JOYCE BEATTY v. DONALD TRUMP (2026)

ORDER ON MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

For the reasons stated in the accompanying Memorandum Opinion, it is hereby

ORDERED that Plaintiff's [13] Motion for Preliminary Injunction is GRANTED in relevant part. It is further

ORDERED that Defendants, together with their employees, agents, and anyone acting in concert with them, are hereby preliminarily ENJOINED from enforcing or implementing the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Board of Trustees’ March 16, 2026 decision to “wind-down” programming activities and “close” the Center's “doors entirely effective July 5, 2026, for such time as is required to complete the repair and restoration funded by Section 60025 of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.” See ECF No. 34-5 at 8. The Defendants may not take steps to further effectuate the March 16 decision for the pendency of this action, or until the Board approves any closure consistent with the Court's Memorandum Opinion, and the Court issues a further Order dissolving or modifying this preliminary injunction. It is further

ORDERED that, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65(c) and Local Civil Rule 65.1.1, Plaintiff shall post a bond in the amount of $1.00 by June 5, 2026. It is further

ORDERED that the parties shall meet and confer and file a joint status report by June 5, 2026, proposing a schedule (or competing schedules) for further proceedings in this case.

SO ORDERED.

CHRISTOPHER R. COOPER United States District Judge