BLACK LIVES MATTER D.C. v. TRUMP

No. 20-cv-1469 (DLF), No. 20-cv-1542 (DLF).

720 F.Supp.3d 1 (2024)

BLACK LIVES MATTER D.C., et al., Plaintiffs, v. Donald J. TRUMP, et al., Defendants. Radiya Buchanan, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Donald J. Trump, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

Signed March 13, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Zachary B. Copeland, Naima Lillian Farrell, Greta B. Williams, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, DC, Anne M. Champion, Pro Hac Vice, Katherine Michelle Marquart, Pro Hac Vice, Nadia Kathryn Alhadi, Pro Hac Vice, Orin Samuel Snyder, Pro Hac Vice, Lee Ross Crain, Pro Hac Vice, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, New York City, NY, for Plaintiffs in No. 20-cv-1542.

John Arak Freedman, Sonia Tabriz, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Washington, DC, Arthur B. Spitzer, Michael Krevans Perloff, Scott Michelman, ACLU Foundation of the District of Columbia, Washington, DC, David Ryan Brody, Jon M. Greenbaum, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights under Law, Washington, DC, Dennis A. Corkery, Kaitlin Rose Banner, Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights & Urban Affairs, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs Black Lives Matter D.C., J.N.C. in No. 20-cv-1469.

David Edward Kouba, John Arak Freedman, Sonia Tabriz, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Washington, DC, Arthur B. Spitzer, Michael Krevans Perloff, Scott Michelman, ACLU Foundation of the District of Columbia, Washington, DC, David Ryan Brody, Jon M. Greenbaum, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights under Law, Washington, DC, Dennis A. Corkery, Kaitlin Rose Banner, Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights & Urban Affairs, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs Toni Sanders, Kishon Mcdonald, Garrett Bond, Keara Scallan in No. 20-cv-1469.

David Edward Kouba, Sonia Tabriz, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Washington, DC, Arthur B. Spitzer, Michael Krevans Perloff, Scott Michelman, ACLU Foundation of the District of Columbia, Washington, DC, David Ryan Brody, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights under Law, Washington, DC, Kaitlin Rose Banner, Wash.Lawyers' CMTE for Civil Rights & Urb.Affairs, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff Lia Poteet in No. 20-cv-1469.

David Edward Kouba, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Washington, DC, Arthur B. Spitzer, Michael Krevans Perloff, Scott Michelman, ACLU Foundation of the District of Columbia, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff Dustin Foley in No. 20-cv-1469.

Arthur B. Spitzer, Michael Krevans Perloff, Scott Michelman, ACLU Foundation of the District of Columbia, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff E.X.F. in No. 20-cv-1469.

Brendan Russell Heath, Richard P. Sobiecki, Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia, Public Interest Division, Washington, DC, for Defendants Peter Newsham, Anthony Alioto, S. Buchanan, First Name Unknown Hargrove, C.W. Meyer, C.J. Murphy, T.C. Payne, First Name Unknown Taylor, Daniel M. Thau, Anthony A. Willis in No. 20-cv-1469.

Brendan Russell Heath, Richard P. Sobiecki, Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia, Washington, DC, for Defendant Jeffery Carroll in Nos. 20-cv-1469, 20-cv-1542, Peter Newsham in No. 20-cv-1542, Anthony Alioto in No. 20-cv-1542, S. Buchanan in No. 20-cv-1542, FNU Hargrove in No. 20-cv-1542, C.W. Meyer in No. 20-cv-1542, Clifton Murphy in No. 20-cv-1542, Thomas Payne in No. 20-cv-1542, FNU Taylor in No. 20-cv-1542, Daniel Thau in No. 20-cv-1542, Anthony A. Willis in No. 20-cv-1542.

MinhChau Nguyen Corr, Ryan Carson Samuel, Office of the County Attorney, Arlington, VA, for Defendants Wayne Vincent, Ryan Black, Ryan Allen in No. 20-cv-1542.

Brendan Russell Heath, Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia, Public Interest Division, Washington, DC, for Defendant John Roes 1-50 in No. 20-cv-1469.

Eric Lawrence Klein, Beveridge & Diamond PC, Boston, MA, for Amicus Concerned Legal Academics and Historians in No. 20-cv-1469.

Alexandre de Gramont, Dechert LLP, Washington, DC, for Amici International Center for Advocates Against Discrimination, International Human Rights Clinic, University of Virginia School of Law, Leitner Center for International Law & Justice, Fordham University School of Law, Robert And Helen Bernstein Institute for Human Rights, New York University School of Law, William J. Aceves in No. 20-cv-1469.

Bruce Van Spiva, Washington, DC, for Amici Charles Avery Jr., Margaret Burnham, Clayborne Carson, Hazel Dukes, Mary Frances Berry, Wade Henderson, Judith Heumann, Dolores Huerta, Jesse Jackson Sr., Benjamin Jealous, Martin Luther King Iii, Marc Morial, Richard Morrisroe, Ruby Sales, Marian Wright Edelman in No. 20-cv-1469.

Hyland Hunt, Deutsch Hunt, PLLC, Washington, DC, for Amici Carlos M. Vazquez, Anya Bernstein, James Pfander, Stephen I. Vladeck in No. 20-cv-1469.

Bruce D. Brown, Gabriel Rottman, KatieLynn Boyd Townsend, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Washington, DC, for Amicus Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press in No. 20-cv-1469.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

These lawsuits, Black Lives Matter, D.C. v. Trump ("Black Lives Matter") and Buchanan v. Trump ("Buchanan"), arise out of the law-enforcement response to protests in Lafayette Square on June 1, 2020. Before the Court...

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