United States Court of Appeals
                             FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT
                                      ____________
No. 25-5087                                                 September Term, 2024
                                                                        1:25-cv-00240-ACR
                                                        Filed On: March 27, 2025
Nicolas Talbott, et al.,

              Appellees

       v.

United States of America, et al.,

              Appellants

       BEFORE:        Henderson, Millett, and Walker, Circuit Judges

ORDER

       Upon consideration of appellants’ emergency motion for immediate
administrative stay and stay pending appeal and appellees’ opposition to the request
for administrative stay, it is

         ORDERED that the district court’s order filed March 18, 2025, granting
appellees’ renewed application for preliminary injunction be administratively stayed
pending further order of the court. The purpose of this administrative stay is to give the
court sufficient opportunity to consider the emergency motion for stay pending appeal
and should not be construed in any way as a ruling on the merits of that motion. See
D.C. Circuit Handbook of Practice and Internal Procedures 33 (2024). If any action
occurs that negatively impacts service members under the Hegseth Policy and MDI
Guidance before the court lifts the administrative stay, the plaintiffs may file a motion to
lift the administrative stay, and the court will consider it expeditiously. It is

      FURTHER ORDERED that appellees file a response to the motion for stay
pending appeal by 12:00 noon on Tuesday, April 1, 2025. Any reply is due by 12:00
noon on Thursday, April 3, 2025.

                                        Per Curiam

                                                          FOR THE COURT:
                                                          Clifton B. Cislak, Clerk

                                                  BY:     /s/
                                                          Emily Campbell
                                                          Deputy Clerk