Friday, December 26, 2025

Read docket and U.S. Rep. Joyce Beatty's lawsuit against DONALD JOHN TRUMP on illegal renaming of JFK Center for Performing Arts

(updated to reflect appointment of the Honorable Christopher Reid Cooper as presiding judge)

U.S. District Court
District of Columbia (Washington, DC)
CIVIL DOCKET FOR CASE #: 1:25-cv-04480


BEATTY v. TRUMP et al
Assigned to:  Christopher R. Cooper
Cause: 28:1331 Fed. Question

Date Filed: 12/22/2025
Jury Demand: None
Nature of Suit: 890 Other Statutory Actions
Jurisdiction: Federal Question
Plaintiff 
JOYCE BEATTYrepresented byKyle Renee Freeny 
WASHINGTON LITIGATION GROUP 
1717 K Street NW 
Washington, DC 20006 
202-521-8750 
Email: kfreeny@washingtonlitigationgroup.org
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

V.
Defendant 
DONALD J. TRUMP
Defendant 
RICHARD GRENELL
Defendant 
JENNIFER FISCHER
Defendant 
SERGIO GOR
Defendant 
JOHN FALCONETTI
Defendant 
BRIAN D. BALLARD
Defendant 
MARIA BARTIROMO
Defendant 
PAMELA J. BONDI
Defendant 
MARY HELEN BOWERS
Defendant 
HANNAH F. BUCHAN
Defendant 
ROBERT CASTELLANI
Defendant 
ELAINE CHAO
Defendant 
PAMELLA ROLAND DEVOS
Defendant 
PATRICIA DUGGAN
Defendant 
EMILIA MAY FANJUL
Defendant 
LYNETTE FRIESS
Defendant 
PAMELA GROSS
Defendant 
LEE GREENWOOD
Defendant 
KATE ADAMSON HASELWOOD
Defendant 
LAURA INGRAHAM
Defendant 
MICHELE KESSLER
Defendant 
DANA KRAFT
Defendant 
MINDY LEVINE
Defendant 
LYNDA LOMANGINO
Defendant 
BARBARA LONG
Defendant 
ALLISON LUTNICK
Defendant 
DOUGLAS MANCHESTER
Defendant 
CATHERINE B. REYNOLDS
Defendant 
DENISE SAUL
Defendant 
DAN SCAVINO
Defendant 
CHERI SUMMERALL
Defendant 
USHA VANCE
Defendant 
SUSIE WILES
Defendant 
ANDREA WYNN
Defendant 
PAOLO ZAMPOLLI
Defendant 
ROBERT F. KENNEDY, JR.
Defendant 
MARCO A. RUBIO
Defendant 
LINDA MCMAHON
Defendant 
MIKE JOHNSON
Defendant 
SAM GRAVES
Defendant 
JULIA LETLOW
Defendant 
MIKE MCCAUL
Defendant 
JOHN THUNE
Defendant 
SHELLEY MOORE CAPITO
Defendant 
SUSAN COLLINS
Defendant 
TRUSTEES OF THE JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
Defendant 
JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS


Date Filed#Docket Text
12/22/20251 COMPLAINT against All Defendants ( Filing fee $ 405 receipt number ADCDC-12151866) filed by JOYCE BEATTY. (Attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet, # 2 Summons, # 3 Summons, # 4Summons, # 5 Summons, # 6 Summons, # 7 Summons, # 8 Summons, # 9 Summons, # 10 Summons, # 11 Summons, # 12 Summons, # 13 Summons, # 14 Summons, # 15 Summons, # 16 Summons, # 17 Summons, # 18 Summons, # 19 Summons, # 20 Summons, # 21 Summons, # 22 Summons, # 23 Summons, # 24 Summons, # 25 Summons, # 26 Summons, # 27 Summons, # 28 Summons, # 29Summons, # 30 Summons, # 31 Summons, # 32 Summons, # 33 Summons, # 34 Summons, # 35 Summons, # 36 Summons, # 37 Summons, # 38 Summons, # 39 Summons, # 40 Summons, # 41Summons, # 42 Summons, # 43 Summons, # 44 Summons, # 45 Summons, # 46 Summons, # 47 Summons, # 48 Summons)(Freeny, Kyle) (Entered: 12/22/2025)
12/22/20252 SEALED DOCUMENT filed by JOYCE BEATTY re 1 Complaint,,, (This document is SEALED and only available to authorized persons.)(Freeny, Kyle) (Entered: 12/22/2025)


Read the document

Representative Joyce Beatty, Democrat of Ohio, sued President Trump on Monday seeking to force the removal of his name from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

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