TN v. Linda McMahon

Court
6th Cir.
Docket number
25-5205
Filed
Terminated
Last filing
Nature of suit
2899 Admin Proc Act/Review
Case
State of Tenn. v. Linda McMahon
Cite
TN v. McMahon, No. 25-5205 (6th Cir. filed Mar. 12, 2025)
Source
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Docket entries
No.DateDescriptionDocument
1Civil Case Docketed. Notice filed by Appellants Jane Doe and Victim Rights Law Center. Transcript needed: n. (RGF) [Entered: 03/12/2025 01:27 PM]Open(opens another site)
2The case manager for this case is: Mr. Roy G. Ford [telephone number removed] (RGF) [Entered: 03/12/2025 01:30 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 02:28 PM]Open(opens another site)
4APPEARANCE filed for Appellants Jane Doe and Victim Rights Law Center by Elizabeth E. Theran. Certificate of Service: 03/12/2025. [25-5205] (EET) [Entered: 03/12/2025 02:46 PM]Open(opens another site)
5RULING LETTER SENT to hold briefing in abeyance pending the court's jurisdictional review. (RLB) [Entered: 03/14/2025 09:13 AM]Open(opens another site)
6APPEARANCE filed for Appellees U.S. Department of Education and Ms. Linda McMahon by David L. Peters. Certificate of Service: 03/14/2025. [25-5205] (DP) [Entered: 03/14/2025 03:46 PM]Open(opens another site)
7MOTION filed by Ms. Elizabeth Ellen Theran for Jane Doe and Victim Rights Law Center to remand. Certificate of Service: 03/17/2025. [25-5205] (EET) [Entered: 03/17/2025 07:16 PM]Open(opens another site)
8CORPORATE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT. Name of Counsel: Elizabeth E. Theran; Jane Doe and Victim Rights Law Center 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. [25-5205] (EET) [Entered: 03/17/2025 07:22 PM]Open(opens another site)
9APPEARANCE filed for Appellee TN by Whitney D. Hermandorfer. Certificate of Service: 03/18/2025. [25-5205] (WDH) [Entered: 03/18/2025 05:50 PM]Open(opens another site)
10APPEARANCE filed for Appellees A.C. and Christian Educators Association International by Jacob P. Warner. Certificate of Service: 03/18/2025. [25-5205] (JPW) [Entered: 03/18/2025 05:52 PM]Open(opens another site)
11APPEARANCE filed for Appellees A.C. and Christian Educators Association International by Jonathan A. Scruggs. Certificate of Service: 03/18/2025. [25-5205] (JAS) [Entered: 03/18/2025 06:10 PM]Open(opens another site)
12APPEARANCE filed for Appellees A.C. and Christian Educators Association International by John J. Bursch. Certificate of Service: 03/18/2025. [25-5205] (JJB) [Entered: 03/18/2025 06:11 PM]Open(opens another site)
13APPEARANCE filed for Appellee KY by Matthew F. Kuhn. Certificate of Service: 03/19/2025. [25-5205] (MFK) [Entered: 03/19/2025 09:11 AM]Open(opens another site)
14APPEARANCE filed for Appellee IN by James A. Barta. Certificate of Service: 03/19/2025. [25-5205] (JAB) [Entered: 03/19/2025 01:18 PM]Open(opens another site)
15RESPONSE filed regarding a motion, [7]; previously filed by Ms. Elizabeth Ellen Theran for Victim Rights Law Center and Jane Doe. Response from Attorney Mr. David Peters for Appellees Ms. Linda McMahon and U.S. Department of Education. Certificate of Service: 03/19/2025. [25-5205] (DP) [Entered: 03/19/2025 04:24 PM]Open(opens another site)
16TRANSCRIPT ORDER filed - transcript is already on file in the District Court Clerks Office. Filed by Ms. Elizabeth Ellen Theran for Jane Doe and Victim Rights Law Center. Certificate of Service: 03/20/2025. [25-5205] (EET) [Entered: 03/20/2025 02:12 PM]Open(opens another site)
17RESPONSE in opposition filed regarding a motion to remand case, [7]; previously filed by Ms. Elizabeth Ellen Theran for Victim Rights Law Center and Jane Doe. Response from Attorney Mr. Jacob P. Warner for Appellees A.C. and Christian Educators Association International. Certificate of Service: 03/21/2025. [25-5205] (JPW) [Entered: 03/21/2025 04:12 PM]Open(opens another site)
18APPEARANCE filed for Appellants Jane Doe and Victim Rights Law Center by Shiwali Patel. Certificate of Service: 03/24/2025. [25-5205] (SP) [Entered: 03/24/2025 04:00 PM]Open(opens another site)
