025. [25-5206] (WDH) [Entered: 07/15/2025 04:29 PM]Open(opens another site)
28ORDER filed granting appellee's motion to withdraw as counsel [27] filed by Ms. Whitney D. Hermandorfer.. (RGF) [Entered: 07/15/2025 04:45 PM]Open(opens another site)
29APPEARANCE filed for Appellee OH by Mathura J. Sridharan. Certificate of Service: 08/01/2025. [25-5206] (MJS) [Entered: 08/01/2025 03:04 PM]Open(opens another site)
30ORDER filed - Accordingly, the motions to remand are GRANTED. These appeals are REMANDED for the limited purpose of permitting the district court to adjudicate the parties’ motions to intervene. These appeals are held in ABEYANCE pending a ruling on the motions to intervene by the district court. VRLC and ABB are DIRECTED to file status reports with the court thirty (30) days following entry of this order, and every thirty (30) days thereafter, setting forth the status of the proceedings on remand. VLRB and ABB shall NOTIFY the court within thirty (30) days of the district court’s adjudication of their motions to intervene, at which time the Clerk shall REINSTATE these appeals to the active docket. REMANDED with jurisdiction retained, to require Victim Rights Law Center, et al (25-5205), A Better Balance (25-5206) to file status report with their First status report due 11/10/2025. Karen Nelson Moore, Circuit Judge; R. Guy Cole, Jr., Circuit Judge and Richard Allen Griffin, Circuit Judge. (RGF) [Entered: 10/10/2025 02:26 PM]Open(opens another site)
31STATUS REPORT filed by Ms. Marissa Benavides for A Better Balance. Certificate of Service: 11/10/2025. Next status report due 12/10/2025 [25-5206] (MB) [Entered: 11/10/2025 02:04 PM]Open(opens another site)
32STATUS REPORT filed by Ms. Marissa Benavides for A Better Balance. Certificate of Service: 12/10/2025. Next status report due 01/09/2026 [25-5206] (MB) [Entered: 12/10/2025 03:17 PM]Open(opens another site)
33STATUS REPORT filed by Ms. Marissa Benavides for A Better Balance. Certificate of Service: 01/09/2026. Next status report due 02/09/2026 [25-5206] (MB) [Entered: 01/09/2026 12:10 PM]Open(opens another site)
34STATUS REPORT filed by Ms. Marissa Benavides for A Better Balance. Certificate of Service: 02/09/2026. Next status report due 03/11/2026 [25-5206] (MB) [Entered: 02/09/2026 04:13 PM]Open(opens another site)
35NOTIFICATION filed by Ms. Marissa Benavides for A Better Balance regarding Lower Court Decision. Certificate of Service: 03/02/2026. [25-5206] (MB) [Entered: 03/02/2026 06:31 PM]Open(opens another site)
36BRIEFING LETTER SENT setting briefing schedule: appellant brief due 04/13/2026;. appellee brief due 05/12/2026; (RGF) [Entered: 03/03/2026 09:30 AM]Open(opens another site)
37APPEARANCE filed for Appellees A.C. and Christian Educators Association International by Natalie D. Thompson. Certificate of Service: 03/09/2026. [25-5206] (NT) [Entered: 03/09/2026 04:24 PM]Open(opens another site)
38MOTION filed by Mr. David Peters for Ms. Linda McMahon and U.S. Department of Education to consolidate cases 25-5205. Certificate of Service: 03/12/2026. [25-5206] (DP) [Entered: 03/12/2026 04:09 PM]Open(opens another site)
