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What stage is the Jane Doe v. Trump case currently at as of November 2025?
Executive summary
As of the latest documents in the provided results, there are multiple distinct “Jane Doe v. Trump” matters at different procedural stages: a Southern District of New York suit that was voluntarily dismissed by the plaintiff (filed 2016) [1] [2], and separate 2025 federal actions in the Northern District of California where a judge granted preliminary injunctions and set case-management conferences [3]. Available sources do not mention a single consolidated “Jane Doe v. Trump” case status as of November 2025; instead they show at least two unrelated docket tracks with different outcomes and timelines [1] [3].
1. Multiple lawsuits share the “Jane Doe” label — do not conflate them
“Jane Doe” is a pseudonym used in several different lawsuits involving Donald J. Trump. Court records in the Southern District of New York show a 2016 complaint by a plaintiff using that pseudonym that later filed a notice of voluntary dismissal without prejudice (Doe v. Trump, 1:16-cv-04642) [1] [2]. Separately, federal filings listed under California dockets in 2025 describe a set of cases captioned “Doe v. Trump” in which preliminary injunctions were granted by Judge Jeffrey S. White [3]. Reporting and docket entries in the provided results therefore cover more than one distinct legal matter [1] [3].
2. The 2016 Southern District of New York suit: dismissed by the plaintiff
Docket summaries and an uploaded notice indicate that the 2016 Manhattan suit (Doe v. Trump, 1:16-cv-04642) was voluntarily dismissed by the plaintiff under Federal Rule 41(a)[4](A)(i), i.e., without prejudice, and that electronic summonses had been issued earlier in the case [1] [2]. Contemporary news coverage from 2016 reported that the plaintiff instructed counsel to dismiss the suit [5]. Those items in the record indicate that, at least for that particular SDNY filing, there was no active claim proceeding thereafter in that specific docket per the documents provided [1] [2] [5].
3. The 2025 Northern District of California matters: preliminary injunctions entered
A separate cluster of cases filed in 2025 in the Northern District of California led Judge Jeffrey S. White to issue an “ORDER GRANTING MOTIONS FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTIONS AND SETTING CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCES,” with initial case-management conferences and joint statements scheduled that summer (joint statements due 7/25/2025; conferences set for 8/1/2025) [3]. That order covers multiple related dockets (4:25-cv-03140, 4:25-cv-03502, 4:25-cv-03244, among others), indicating active litigation and interlocutory relief in that jurisdiction as of mid‑2025 [3].
4. Different claims, different legal questions — context matters
The SDNY dossier [6] and the N.D. Cal. dockets [7] are not shown in the provided material to involve the same allegations or legal issues; the SDNY matter’s dismissal and the California judge’s grant of preliminary injunctions reflect separate procedural realities [1] [3]. Available sources do not mention a single, unified “Jane Doe v. Trump” matter advancing in the Supreme Court in November 2025; the Supreme Court docket search included entries referencing “Jane Doe” parties but does not by itself establish the current status of any particular case described in the other sources [8]. If you mean a particular allegation (for example, a 2016 rape allegation tied to Epstein), the documents show that the plaintiff refiled or dismissed at different times and that multiple media and court entries exist [9] [5] [10].
5. What the advocacy groups and news items say — competing perspectives
Civil liberties groups that litigated immigration‑related “Jane Doe” matters have publicized victories when courts blocked government policies and have noted that the government sometimes did not pursue appeals to the Supreme Court (Garza/Gonzalez-related Jane Doe abortion litigation referenced by ACLU materials) [11] [12] [13]. Those sources frame judicial orders as protections of constitutional rights and emphasize ongoing district-court litigation for permanent relief [12]. By contrast, news coverage of the 2016 Manhattan civil complaint emphasized the plaintiff’s dismissal amid controversies around media involvement and threats to the plaintiff’s safety, and quoted denials from Trump's representatives [5] [10]. The provided materials therefore capture both advocacy-framed wins and contested, sometimes withdrawn, civil claims [11] [12] [13] [5].
6. Bottom line and limitations
Bottom line: available sources describe at least two separate tracks named “Jane Doe v. Trump” with different procedural statuses as of 2025 — a 2016 SDNY civil suit that was voluntarily dismissed (without prejudice) [1] [2] [5], and multiple 2025 N.D. Cal. dockets where preliminary injunctions were entered and case-management conferences scheduled [3]. These sources do not present a single, consolidated status for “the” Jane Doe case in November 2025; they also do not provide subsequent rulings, appeals, or final judgments beyond the items cited here [1] [3]. If you want a status update on a specific docket number or allegation, tell me which one and I will summarize only the matching documents from the set you provided.