Case 1:18-cv-02849-ELH Document 6-2 Filed 11/13/18 Page 1 of 1

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND
STATE OF MARYLAND,

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Case No.: 1:18-cv-02849-ELH
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, et al.,

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Defendant.
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ORDER
Upon full consideration of Plaintiff’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction and to
Substitute Defendant, and the Memorandum of Law in Support of Plaintiff’s Motion for a
Preliminary Injunction, it is hereby:
(a) DECLARED that Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein is the Acting
Attorney General of the United States and has the authority to issue a report on
the enforcement of laws to Congress under 28 U.S.C. § 530D regarding the
Department of Justice’s position regarding 26 U.S.C. § 5000A(a);
(b) DECLARED that Matthew G. Whitaker is not the Acting Attorney General;
(c) ORDERED that said Motion for Preliminary Injunction is GRANTED, and
Whitaker is enjoined from supervising this matter as Acting Attorney General
or appearing in an official capacity as Acting Attorney General in this matter.
(d) ORDERED that Rod J. Rosenstein in his capacity as Acting Attorney General is
substituted for Jefferson B. Sessions, III, as a defendant.
Signed this ____ day of ________, 2018

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Judge Ellen J. Hollander