# Jia Cobb **Status: stub — expand.** U.S. District Judge for the **District of Columbia**, appointed by [[Joe Biden]] and confirmed in 2021. Former federal public defender and civil-rights litigator. Presided over [[District of Columbia v. Trump]], the challenge to the August 2025 [[National Guard]] deployment in Washington. On **November 20, 2025** she granted a preliminary injunction and an Administrative Procedure Act § 705 stay, self-stayed for 21 days. The D.C. Circuit stayed her order pending appeal on December 17, 2025, reasoning that the President holds "a unique power within the District" under 32 U.S.C. § 502(f). ## See also - [[National Guard Federalization Flow]] · [[National Guard]] · [[Posse Comitatus Act]] · [[Insurrection Act]]