GSA Network v. Houston Independent School District
- Court
- S.D. Tex.
- Docket number
- 4:25-cv-04090
- Filed
- Last filing
- Assigned judge
- Charles Eskridge
- Nature of suit
- 440 Civil Rights: Other
- Cause
- 42:1983 Civil Rights Act
- Jurisdiction
- Federal Question
- Jury demand
- None
- Cite
- GSA Network v. Houston Indep. Sch. Dist., No. 4:25-cv-04090 (S.D. Tex. filed Aug. 28, 2025)
The 56 court documents filed in this docket, as listed for its case.
Docket entries
The entries the archive holds for this docket. For the full docket, use the link above.
| No. | Date | Description | Document |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | COMPLAINT against Houston Independent School District, Katy Independent School District, Mike Morath, Plano Independent School District (Filing fee $ 405 receipt number ATXSDC-34031516) filed by Rebecca Roe, Students Engaged in Advancing Texas, GSA Network, Ruth Roe, Polly Poe. (Attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet) (Klosterboer, Brian) (Entered: 08/28/2025) | Open(opens another site) | |
| 2 | NOTICE of Appearance by Ashley Harris on behalf of GSA Network, Polly Poe, Rebecca Roe, Ruth Roe, Students Engaged in Advancing Texas, filed. (Harris, Ashley) (Entered: 08/28/2025) | Open(opens another site) | |
| 3 | NOTICE of Appearance by Adriana Pinon on behalf of GSA Network, Polly Poe, Rebecca Roe, Ruth Roe, Students Engaged in Advancing Texas, filed. (Pinon, Adriana) (Entered: 08/28/2025) | Open(opens another site) | |
| 4 | NOTICE of Appearance by Chloe Kempf on behalf of GSA Network, Polly Poe, Rebecca Roe, Ruth Roe, Students Engaged in Advancing Texas, filed. (Kempf, Chloe) (Entered: 08/28/2025) | Open(opens another site) | |
| 5 | NOTICE of Appearance by Charelle Lett on behalf of GSA Network, Polly Poe, Rebecca Roe, Ruth Roe, Students Engaged in Advancing Texas, filed. (Lett, Charelle) (Entered: 08/28/2025) | Open(opens another site) | |
| 6 | NOTICE of Appearance by Edgar Saldivar on behalf of GSA Network, Polly Poe, Rebecca Roe, Ruth Roe, Students Engaged in Advancing Texas, filed. (Saldivar, Edgar) (Entered: 08/28/2025) | Open(opens another site) | |
| 7 | NOTICE of Appearance by Sarah Corning on behalf of GSA Network, Polly Poe, Rebecca Roe, Ruth Roe, Students Engaged in Advancing Texas, filed. (Corning, Sarah) (Entered: 08/28/2025) | Open(opens another site) | |
| 8 | NOTICE of Appearance by Thomas Buser-Clancy on behalf of GSA Network, Polly Poe, Rebecca Roe, Ruth Roe, Students Engaged in Advancing Texas, filed. (Buser-Clancy, Thomas) (Entered: 08/28/2025) | Open(opens another site) | |
| 9 | Request for Issuance of Summons as to Houston Independent School District, Katy Independent School District, Mike Morath, Plano Independent School District, filed. (Buser-Clancy, Thomas) (Entered: 08/28/2025) | Open(opens another site) | |
| 10 | MOTION for Preliminary Injunction by GSA Network, Polly Poe, Rebecca Roe, Ruth Roe, Students Engaged in Advancing Texas, filed. Motion Docket Date 9/18/2025. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit Senate Bill 12, # 2 Exhibit Declaration of Maya LaFlamme Washington, # 3 Exhibit Declaration of Cameron Samuels, # 4 Exhibit Declaration of Ruth Roe, # 5 Exhibit Declaration of Polly Poe) (Klosterboer, Brian) (Entered: 08/28/2025) | Open(opens another site) | |
| 11 | MOTION to Appear Pro Hac Vice for Dale Melchert (Fee Paid: $100, receipt number ATXSDC-34037646) by GSA Network, Polly Poe, Rebecca Roe, Ruth Roe, Students Engaged in Advancing Texas, filed. Motion Docket Date 9/19/2025. (Melchert, Dale) (Entered: 08/29/2025) | Open(opens another site) | |
