Major Court Orders and filings 

Court Orders

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June 1, 2023

Judge Ann Aiken grants plaintiffs' motion for leave to file a second amended complaint.

March 14, 2023

Judge Ann Aiken denies the intervenor states motion for limited intervention.

May 13, 2021

Judge Ann Aiken orders settlement conference.

February 10, 2021 

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals denies en banc review.

January 17, 2020

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision on interlocutory appeal

January 7, 2019

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals grant plaintiffs’ motion to expedite briefing.

December 26, 2018

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 2-1 decision, grants interlocutory appeal.

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously denies petition for writ of mandamus.

November 21, 2018

Judge Ann Aiken certifies case for interlocutory appeal and stays the case.

November 8, 2018

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Grants Trump Administration’s Request for Stay in Part

November 2, 2018

United States Supreme Court Denies Trump Administration’s Request for Stay - Juliana v. United States Moves to Trial

October 15, 2018

Judge Ann Aiken’s decision on the Trump administration’s motion for judgment on the pleadings (“MJP”) and motion for summary judgment (“MSJ”)

July 30, 2018

United States Supreme Court Denies Trump Administration Application for Stay

July 20, 2018

Ninth Circuit Order Denying Trump Administration's Second Mandamus Petition

May 25, 2018

Order Denying Defendants' Motion for Protective Order

March 7, 2018

Ninth Circuit Order on Trump Mandamus Petition

December 21, 2017

Order replacing Judge Kozinski with Judge Friedland

November 16, 2017

Oral Argument for Juliana v. United States

July 28, 2017

Ninth Circuit orders youth plaintiffs to answer Trump Administration's petition for writ of mandamus

July 25, 2017

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals order on federal defendants' petition to stay district court proceedings

June 28, 2017

Order granting fossil fuel industry's motion to exit case and setting trial date

June 8, 2017

Judge Ann Aiken's denial of defendants' motions to certify the November 10 order and opinion for interlocutory appeal

May 1, 2017

US Magistrate Judge Thomas Coffin issues: recommendation that government and fossil fuel defendants' requests for interlocutory appeal be denied; and denial of government's motion, supported by fossil fuel defendants, to put trial on hold

November 10, 2016

US District Court Judge Ann Aiken Affirms Judge Coffins order denying federal government and intervenors' motions to dismiss, allowing case to go to trial

April 8, 2016

US Magistrate Judge Thomas Coffin issues order denying federal government and intervenors' motions to dismiss

January 14, 2016

Court order on fossil fuel industry intervenors' motion to intervene

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Filings

July 6, 2023

Plaintiffs file response in opposition to defendants' motion to dismiss.

June 22, 2023

Defendants file motion to dismiss the second amended complaint.

June 8, 2023

Plaintiffs' Second Amended Complaint.

July 13, 2021

NRDC files amicus brief in support of plaintiffs.

July 6, 2021

Plaintiffs file response in opposition to states’ intervention.

July 6, 2021

New York, Delaware, Hawai‘i, Minnesota, Oregon and Vermont file amicus brief in support of plaintiffs.

June 8, 2021

Proposed defendant-intervenor states file motion for limited intervention.

March 9, 2021

Plaintiffs file motion for leave to amend and file second amended complaint. 

March 13, 2020

Amicus Curiae ("Friend of the Court") Briefs: National and Global Experts File Briefs in Support of Juliana v. United States Youth-Led Climate Change Litigation:

• Amicus Brief of Children’s Rights Advocates

• Amicus Brief of Environmental Law Experts and Advocates

• Amicus Brief of International Human Rights Legal Experts and Advocates

• Amicus Brief of Korematsu Center and Civil Rights Experts

• Amicus Brief of Members of U.S. Congress

• Amicus Brief of Constitutional Law Experts

• Amicus Brief of League of Women Voters and National Children’s Campaign

• Amicus Brief of Public Health Experts

• Amicus Brief of U.S. Surgeons General

• Amicus Brief of Juliana Expert Witnesses

March 2, 2020

Plaintiffs file petition for rehearing en banc with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

March 8, 2019

Trump administration files reply brief interlocutory appeal reply brief

March 1, 2019

Thousands Urge Ninth Circuit to Allow Juliana v. United States to Go to Trial

Amicus Curiae ("Friend of the Court") Briefs: Groups Supporting Juliana v. U.S. Plaintiffs Urge Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to Allow Juliana v. United States to Go to Trial:

• Brief for Businesses (Guayaki, Royal Blue Organics, Organically Grown Company, Coconut Bliss, Hummingbird Wholesale, Aspen Skiing Company, Protect Our Winters,  National Ski Areas Association, Snowsports Industries America, and American Sustainable Business Council)

• Brief for Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL); Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide (ELAW)

• Brief for Earthjustice on behalf of Earth Rights International, Center for Biological Diversity, Defenders of Wildlife, Union of Concerned Scientists

