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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

So, tonight, Judge Chutkan issued an order continuing the 2-week notice for construction or demolition and *adding* a requirement of 48-hour notice before "engaging in any activity on Memorial Circle other than [the] on-site [archeological] information gathering" described in the DOJ notice. [3/3]

MINUTE ORDER: Upon consideration of Plaintiff's 56 A Motion for Temporary Restraining Order; the representations in Defendants' 57 Notice, including the statements in the sworn Declaration of Jennifer Nersesian, Regional Director for the National Park Service, National Capital Region; and the full record in this case, it is hereby ORDERED that Defendants shall provide the court with 48 hours' notice before engaging in any activity on Memorial Circle other than on-site information gathering "regarding any archaeological resources that may be present at the site, below the level of the fill materials that make up the present-day surface of Columbia Island, Nersesian Decl. at 6, necessary to comply with the National Historic Preservation Act and other applicable statutes.
Defendants are reminded that any construction or demolition in preparation for construction before the National Park Service issues final agency action authorizing construction or without 14 days' notice would be a violation of this Order and the previous 26
Consent Order. Signed by
Judge Tanya S. Chutkan on 9/4/2026. (Ichs) (Entered: 09/04/2026)

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