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Wall v. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention — M.D. Fla., Orlando

Wall v. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention — 36 court filings in the archive, mostly from U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida (Orlando Division), filed between June 7, 2021 and May 3, 2022. Among them: 10 notices, 5 orders and 4 motions.

Case facts

CourtU.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida (Orlando Division) (23 filings); UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT (10 filings)
Filings36 public filings
Filed2021-06-07 – 2022-05-03
Document typesnotices (10), orders (5), motions (4), responses or replies (4), complaint (1), opinion (1)
Original PDFs36 of 36

Case summary

Lucas Wall filed a complaint on June 7, 2021 in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Orlando Division, No. 6:21-cv-00975-PGB-DCI, against the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, the Department of Health & Human Services, the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority and the Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority. The case concerns two CDC orders issued in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: the federal transportation mask mandate, which requires individuals traveling by public transportation to wear a mask, and the international traveler testing requirement. The court denied an emergency motion for a temporary restraining order on June 15, 2021. On April 29, 2022 it denied the plaintiff's motion for summary judgment and granted the federal defendants' motion, and judgment was entered for the federal defendants on May 2, 2022. A notice of appeal to the Eleventh Circuit followed on May 3, 2022.

Case at a glance

PartiesPlaintiff: Lucas Wall. Defendants: Centers for Disease Control & Prevention; Department of Health & Human Services; Greater Orlando Aviation Authority; Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority
Court and docketU.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Orlando Division, No. 6:21-cv-00975-PGB-DCI
ProgramNot named in the filings on this page
ClaimsChallenges to the CDC's federal transportation mask mandate and international traveler testing requirement, pleaded on nondelegation, Tenth Amendment, Fifth Amendment, right-to-travel and Air Carrier Access Act grounds, with review of the CDC's statutory authority and reasoning
Disposition or statusTemporary restraining order denied June 15, 2021; summary judgment for the federal defendants April 29, 2022; judgment in a civil case entered May 2, 2022 on behalf of the CDC and HHS and against the plaintiff; notice of appeal to the Eleventh Circuit filed May 3, 2022
Status checked2026-09-23 · against DOJ press releases through 2026-09-22; court docket not yet read

What did the court decide?

That the plaintiff's motion for summary judgment was due to be denied and the federal defendants' motion granted. The order states that the nondelegation, Tenth Amendment, Fifth Amendment, right-to-travel and Air Carrier Access Act claims all clearly lack merit, and concludes that in issuing the mask mandate and the testing requirement the CDC made permissive policy decisions supported by adequate evidence and sound reasoning.

What orders were challenged?

Two CDC orders. The first is the federal transportation mask mandate, which requires individuals traveling via public transportation to wear a mask; the second is the requirement of negative COVID-19 pre-departure tests for international fliers seeking entry into the United States.

What happened to the local authorities?

Both moved to dismiss. A magistrate judge's report and recommendation of October 7, 2021 addressed the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority's motion to dismiss, the Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority's motion to dismiss, the plaintiff's summary-judgment motion and the federal defendants' motion. The final judgment on this page is entered only on behalf of the federal defendants.

Summary written from the documents on this page; every sentence is sourced.

Filings

36 public filings from this case, in filing-date order.

  1. ComplaintComplaint · PDF
  2. Emergency Motion for Temporary Restraining OrderMotion · PDF
  3. Order Denying Temporary Restraining OrderOrder · PDF
  4. Notice of Related ActionNotice · PDF
  5. Motion to Disqualify Magistrate JudgeMotion · PDF
  6. Order of Dismissal (11th Cir.)Order · PDF
  7. Federal Defendants’ Combined Motion to Dismiss, Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment, and Opposition — Wall v. CDC (M.D. Fla.)PDF
  8. Plaintiff’s Combined Reply and Opposition to Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment — Wall v. CDC (M.D. Fla.)PDF
  9. LYNX Motion for Leave to Adopt Legal ArgumentsPDF
  10. Opposition to Motion for Combined Reply BriefResponse or reply · PDF
  11. Motion to Vacate Order Striking Supplemental AuthorityMotion · PDF
  12. Response to Order to Show ComplianceResponse or reply · PDF
  13. LYNX Reply in Support of Motion to DismissPDF
  14. Notice of Supplemental Authority (Huisha-Huisha)Notice · PDF
  15. Magistrate Judge’s Report and RecommendationOpinion · PDF
  16. Notice of Supplemental Authority (Oct. 2021)Notice · PDF
  17. Opposition to Motion to Strike R&R ObjectionsResponse or reply · PDF
  18. Notice of Flight Rebooking (Dec. 2021)Notice · PDF
  19. Reply re Amended ITTRResponse or reply · PDF
  20. Order on Motions to Dismiss and Summary JudgmentOrder · PDF
  21. Notice of Flight Rebooking (Jan. 2022)Notice · PDF
  22. Sanctions OrderPDF
  23. Notice of Flight Rebooking (Jan. 30) & Family EmergencyNotice · PDF
  24. Objections to Sanctions OrderPDF
  25. Notice Withdrawing Motion for Second Amended ComplaintNotice · PDF
  26. Motion to Strike Local Defendants' Motions to DismissMotion · PDF
  27. Case Management and Scheduling Order — Wall v. CDCPDF
  28. Order Denying Motion for Preliminary InjunctionOrder · PDF
  29. Federal Defendants’ Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment and…PDF
  30. Notice of Supplemental Authority (Huisha-Huisha D.C. Cir. 2022) — Wall v. CDC (M.D. Fla., 2022-03-28)Notice · PDF
  31. Plaintiff’s Combined Opposition to Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment and Reply — Wall v. CDC (M.D. Fla.)PDF
  32. Federal Defendants’ Reply in Support of Cross-Motion for…PDF
  33. Notice of Supplemental Authority (Travel Industry Letter) — Wall v. CDC (M.D. Fla., 2022-04-25)Notice · PDF
  34. Order on Summary JudgmentOrder · PDF
  35. Civil JudgmentPDF
  36. Notice of Appeal to the Eleventh CircuitNotice · PDF

More documents from this docket

2 more documents from the same CourtListener docket (gov.uscourts.flmd.390847) are in the archive but are not among the 36 filings above.

  1. Discovery Request for GOAA Documents (2021-09-28)Exhibit
  2. Discovery Request for LYNX Documents (2021-09-28)Exhibit

Court, dates and docket numbers are as recorded on the filings.

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