• Brief for Eco-Justice Ministries

• Brief for 78 Environmental Historians

• Brief for Food & Water Watch, Friends of the Earth, & Greenpeace

• Brief for International Lawyers for International Law

• Brief for 82 Law Professors

• Brief for League of Women Voters

• Brief for Members of U.S. Congress - Senators: Whitehouse, Merkley, Wyden

  Reps. DeFazio, Blumenauer, Haaland, Tlaib

• Brief for Niskanen Center

• Brief for Public Health Experts (American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology; American Academy of Pediatrics; American Association of Community Psychiatrists; American Heart Association; American Lung Association; American Pediatric Society; American Thoracic Society; Infectious Diseases Society of America; International Society for Children’s Health and the Environment; Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health; National Association of County and City Health Officials; National Environmental Health Association; National Medical Association; and Society for Academic Emergency Medicine; and 78 individual doctors)

• Brief for Sierra Club

• Brief for Sunrise Movement

• Brief for Zero Hour

February 26, 2019

Plaintiffs file reply brief for Preliminary Injunction

February 22, 2019

Plaintiffs file answer brief on appeal before the Ninth Circuit

February 7, 2019

Plaintiffs file Urgent Motion for Preliminary Injunction

The Juliana plaintiffs’ motion is supported by numerous declarations, some prepared by international expert witnesses working pro bono on the case

• Declaration of Eric Rignot

• Declaration of Dr. James Hansen

• Declaration of James Williams

• Declaration of Jerome Paulson

• Declaration of Joseph Stiglitz

• Declaration of Kevin Trenberth

• Declaration of Vice Admiral Lee Gunn

• Declaration of Mark Jacobson

• Declaration of Ove Hoegh-Guldberg

• Declaration of Peter Erickson

• Declaration of Steven Running

• Declaration of Julia Olson

• Declaration of Plaintiff Aji P.

• Declaration of Plaintiff Journey Z.

• Declaration of Plaintiff Levi D.

• Declaration of Plaintiff Nicholas V.

February 1, 2019

Trump administration files opening brief on appeal before the Ninth Circuit

December 27, 2018

Plaintiffs file motion for Reconsideration of November 21, 2018 Court Ordered Stay of Proceedings of Order

December 20, 2018

Plaintiffs file emergency motion with Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to lift stay

December 10, 2018

Plaintiffs file their answer in opposition to defendants’ petition for seeking permission for an early appeal before trial

December 5, 2018

Plaintiffs file motion for reconsideration of November 21, 2018 court ordered stay of proceedings.

• Declaration of Julia Olson in Support of Plaintiffs’ Motion of Reconsideration

November 19, 2018

Plaintiffs file response to defendant’s petition for writ of mandamus with the United States Supreme Court

Plaintiffs file response to defendants’ petition for writ of mandamus with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

October 22, 2018

Plaintiffs file response to defendants’ application for a stay and petition for writ of mandamus

October 18, 2018

Trump administration files application for stay with the United States Supreme Court

Trump administration files petition for a writ of mandamus with the United States Supreme Court

October 15, 2018

Trump administration files motion in limine to to exclude expert testimony from six of plaintiffs’ experts

October 12, 2018

Trump administration files third petition for writ of mandamus with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

October 5, 2018

Trump administration files motion to stay discovery and trial pending Supreme Court review

July 24, 2018

Trump administration files reply brief in support of application for a stay with the United States Supreme Court

July 23, 2018

Plaintiffs file response brief to defendants' application for a stay with the United States Supreme Court

July 11, 2018

Trump administration files reply in support of emergency motion for a stay of discovery and trial

July 10, 2018

Plaintiffs file response brief to emergency motion for a stay of discovery and trial

July 5, 2018

Trump Administration Files Writ of Mandamus and Emergency Motion for a Stay of Discovery and Trial to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

June 29, 2018

Trump Administration Files Reply In Support of Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings

June 28, 2018

Plaintiffs File Response in Opposition to Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment

June 15, 2018

Plaintiffs' Response in Opposition to Defendants' Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings

May 22, 2018

Trump Administration Files Motion for Summary Judgment

May 9, 2018

Trump Administration Files Motion for Protective Order and Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings

November 17, 2017

Notice of Appearance -  Deputy Assistant Attorney General Eric Grant will be representing United States, et al. in upcoming oral arguments before Ninth Circuit

September 11, 2017

US Government's reply to youth plaintiffs' answer to mandamus petition

September 5, 2017 - Groups Supporting Juliana v. U.S. Plaintiffs Urge Dismissal of Trump's Mandamus Petition

• Amici Curiae in Opposition to Writ of Mandamus (Food & Water Watch, Inc., Friends of the Earth – US, and Greenpeace, Inc.)