19APPEARANCE filed for Appellants Jane Doe and Victim Rights Law Center by Rachel E. Smith. Certificate of Service: 03/24/2025. [25-5205] (RES) [Entered: 03/24/2025 04:18 PM]Open(opens another site)
20APPEARANCE filed for Appellants Jane Doe and Victim Rights Law Center by Elizabeth Tang. Certificate of Service: 03/24/2025. [25-5205] (ET) [Entered: 03/24/2025 06:56 PM]Open(opens another site)
21DEFICIENCY NOTICE: The appearance form, [18], filed by Ms. Shiwali Patel for Jane Doe and Victim Rights Law Center is deficient for the reason noted on the attached checklist. Deficiency to be corrected by 04/01/2025. (RGF) [Entered: 03/25/2025 08:15 AM]Open(opens another site)
22APPEARANCE filed for Appellants Jane Doe and Victim Rights Law Center by Ellen Eardley. Certificate of Service: 03/26/2025. [25-5205] (EE) [Entered: 03/26/2025 02:06 PM]Open(opens another site)
23APPEARANCE filed for Appellants Jane Doe and Victim Rights Law Center by Andrea Forsee. Certificate of Service: 03/26/2025. [25-5205] (AD) [Entered: 03/26/2025 02:09 PM]Open(opens another site)
24CIVIL APPEAL STATEMENT OF PARTIES AND ISSUES filed by Attorney Ms. Ellen Eardley for Appellants Jane Doe and Victim Rights Law Center. 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. Cardona, et al., Citation: 24-5588; Was this case mediated through the court's program: No; Parties Against Whom this Appeal is Being Taken: Christian Educators Association International, IN, A.C., KY, Ms. Linda McMahon, OH, TN, U.S. Department of Education, VA and WV ; Issues:. Certificate of Service: 04/10/2025. [25-5205] (EE) [Entered: 04/10/2025 05:03 PM]Open(opens another site)
25APPEARANCE filed for Appellee TN by James Matthew Rice. Certificate of Service: 07/15/2025. [25-5205] (JMR) [Entered: 07/15/2025 04:24 PM]Open(opens another site)
26MOTION 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. [25-5205] (WDH) [Entered: 07/15/2025 04:28 PM]Open(opens another site)
27ORDER filed granting appellee's motion to withdraw as counsel [26] filed by Ms. Whitney D. Hermandorfer.. (RGF) [Entered: 07/15/2025 04:36 PM]Open(opens another site)
28NOTIFICATION filed by Ms. Mathura Jaya Sridharan for OH regarding Withdrawal of T. Elliot Gaiser as Counsel. Certificate of Service: 08/01/2025. [25-5205] (MJS) [Entered: 08/01/2025 03:01 PM]Open(opens another site)
29APPEARANCE filed for Appellee OH by Mathura J. Sridharan. [25-5205] (MJS) [Entered: 08/01/2025 03:13 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 02:20 PM]Open(opens another site)
31STATUS REPORT filed by Ms. Elizabeth Ellen Theran for Jane Doe and Victim Rights Law Center. Accordingly, the district court stayed this matter pending the expiration of General Order 25-12 or any extension of that order. (Order, R. 199, Page ID # 6243.) The district court instructed that, once the stay lifts, the U.S. Department of Education will have fourteen days to file a second response to the motions to intervene. Id. ABB and VLRC will then have five days to file replies. Id.General Order 25-12 expired on October 29, but General Order 25-14 extended the district court’s abeyance order for an additional fourteen days, through November 12. See General Order No. 25-14, In Re: Holding Certain Civil Matters in Abeyance (E.D. Ky. Oct. 29, 2025), https://www.kyed.uscourts.gov/sites/kyed/files/gen2514_Holding_Certain_Civil_Matters_In_Abeyance.pdf. Therefore, the matter remains stayed. Finally, on November 7 the parties received notice that this matter has been reassigned from Judge Danny Reeves to Judge Stephen Chad Meredith for all further proceedings. See Order, R.200, PageID # 6245Certificate of Service: 11/10/2025. Next status report due 12/10/2025 [25-5205]--[Edited 11/10/2025 by RGF] (EET) [Entered: 11/10/2025 10:00 AM]Open(opens another site)