| 12 | MOTION to Appear Pro Hac Vice for Megan Z. Noor (Fee Paid: $100, receipt number ATXSDC-34037861) by GSA Network, Polly Poe, Rebecca Roe, Ruth Roe, Students Engaged in Advancing Texas, filed. Motion Docket Date 9/19/2025. (Noor, Megan) (Entered: 08/29/2025) | Open(opens another site) | |
| 13 | MOTION to Appear Pro Hac Vice for Shawn Thomas Meerkamper (Fee Paid: $100, receipt number ATXSDC-34038111) by GSA Network, Polly Poe, Rebecca Roe, Ruth Roe, Students Engaged in Advancing Texas, filed. Motion Docket Date 9/19/2025. (Meerkamper, Shawn) (Entered: 08/29/2025) | Open(opens another site) | |
| 14 | CLERKS NOTICE Regarding Consent to Jurisdiction of Magistrate Judge. Parties notified, filed. (cng4) (Entered: 08/29/2025) | Open(opens another site) | |
| 15 | Summons Issued as to Houston Independent School District, Katy Independent School District, Mike Morath, Plano Independent School District. Issued summons delivered to plaintiff by NEF, filed. (jld4) (Entered: 09/01/2025) | Open(opens another site) | |
| 16 | NOTICE of Appearance by Charles Crawford on behalf of Plano Independent School District, filed. (Crawford, Charles) (Entered: 09/03/2025) | Open(opens another site) | |
| 17 | NOTICE of Appearance by Lucas C. Henry on behalf of Plano Independent School District, filed. (Henry, Lucas) (Entered: 09/03/2025) | Open(opens another site) | |
| 18 | ORDER re: The parties are ORDERED to (i) confer on a schedule for briefing and argument, and (ii) submit joint or individual status reports in that regard when ready. Normal procedural deadlines shall otherwise apply unless and until an alternate order is requested and obtained. (Signed by Judge Charles Eskridge) Parties notified. (jmg4) (Entered: 09/04/2025) | Open(opens another site) | |
| 19 | NOTICE of Appearance by Christopher B. Gilbert on behalf of Katy Independent School District, filed. (Gilbert, Christopher) (Entered: 09/08/2025) | Open(opens another site) | |
| 20 | ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF SERVICE by GSA Network, Polly Poe, Rebecca Roe, Students Engaged in Advancing Texas on 09-03-2025 re: Summons In a Civil Complaint, Notice of Appearance, Motions to Appear, ETC, filed. (Kennedy, Nicholas) (Entered: 09/09/2025) | Open(opens another site) | |
| 21 | ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF SERVICE by GSA Network, Polly Poe, Rebecca Roe, Students Engaged in Advancing Texas on 09-03-2025 re: Summons In a Civil Complaint, Notice of Appearance, Motions to Appear, ETC, filed. (Kennedy, Nicholas) (Entered: 09/09/2025) | Open(opens another site) | |
| 22 | ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF SERVICE by GSA Network, Polly Poe, Rebecca Roe, Students Engaged in Advancing Texas on 09-03-2025 re: Summons In a Civil Complaint, Notice of Appearance, Motions to Appear, ETC, filed. (Kennedy, Nicholas) (Entered: 09/09/2025) | Open(opens another site) | |
| 23 | ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF SERVICE by GSA Network, Polly Poe, Rebecca Roe, Students Engaged in Advancing Texas on 09-03-2025 re: Summons In a Civil Complaint, Notice of Appearance, Motions to Appear, ETC, filed. (Kennedy, Nicholas) (Entered: 09/09/2025) | Open(opens another site) | |
| 24 | NOTICE of Appearance by Nicholas Kennedy on behalf of GSA Network, Polly Poe, Rebecca Roe, Students Engaged in Advancing Texas, filed. (Kennedy, Nicholas) (Entered: 09/09/2025) | Open(opens another site) | |
