*1 Case 1:25-cv-00883-JEB Document 35 Filed 06/20/25 Page 1 of 1
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
AMERICAN OVERSIGHT, Plaintiff, v. Civil Action No. 25-883 (JEB) PETE HEGSETH, et al. , Defendants. ORDER For the reasons set forth in the accompanying Memorandum Opinion, the Court ORDERS that: 1. Plaintiff’s [19] Motion for a Preliminary Injunction is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART; 2. Agency-head Defendants shall promptly notify Acting Archivist Rubio of any Signal chats of which they are aware that contain federal records at risk of impending deletion, see 44 U.S.C. § 3106(a);
3. Rubio shall promptly “request the Attorney General to initiate” “an action for . . . recovery or other redress” to preserve any at-risk federal records in such chats and “notify the Congress when such a request has been made,” id. § 3106(b); and
4. The Government shall file a status report by June 27, 2025, indicating the steps it has taken to comply with this Order. /s/ James E. Boasberg JAMES E. BOASBERG Chief Judge
Date: June 20, 2025 1