32STATUS REPORT filed by Ms. Elizabeth Ellen Theran and Ms. Ellen D. Eardley for Jane Doe and Victim Rights Law Center. On December 1, the district court issued an order (Order, R.208, Page ID ## 6284-6285) partially granting VRLC’s and ABB’s November 19 joint motion to clarify. This order reinstated all pending pro hac vice motions filed on behalf of VRLC and ABB and granted all except for two, which it denied without prejudice. The court granted the remaining pro hac vice motions on December 2. See Virtual Order, R.212. Finally, on December 2, Defendants, Plaintiff States, and Intervenor-Plaintiffs filed their second responses to the intervention motions. See Intervenor-Pl.’s Opp. Mots. Intervene, R. 214, Page ID # 6306; Defs.’ Opp. Mots. Intervene, R. 215, Page ID # 6312; Pls.’ Opp. Mots. Intervene, R. 216, Page ID # 6330. Certificate of Service: 12/10/2025. Next status report due 01/09/2026 [25-5205]--[Edited 12/10/2025 by RGF] (EET) [Entered: 12/10/2025 10:41 AM]Open(opens another site)
33STATUS REPORT filed by Ms. Elizabeth Ellen Theran for Jane Doe and Victim Rights Law Center. Certificate of Service: 01/09/2026. Next status report due 02/09/2026 [25-5205] (EET) [Entered: 01/09/2026 10:10 AM]Open(opens another site)
34STATUS REPORT filed by Ms. Rachel Elizabeth Smith for Jane Doe and Victim Rights Law Center. Certificate of Service: 02/09/2026. Next status report due 03/11/2026 [25-5205] (RES) [Entered: 02/09/2026 04:09 PM]Open(opens another site)
35BRIEFING LETTER SENT setting briefing schedule: appellant brief due 04/13/2026;. appellee brief due 05/12/2026; (RGF) [Entered: 03/03/2026 09:23 AM]Open(opens another site)
36MOTION filed by Mr. David Peters for Ms. Linda McMahon and U.S. Department of Education to consolidate cases 25-5206. Certificate of Service: 03/12/2026. [25-5205] (DP) [Entered: 03/12/2026 04:06 PM]Open(opens another site)
37ORDER filed to consolidate cases 25-5206. 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 10:18 AM]Open(opens another site)
39BRIEFING 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)
40APPEARANCE filed for Appellees A.C. and Christian Educators Association International by Natalie D. Thompson. Certificate of Service: 03/18/2026. [25-5205] (NT) [Entered: 03/18/2026 02:57 PM]Open(opens another site)
41LOCKED - 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)
42APPEARANCE 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)
43APPELLANTS' 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)
44RULING LETTER SENT granting JOINT UNONOPPOSED PROPOSED INTERVENOR APPELLANTS' motion to extend time to file brief [43] 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)
45LOCKED - 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)
46APPEARANCE 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)
47NOTIFICATION 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. [25-5205] (NT) [Entered: 04/30/2026 06:33 PM]Open(opens another site)
48APPEARANCE filed for Appellee VA in 25-5205, 25-5206 by R. Trent Taylor. Certificate of Service: 05/07/2026. [25-5205, 25-5206] (RTT) [Entered: 05/07/2026 01:00 PM]Open(opens another site)
49DEFICIENCY NOTICE: The appearance form, [48], filed by Mr. Richard Trent Taylor for VA in 25-5205, 25-5206 is deficient for the reason noted on the attached checklist. [25-5205, 25-5206] (RLB) [Entered: 05/07/2026 01:56 PM]Open(opens another site)
50APPEARANCE filed for Appellee WV in 25-5205, 25-5206 by Michael Williams. Certificate of Service: 05/07/2026. [25-5205, 25-5206] (MRW) [Entered: 05/07/2026 03:35 PM]Open(opens another site)
51STIPULATION filed to dismiss voluntarily pursuant to FRAP 42(b). Stipulation filed by Attorney Ms. Rachel Elizabeth Smith for Appellants Jane Doe and Victim Rights Law Center Ms. Tara Patel for A Better Balance, Mr. Steven A. Myers for Proposed Intervenor Victim Rights Center, Ms. Virgina Adamson for State of TN, Mr. Matthew Kuhn for the Commonwealth of KY, Mr. James A. Barta for Indiana, Ms. Mathura Sridharan for the State of OH, Mr. R. Trent Taylor for Commonwealth of VA, Mr. Michael R. Williams for West Virginia, Mr. Steven A. Myers for Federal Defendants-Appellees’, and Ms. Natalie Thompson for Intervenor Plaintiffs- Appellees in 25-5205. [25-5205, 25-5206]--[Edited 05/11/2026 by RGF] (RES) [Entered: 05/08/2026 06:13 PM]Open(opens another site)