KAREM v. TRUMP et al

Filing 60

ORDER granting 59 Motion for Permanent Injunction: See document for details. Signed by Judge Jia M. Cobb on May 10, 2022. (lcjmc1)

Case 1:19-cv-02514-JMC Document 60 Filed 05/10/22 Page 1 of 2

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
BRIAN J. KAREM,
Plaintiff,
v.
JOSEPH R. BIDEN, JR., in his official capacity as
President of the United States; and JENNIFER
PSAKI, in her official capacity as White House Press
Secretary,

Case No. 1:19-cv-2514-JMC

Defendants.
ORDER GRANTING PERMANENT INJUNCTION
Pursuant to the terms of the Parties’ Joint Stay Motion, Dkt. 37, in which the officialcapacity defendants and the Plaintiff “agreed that should Plaintiff prevail on appeal . . . the Court
may convert the preliminary injunction into a permanent injunction against the White House
Press Secretary in her official capacity,” and pursuant to the further agreement of the Parties as
represented to the Court on April 8, 2021, Dkt. 43, and good cause appearing thereon and in the
record, it is hereby ORDERED that:
(a) The preliminary and final decisions to suspend Plaintiff’s Hard Pass, conveyed in
letters to Plaintiff dated August 2, 2019, and August 16, 2019, filed at Dkt. Nos. 3-4
and 3-10, are hereby declared void and without force or effect;
(b) The Office of the White House Press Secretary is permanently enjoined from
punishing Plaintiff for any reason related to any incident that allegedly occurred at the
White House or in the White House Rose Garden on July 11, 2019, including through
the suspension or revocation of Plaintiff’s White House Hard Pass.

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Case 1:19-cv-02514-JMC Document 60 Filed 05/10/22 Page 2 of 2

SO ORDERED this 10 day of May 2022.
_____________________________
United States District Judge

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