CARROLL v. TRUMP

Docket Nos. 20-3977-cv (L), 20-3978-cv (Con) August Term, 2021.

66 F.4th 91 (2023)

E. Jean CARROLL, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Donald J. TRUMP, in his personal capacity, Defendant-Appellant, United States of America, Movant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: April 21, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark R. Freeman , Appellate Staff Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice ( Mark B. Stern and Joshua M. Salzman , Appellate Staff Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, on the brief), for Jennifer B. Dickey , Acting Assistant Attorney General, for Movant-Appellant United States of America.

Alina Habba , Habba Madaio & Associates LLP, Bedminster, NJ ( Marc Kasowitz , Christine A. Montenegro , Paul J. Burgo , Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP, New York, NY, on the brief), for Defendant-Appellant Donald J. Trump.

Joshua A. Matz , Kaplan Hecker & Fink, LLP, New York, NY ( Roberta A. Kaplan , Raymond P. Tolentino , Kaplan Hecker & Fink, LLP, New York, NY, Leah Litman , Ann Arbor, MI, on the brief), for Plaintiff-Appellee E. Jean Carroll.

Zoe Salzman , Emery Celli Brinckerhoff Abady Ward & Maazel LLP, New York, NY, for Amici Curiae The Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN); Time's Up Foundation; Legal Momentum, The Women's Legal Defense and Education Fund; The National Alliance to End Sexual Violence; The National Center for Victims of Crime (NCVC); The New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault; and Safe Horizon.

Before: Calabresi, Chin, and Nardini, Circuit Judges.


As explained more fully in our prior opinion, see Carroll v. Trump, 49 F.4th 759 (2d Cir. 2022) ("Carroll I"), familiarity with which we assume, this case requires us to determine whether, under the Federal Employees Liability Reform and Tort Compensation Act of 1988 (the "Westfall Act"), 28 U.S.C. § 2679 et seq.,...

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