39ORDER filed granting motion to consolidate [38] filed by Mr. David Peters..Upon review, the defendants’ motion to consolidate is GRANTED, and these matters will be consolidated for purposes of briefing and submission. The proposed intervenors shall file their individual appellant briefs only on their individual cases. The parties opposing intervention, to wit, the plaintiffs, the intervenor plaintiffs, and the defendants, shall file consolidated appellee briefs on both cases, and the proposed intervenors may file individual reply briefs on their respective cases. The determinations of whether to hold oral argument and the structure of same are reserved to the merits panel to which these appeals will be assigned. The clerk will issue a new briefing schedule. (RGF) [Entered: 03/18/2026 10:38 AM]Open(opens another site)
41BRIEFING LETTER SENT setting CONSOLIDATED briefing schedule: appellant brief due 04/27/2026;. appellee brief due 05/27/2026; [25-5205, 25-5206] (RGF) [Entered: 03/18/2026 10:41 AM]Open(opens another site)
42LOCKED - COUNSEL KINDLY ADVISED TO FILE IN THIS CASE ONLY*******PLEASE CONTACT COURT WITH QUESTIONS********APPEARANCE filed for Appellant A Better Balance in 25-5206 by Tara S. Patel. Certificate of Service: 04/01/2026. [25-5206, 25-5205]--[Edited 04/01/2026 by RGF] (TSP) [Entered: 04/01/2026 10:04 AM]Open(opens another site)
43APPEARANCE filed for Appellant A Better Balance by Tara S. Patel. Certificate of Service: 04/01/2026. [25-5206] (TSP) [Entered: 04/01/2026 10:27 AM]Open(opens another site)
44APPEARANCE filed for Appellees Ms. Linda McMahon and U.S. Department of Education in 25-5205, 25-5206 by Charles W. Scarborough. Certificate of Service: 04/01/2026. [25-5205, 25-5206] (CWS) [Entered: 04/01/2026 04:37 PM]Open(opens another site)
45APPELLANTS' JOINT UNOPPOSED MOTION filed by Ms. Tara S. Patel for A Better Balance AND Ms. Rachel Smith for Victim Rights Law Centers in 25-5206 to extend time to file brief. Certificate of Service: 04/02/2026. [25-5206, 25-5205]--[Edited 04/02/2026 by RGF] (TSP) [Entered: 04/02/2026 12:46 PM]Open(opens another site)
46RULING LETTER SENT granting JOINT UNONOPPOSED PROPOSED INTERVENOR APPELLANTS' motion to extend time to file brief [45] filed by Ms. Tara S. Patel and Ms. Rachel Smith ., resetting briefing schedule: appellant brief now due 05/11/2026. appellee brief now due 06/15/2026. [25-5205, 25-5206] (RGF) [Entered: 04/02/2026 12:53 PM]Open(opens another site)
47LOCKED - COUNSEL KINDLY ADVISED TO REFILE MOTION IN CASE 25-5206 ONLY******MOTION filed by Mr. Sean Ouellette for A Better Balance in 25-5206 for Sean Ouellette to withdraw as counsel for A Better Balance. Certificate of Service: 04/02/2026. [25-5205, 25-5206]--[Edited 04/03/2026 by RGF] (SO) [Entered: 04/02/2026 10:43 PM]Open(opens another site)
48MOTION filed by Mr. Sean Ouellette for A Better Balance for Sean Ouellette to withdraw as counsel for A Better Balance. Certificate of Service: 04/03/2026. [25-5206] (SO) [Entered: 04/03/2026 12:38 PM]Open(opens another site)
49ORDER filed granting Proposed Intervenor appeallant's motion to withdraw as counsel [48] filed by Mr. Sean Ouellette.. (RGF) [Entered: 04/03/2026 12:52 PM]Open(opens another site)
50APPEARANCE filed for Appellant A Better Balance in 25-5206 by Sophie Lenihan. Certificate of Service: 04/23/2026. [25-5206, 25-5205] (SL) [Entered: 04/23/2026 09:27 AM]Open(opens another site)
51NOTIFICATION filed by Ms. Natalie Thompson for A.C. and Christian Educators Association International regarding Change of Address and Contact Information. Certificate of Service: 04/30/2026. [25-5206] (NT) [Entered: 04/30/2026 06:38 PM]Open(opens another site)