Opinion
1:19-cv-2514-JMC
05-10-2022
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, Defendants.
ORDER GRANTING PERMANENT INJUNCTION
Pursuant to the terms of the Parties' Joint Stay Motion, Dkt. 37, in which the official-capacity 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.
SO ORDERED