Have any appeals, stays, or injunctions been issued in Jane Doe v. Trump in 2025?
Executive summary
Multiple federal district courts issued preliminary injunctions in 2025 in cases styled Doe v. Trump challenging Executive Order No. 14,160, and at least one of those injunctions was appealed to the First Circuit, which affirmed in part, vacated in part as to agency defendants, and remanded; courts have also faced requests for stays and the record shows both administrative stays and emergency stay applications by the government in related matters [1] [2] [3]. Reporting and docket entries show several distinct “Doe v. Trump” lawsuits across jurisdictions in 2025, so precise injunction, appeal, or stay outcomes depend on which specific docket is meant [1] [4] [2].
1. What injunctions were actually entered in 2025
A Northern District of California order dated in 2025 explicitly granted motions for preliminary injunctions in several coordinated cases, including docket no. 4:25-cv-03140 (one of the Doe matters), with the court setting case management deadlines and an initial conference date — that order is recorded on the public docket [1]. Separate district courts also issued preliminary injunctions against parts of Executive Order No. 14,160 in 2025; for example, a Massachusetts district court issued a preliminary injunction relating to one executive order challenge as reflected in a public filing summarizing the PI ruling [4].
2. Appeals that followed those injunctions
At least one of the challenges was appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit as Doe v. Trump, No. 25-1169, and the First Circuit’s opinion affirmed the preliminary injunctions in part, vacated them in part as to agency defendants, and remanded for further proceedings consistent with its opinion — a clear appellate disposition on the injunctions in that appeal [2]. The Congressional Research Service tracking of 2025 litigation also references appeals and emergency applications connected to Doe litigation and related nationwide injunction litigation, indicating active appellate litigation and emergency filings by the government in that period [3].
3. Stays and emergency applications: what the record shows
The litigation landscape in 2025 included requests for stays and at least one administrative stay prior to a temporary restraining order in related litigation; CRS noted the government filed an emergency application seeking a partial stay of a nationwide injunction in connected litigation and that courts have granted or denied stays in various related matters [3]. The public dockets and CRS summary demonstrate the government actively sought stays or partial stays in multiple venues, though outcomes differed by case and court [3].
4. Why the “Doe v. Trump” label breeds confusion and how that matters for appeals/stays
“Jane Doe v. Trump” is not a single, unitary lawsuit in 2025; federal dockets and historical cases show many distinct Doe suits across districts (Northern California, Massachusetts, D.C., earlier 2016–2019 matters, etc.), and some older Doe cases concern unrelated claims such as military service policies or sexual-misconduct allegations — conflating them can misstate which injunctions or appeals apply to which legal challenge [1] [5] [6]. Consequently, statements that “Jane Doe v. Trump was stayed on appeal” must be tied to a specific docket number or court: the record supplied confirms injunctions and appeals in at least some 2025 Doe actions, but not a universal outcome across every Doe-styled case [1] [2] [4].
5. Limits of available reporting and the practical takeaway
Public dockets and appellate opinions in the provided materials show that preliminary injunctions were entered by district courts in 2025 and that at least one such injunction was appealed with the First Circuit issuing a mixed affirmance/vacatur and remand; the government also sought stays and emergency relief in related litigation [1] [2] [3]. The reporting here does not comprehensively resolve every motion for stay or every appeal in every Doe-filed case nationwide; therefore any definitive claim that “all Jane Doe v. Trump injunctions were stayed or upheld” exceeds the sourcing provided and would require checking the specific docket numbers and subsequent rulings in each venue [1] [2] [3].