| 25 | Unopposed MOTION Scheduling Order by GSA Network, Polly Poe, Rebecca Roe, Students Engaged in Advancing Texas, filed. Motion Docket Date 9/30/2025. (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Order Proposed Scheduling Order) (Klosterboer, Brian) (Entered: 09/09/2025) | Open(opens another site) | |
| 26 | NOTICE of Appearance by William H. Farrell on behalf of Mike Morath, filed. (Farrell, William) (Entered: 09/10/2025) | Open(opens another site) | |
| 27 | Unopposed MOTION Motion to Proceed Pseudononymously by Polly Poe, Rebecca Roe, filed. Motion Docket Date 10/2/2025. (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Order Proposed Order to Proceed Pseudonymously) (Klosterboer, Brian) (Entered: 09/11/2025) | Open(opens another site) | |
| 28 | Unopposed MOTION for Protective Order by GSA Network, Polly Poe, Rebecca Roe, Students Engaged in Advancing Texas, filed. Motion Docket Date 10/3/2025. (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Order Proposed Protective Order) (Klosterboer, Brian) (Entered: 09/12/2025) | Open(opens another site) | |
| 29 | Unopposed MOTION to Exceed Word Count by GSA Network, Polly Poe, Rebecca Roe, Students Engaged in Advancing Texas, filed. Motion Docket Date 10/3/2025. (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Order Proposed Order Granting Leave to Exceed Word Count) (Klosterboer, Brian) (Entered: 09/12/2025) | Open(opens another site) | |
| 30 | ORDER granting 25 Unopposed MOTION Scheduling Order ( Deadline for Plaintiffs to amend complaint and/or motion for preliminary injunction due by 9/16/2025. Deadline for Defendants' responsive pleadings due by 10/16/2025. Deadline for Plaintiffs' reply in support due 11/5/2025. Preliminary Injunction Hearing set for 11/25/2025 at 02:30 PM in Courtroom 9F before Judge Charles Eskridge) (Signed by Judge Charles Eskridge) Parties notified. (jmg4) (Entered: 09/15/2025) | Open(opens another site) | |
| 31 | NOTICE of Resetting. Parties notified.Preliminary Injunction Hearing set for 11/19/2025 at 02:30 PM in Courtroom 9F before Judge Charles Eskridge, filed. (jmg4) (Entered: 09/16/2025) | Open(opens another site) | |
| 32 | First AMENDED COMPLAINT against All Defendants filed by Rebecca Roe, Students Engaged in Advancing Texas, GSA Network, Polly Poe, Texas AFT, Adrian Moore. (Klosterboer, Brian) (Entered: 09/16/2025) | Open(opens another site) | |
| 33 | Amended MOTION for Preliminary Injunction by GSA Network, Adrian Moore, Polly Poe, Rebecca Roe, Students Engaged in Advancing Texas, Texas AFT, filed. Motion Docket Date 10/7/2025. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit Exhibit #1: SB12 Language, # 2 Exhibit Exhibit #2: Decl. of Maya LaFlamme Washington, # 3 Exhibit Exhibit #3: Decl. of Cameron Samuels, # 4 Exhibit Exhibit #4: Decl. of Ruth Roe, # 5 Exhibit Exhibit #5: Decl. of Polly Poe, # 6 Exhibit Exhibit #6: Decl. of Texas AFT, # 7 Exhibit Exhibit #7: Decl. of Julie Johnson) (Klosterboer, Brian) (Entered: 09/16/2025) | Open(opens another site) | |
| 34 | ORDER for Initial Pretrial and Scheduling Conference and Order to Disclose Interested Persons. Initial Conference set for 11/12/2025 at 02:30 PM in Courtroom 9F before Judge Charles Eskridge. (Signed by Judge Charles Eskridge) (Attachments: # 1 Attachments) Parties notified. (jmg4) (Entered: 09/17/2025) | Open(opens another site) | |
