United States Conference of Catholic Bishops v. United States Department of State

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA UNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS, Plaintiff, Case No. 1:25-cv-00465 (TNM) v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, et al. Defendants. MEMORANDUM ORDER The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops seeks an emergency preliminary injunction preventing the Government from pausing or canceling contracts between them. These contracts require the Government to fund the Conference’s provision of resettlement services to refugees. But this Court cannot offer the requested relief. The Conference’s motion is, at its core, seeking a purely contractual…