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![USCA Case #26-5101
Document #2168165
Filed: 04/11/2026
United States Court of Appeals
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT
Page 1 of 17
No. 26-5101
September Term, 2025
1:25-cv-04316-RJL
Filed On: April 11, 2026
National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States,
Appellee
V.
National Park Service, et al.,
Appellants
Consolidated with 26-5108
BEFORE: Millett, Rao*, and Garcia, Circuit Judges
ORDER
Upon consideration of the emergency motion for a stay, which includes a request for a 14-day administrative stay, the supplement to the motion, the opposition to the motion, and the reply, it is
ORDERED that the district court's stay of its March 31, 2026 preliminary injunction be extended to April 17, 2026. It is
FURTHER ORDERED, on the court's own motion, that these cases be remanded to the district court for further proceedings.
On July 31, 2025, the President announced plans to build a 90,000 square-foot
ballroom at the site of the White House's East Wing to be paid for by private donors.
Add. 92-93. The President assured that he was "fully committed to working with the appropriate organizations to preserv[e] the special history of the White House[.]" Add.
57. Then, on October 20, 2025, "without advance noticel,l" the President posted on social media that "ground ha[d] been broken[.]" Add. 58. Within three days, the East Wing was completely demolished. Add. 93.
* A dissenting statement of Circuit Judge Rao is attached.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreigkqqft7esw6h5ouvtvp2zphkn6cad2kt64w3y6f4tj3wuzyqkkfq)
![The stay papers, in short, have raised serious factual questions about the relationship between, on the one hand, above-ground construction of the ballroom itself and the maintenance of safety and security, and prior governmental representations that the below-ground and above-ground stages were distinct and the above-ground design features subject to change, ECF No. 30 at 13, 47; ECF No. 22 at 1 4; ECF No. 18 at 21:16-18 (Defendants could "change the size of the ultimate structure" even after
"concrete has been poured[.]"). The district court has not yet had occasion to address those questions.
We cannot fairly determine, on this hurried record, whether and to what extent the district court's "necessary for safety and security" exception addresses Defendants' claims of irreparable harm, insofar as it may accommodate the Defendants' asserted safety and security need for the ballroom itself or other temporary measures to secure the safety and security of the White House, the President, staff, and visitors while this appeal proceeds. We thus remand these cases to the district court with instructions to promptly address the pending motion to clarify how the injunction and its exception will ensure safety and security pending litigation. The district court's previously entered
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USCA Case #26-5101
Document #2168165
Filed: 04/11/2026
United States Court of Appeals
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT
Page 5 of 17
No. 26-5101
September Term, 2025
stay of its preliminary injunction is hereby extended to April 17th to allow Defendants, if they wish, to seek Supreme Court review of this order remanding for factual development and clarification. It is
FURTHER ORDERED that the motion for a stay be dismissed as moot.
Pursuant to D.C. Circuit Rule 36, this disposition will not be published. The Clerk is directed to issue the mandate forthwith to the district court.
Per Curiam
FOR THE COURT:
Clifton B. Cislak, Clerk
BY:
Is/
Amy Yacisin
Deputy Clerk](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreigrpk55gabzm4wipsynzcglrroaemexedavmedcc5xezpr2rq6gne)
