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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS 

FORT WORTH DIVISION 

ERIC JACKSON, ALARIC STONE, and )

MICHAEL MARCENELLE, on behalf of ) 

themselves and all others similarly situated, ) 

 ) Case No. 4:22-cv-00825-P 

 Plaintiffs, ) 

v. ) 

 )

ALEJANDRO N. MAYORKAS, in his official ) 

capacity as Secretary of Homeland Security, ) 

LLOYD J. AUSTIN, III, in his ) 

official capacity as Secretary of Defense, )

LINDA L. FAGAN, in her official ) 

capacity as Commandant of the Coast Guard, and ) 

BRIAN K. PENOYER, in his official capacity ) 

as Assistant Commandant for Human ) 

Resources of the Coast Guard, ) 

 ) 

 Defendants. ) 

NOTICE OF ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY 

Plaintiffs hereby give notice of a decision issued yesterday by the Sixth Circuit Court of 

Appeals that is directly relevant to this case and the pending motions for class-wide relief: 

Doster v. Kendall, Nos. 22-3497/3702 (6th Cir. Nov. 29, 2022) (attached hereto). The Sixth 

Circuit affirmed a district court’s orders preliminarily enjoining enforcement of the Air Force’s 

COVID-19 vaccine mandate, which is identical to the mandate at issue in this case. The Sixth 

Circuit decision is on point and supports Plaintiffs’ position in this case on numerous issues 

including justiciability, exhaustion, and ripeness (Id. at 10-22), strict scrutiny (Id. at 22-25), the 

military’s lack of compelling interest (Id. at 25-30), the military’s failure to satisfy the least 

restrictive means test (Id. at 30-32), the military’s groundless claim to deference under RFRA 

(Id. at 24, 32-33), irreparable harm and public interest (Id. at 34-35, 55-56), commonality and 

typicality under Rule 23(a) (Id. at 38-50), and certification under Rule 23(b) (Id. at 50-53). 

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Dated: November 30, 2022 

Respectfully submitted, 

/s/ Adam S. Hochschild 

Stephen Crampton, pro hac vice Charles W. Fillmore 

THOMAS MORE SOCIETY – Senior Counsel State Bar # 00785861 

PO Box 4506 H. Dustin Fillmore III 

Tupelo, MS 38803 State Bar # 06996010 

(662)255-9439 THE FILLMORE LAW FIRM, L.L.P. 

scrampton@thomasmoresociety.org 201 Main Street, Suite 700 

 Fort Worth, TX 76102 

Michael McHale, pro hac vice (817)332-2351 

THOMAS MORE SOCIETY – Counsel chad@fillmorefirm.com 

10506 Burt Circle, Ste. 110 dusty@fillmorefirm.com 

Omaha, NE 68114 

(402)501-8586 Nathan Loyd, pro hac vice

mmchale@thomasmoresociety.org THOMAS MORE SOCIETY – Special Counsel 

 5101 Old Highway 5, Box 442 

Adam S. Hochschild, pro hac vice Lebanon, GA 30146 

Hochschild Law Firm (559)744-3664

THOMAS MORE SOCIETY – Special Counsel nathaniel.loyd@thomasmoresociety.org 

PO Box 401 

Plainfield, VT 05667 

(314)503-0326 

adam@hochschildlaw.com 

Mary Catherine Hodes, pro hac vice

THOMAS MORE SOCIETY – Special Counsel 

112 S. Hanley Rd., Second Floor 

Clayton, MO 63105 

(314)825-5725 

mchodes@thomasmoresociety.org 

Paul M. Jonna, pro hac vice 

LiMandri & Jonna LLP 

THOMAS MORE SOCIETY – Special Counsel 

P.O. Box 9120 

Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067 

(858)759-994 

pjonna@limandri.com 

Counsel for Plaintiffs

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