| 35 | MOTION to Reset Hearing on Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction by Mike Morath, filed. Motion Docket Date 10/9/2025. (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Order) (Farrell, William) (Entered: 09/18/2025) | Open(opens another site) | |
| 36 | NOTICE of Appearance by Eric J.R. Nichols on behalf of Houston Independent School District, filed. (Nichols, Eric) (Entered: 09/18/2025) | Open(opens another site) | |
| 37 | NOTICE of Appearance by JR Johnson on behalf of Houston Independent School District, filed. (Johnson, John) (Entered: 09/19/2025) | Open(opens another site) | |
| 38 | NOTICE of Appearance by Roshni Mahendru on behalf of Houston Independent School District, filed. (Mahendru, Roshni) (Entered: 09/19/2025) | Open(opens another site) | |
| 39 | ORDER granting 29 Motion to exceed word count.(Signed by Judge Charles Eskridge) Parties notified. (jmg4) (Entered: 09/24/2025) | Open(opens another site) | |
| 40 | PROTECTIVE ORDER granting 28 Unopposed MOTION for Protective Order (Signed by Judge Charles Eskridge) Parties notified. (jmg4) (Entered: 09/24/2025) | Open(opens another site) | |
| 41 | ORDER granting 27 Unopposed MOTION Motion to Proceed Pseudononymously (Signed by Judge Charles Eskridge) Parties notified. (jmg4) (Entered: 09/24/2025) | Open(opens another site) | |
| 42 | ORDER granting 13 Motion for Shawn Thomas Meerkamper to Appear Pro Hac Vice Note: Instructions to request Texas Southern CM/ECF registration through PACER are found here.(Signed by Judge Charles Eskridge) Parties notified. (jmg4) (Entered: 09/25/2025) | Open(opens another site) | |
| 43 | ORDER granting 12 Motion for Megan Zakaya Furneaux Noor to Appear Pro Hac Vice Note: Instructions to request Texas Southern CM/ECF registration through PACER are found here.(Signed by Judge Charles Eskridge) Parties notified. (jmg4) (Entered: 09/25/2025) | Open(opens another site) | |
| 44 | ORDER granting 11 Motion for Dale Melchert to Appear Pro Hac Vice Note: Instructions to request Texas Southern CM/ECF registration through PACER are found here.(Signed by Judge Charles Eskridge) Parties notified. (jmg4) (Entered: 09/25/2025) | Open(opens another site) | |
| 45 | SCHEDULING and DOCKET CONTROL ORDER. Amended Pleadings due by 1/13/2026. Joinder of Parties due by 12/12/2025 Pltf Expert Report due by 7/14/2026. Deft Expert Report due by 8/13/2026. Discovery due by 9/29/2026. Mediation due by 12/15/2026. Dispositive Motion Filing due by 10/29/2026. Non-Dispositive Motion Filing due by 10/29/2026. Joint Pretrial Order due by 1/14/2027. Docket Call set for 2/23/2027 at 01:30 PM in Courtroom 9F before Judge Charles Eskridge. (Signed by Judge Charles Eskridge) Parties notified. (jmg4) (Entered: 09/26/2025) | ||
| 46 | ORDER re: Injunction Hearing set for 12/1/2025 at 02:30 PM in Courtroom 9F before Judge Charles Eskridge (Signed by Judge Charles Eskridge) Parties notified. (jmg4) (Entered: 09/30/2025) | Open(opens another site) | |
| 47 | Disclosure of Interested Parties by GSA Network, Adrian Moore, Polly Poe, Rebecca Roe, Students Engaged in Advancing Texas, filed. (Kennedy, Nicholas) (Entered: 10/02/2025) | Open(opens another site) | |
| 48 | CERTIFICATE OF INTERESTED PARTIES by Mike Morath, filed. (Farrell, William) (Entered: 10/02/2025) | Open(opens another site) | |
| 49 | CERTIFICATE OF INTERESTED PARTIES by Katy Independent School District, filed. (Gilbert, Christopher) (Entered: 10/02/2025) | Open(opens another site) | |
| 50 | CERTIFICATE OF INTERESTED PARTIES by Houston Independent School District, filed. (Johnson, John) (Entered: 10/02/2025) | Open(opens another site) |