• Amici Curiae in Opposition to Writ of Mandamus (Niskanen Center)

• Amici Curiae in Opposition to Writ of Mandamus (Center for International Environmental Law, Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide)

• Amici Curiae in Opposition to Writ of Mandamus (League of Women Voters)

• Amici Curiae in Opposition to Writ of Mandamus (Earthjustice, EarthRights International, Defenders of Wildlife, the Union of Concerned Scientists, Center for Biological Diversity)

• Amici Curiae in Opposition to Writ of Mandamus (63 Law Professors including Dean Erwin Chemerinsky)

• Amici Curiae in Opposition to Writ of Mandamus (Sierra Club)

• Amici Curiae in Opposition to Writ of Mandamus (Global Catholic Climate Movement, Leadership Conference of Women Religious, Interfaith Power and Light, The Sisters of Mercy of the Americas’ Institute Leadership Team, Sisters of Mercy Northeast Leadership Team, Interfaith Moral Action on Climate, Franciscan Action Network, The National Religious Coalition for Creation Care and Interfaith Oceans, The Faith Alliance for Climate Solutions, Eco-Justice Ministries, San Francisco Zen Center, The Shalom Center, GreenFaith, The Office of Apostolic Action & Advocacy, Christian life Community-USA, and Quaker Earth Witness)

August 28, 2017

Plaintiffs' Answer to Trump Administration's Mandamus Petition

August 25, 2017

U.S. District Court letter in response to the United States' mandamus petition

June 26, 2017

Government's reply in support of request for stay of proceedings pending consideration of petition for writ of mandamus 

June 22, 2017

Fossil fuel industry defendants' reply to Plaintiffs' response to their motions to withdraw

June 19, 2017

Plaintiffs' response brief to Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals re: the request for stay of proceedings in District Court

June 9, 2017

US government's petition for writ of mandamus to Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

June 8, 2017

Plaintiffs' Response to API's motion to withdraw

Julia Olson's declaration in support of plaintiffs' response to API's motion to withdraw

Plaintiffs' Response to AFPM's motion to withdraw

Julia Olson's declaration in support of plaintiffs' response to AFPM's motion to withdraw 

June 6, 2017

Federal Defendants notice regarding pending motions

June 5, 2017

Plaintiffs' Response to National Association of Manufacturers' motion to withdraw

Julia Olson's declaration in support of plaintiffs' response to NAM's motion to withdraw

May 26, 2017

Plaintiffs' response to fossil fuel defendant objections to Judge Coffin's findings and recommendations

May 25, 2017

American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers' motion to withdraw

American Petroleum Institute's motion to withdraw

May 22, 2017

National Association of Manufacturers' motion to withdraw

May 11, 2017

Plaintiffs' objections to fossil fuel defendants' request for extension of time to respond to their requests for admissions

Julia Olson's declaration in support of plaintiff's objections to fossil fuel defendants' request for extension of time to respond to requests for admissions

May 10, 2017

Fossil fuel defendants' request for extension of time to respond to plaintiffs' requests for admissions

May 9, 2017

US government defendants’ objections to order denying motion to stay litigation 

Fossil fuel defendants’ objections to Judge Coffin’s Findings and Recommendation

May 5, 2017

Trump administration's objections to Judge Coffin's May 1st order recommending their requests for interlocutory appeal be denied. 

April 3, 2017

Youth's response to U.S. government's request that Judge Aiken allow the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals the opportunity to review her order

Youth's response to fossil fuel defendants’ similar motion for an early appeal

Youth's response to defendants' attempts to put the trial on hold with a stay

March 10, 2017

Fossil fuel defendants' motion for interlocutory appeal

March 7, 2017

Federal defendants' motion for interlocutory appeal

Federal defendants' motion to stay litigation

February 9, 2017

Plaintiffs' Notice of Substitution of Parties 

January 13, 2017

Federal defendants' answer.

December 28, 2016

Plaintiffs' Notice of Deposition of Rex Tillerson 

December 15, 2016

Intervenor-defendants' answer. 

September 12, 2016

League of Women Voters' Amicus Curiae Brief in Support of Youth Plaintiffs

September 7, 2016

Declaration of Youth Plaintiff Jayden in Support of Plaintiffs' Opposition to Defendants' Motions to Dismiss

May 16, 2016

Youths' response to federal government defendant's objections to Judge Coffin's findings and recommendations

Youths' response to fossil fuel industry intervenor-defendants' objections to Judge Coffin's findings and recommendations

May 2, 2016

Federal government defendants' objections to Judge Coffin's findings and recommendations

Fossil fuel industry intervenor-defendants' objections to Judge Coffin's findings and recommendations

February 24, 2016

Youths' response to federal government defendants' motion to strike

February 19, 2016

Fossil fuel industry intervenors' reply to youth's opposition to fossil fuel and industry's motion to dismiss

February 10, 2016

Federal government defendants' motion to strike

Federal government defendants' reply to youth's opposition to government's motion to dismiss

February 2, 2016

Youth's opposition to fossil fuel and industry intervenors' motion to dismiss

January 6, 2016

Youth's opposition to federal government defendants' motion to dismiss

December 17, 2015

Federal government defendants' reply in support of industry's motion to intervene

November 30, 2015

Youth's opposition to industry's motion to intervene

November 17, 2015

Federal government defendants' motion to dismiss

November 12, 2015

Fossil fuel industry files motion to intervene 

Fossil fuel industry intervenors' motion to dismiss

September 10, 2015

Youth Plaintiffs' amended complaint

• Exhibit A to the complaint: expert declaration from climate scientist Dr. James Hansen