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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS 

TYLER DIVISION 

THE DAILY WIRE, LLC, et al., 

 Plaintiffs, 

v. 

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF 

STATE, et al., 

 Defendants. 

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Case No. 6:23-cv-609-JDK 

SECOND AMENDED PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION SCHEDULING ORDER 

Before the Court is Plaintiffs’ unopposed motion to extend certain deadlines in 

this case. Docket No. 83. The Court GRANTS-IN-PART the motion and enters the 

following amended schedule. 

November 7, 2024 Plaintiffs provide Defendants notice of intent to seek 

depositions or additional third-party subpoenas for 

preliminary injunction. 

November 14, 2024 Deadline to file any motions concerning Plaintiffs’ notice of 

intent to seek depositions or additional third-party 

subpoenas for preliminary injunction. 

Lead counsel for each party must meet and confer as required 

by Local Rule CV-7(h) either in person or by telephone before 

filing any motions. 

November 19, 2024 Deadline for responses to any motions concerning Plaintiffs’ 

notice of intent to seek depositions or additional third-party 

subpoenas for preliminary injunction. 

November 22, 2024 Plaintiffs serve additional third-party subpoenas, if needed. 

December 27, 2024 All preliminary injunction discovery, including third-party 

discovery and depositions, closes. 

January 24, 2025 Deadline for Plaintiffs to file an amended motion for 

preliminary injunction limited to 35 pages, excluding the 

table of contents, table of authorities, signature blocks, and 

certificates. 

February 14, 2025 Deadline for Defendants to file a response to the amended 

motion for preliminary injunction limited to 40 pages, 

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excluding the table of contents, table of authorities, signature 

blocks, and certificates. 

February 28, 2025 Deadline for Plaintiffs to file a reply in support of their 

amended motion for preliminary injunction limited to 15 

pages excluding the table of contents, table of authorities, 

signature blocks, and certificates. 

April 7, 2025 Deadline for motions to amend pleadings. 

April 7, 2025 Deadline for joint status report on remaining discovery 

needed. 

The parties shall meet and confer and file a notice regarding 

completion of Rule 26 and third-party discovery, including 

the potential need for periodic status conferences, whether 

the anticipated six months from the preliminary injunction 

ruling is adequate for completing discovery, and any 

adjustments to the limits on discovery. 

Appendix Requirement 

The parties shall include any materials supporting the amended motion for a 

preliminary injunction in an appendix filed as an attachment to their briefs. Each 

party may assemble their own appendix as a self-contained document, separate from 

the briefs. Each page of the appendix must be consecutively numbered starting at 

“1” and continuing sequentially through the last page of the entire appendix (i.e., the 

numbering system must not re-start with each succeeding document in the appendix). 

Page numbers for an appendix to the reply containing additional supporting 

materials, if necessary, should continue the numbering from the earlier appendix. 

So ORDERED and SIGNED this day of

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JEREMY D. KERNODLE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 30th October, 2024.

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