United States v. City of Cleveland, No. 26-3617 (6th Cir.), Order of August 19, 2026, and docket

The appeal from the May 8, 2026 order. Notice of appeal filed July 7, 2026, by the United States; docketed July 8.

The order (Doc. 22, August 19, 2026), verbatim: “The United States appeals the district court’s denial of the parties’ joint motion to terminate a settlement agreement in a case in which no adverse party will appear. Upon examination, the court concludes that it is necessary to appoint counsel to defend the district court’s position in this matter as amicus curiae.” The clerk is “DIRECTED to appoint pro bono counsel to defend the district court’s order.” PDF: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca6.159261/gov.uscourts.ca6.159261.22.0.pdf

From the docket: August 28, Lisa Schiavo Blatt appointed amica curiae to defend the district court (entry 27). September 1, an order directs the parties and amica to file a joint briefing proposal by September 21 (entry 29). The docket as mirrored shows no decision. The mirror can lag the court’s own docket; this record states what was read on October 2, 2026.

Read again 2026-10-19 (T4, in the browser, for the 10/22 post). CourtListener docket 73590504, last updated by CourtListener Oct 14, 2026 (date of last known filing Oct 7). Newest entries: 38 (Oct 7), a briefing letter setting the United States’ opening brief for 10/30/2026, the City’s for 12/14/2026, the amica’s for 1/28/2027 and the United States’ reply for 2/26/2027; 37 (Oct 7), an order accepting the joint briefing proposal; 36 (Sep 21), the joint briefing notification. No decision entered. No change to what this record states.

Read again 2026-10-21 (T3, CourtListener REST API; the CourtListener copy was last modified October 14, 2026, about seven days old, so under WR-L5-DOCKET-READS-TIGHTENED-AND-USDN-UPDATE-WAITS-RULED-2026-10-18 this read does not reset accessedAt, which stays at the 2026-10-19 browser read). Entries dated before October 2 that the October 2 read did not list (the mirror then stopped at entry 29): September 3, an amicus appearance for Senator Bernie Moreno (entry 30); September 11, appearances for amica curiae Lisa Schiavo Blatt (entry 31) and for Erin Marie Sielaff (entry 32); September 14, an amicus appearance for both, filed by Delaney I. Herndon (entry 34); September 21, the joint briefing notification (entry 36). Entries 28, 33 and 35 are transcript notices. Entry 38 also sets dates for briefs of non-appointed amici: November 6, 2026 in support of reversal or neither side, February 4, 2027 in support of affirmance. No decision entered.