Case: Franco Aleman v. Trump

2:25-cv-00163 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Jan. 24, 2025

Closed Date: Jan. 27, 2025

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Case Summary

This case is one of several challenging President Trump's effort to narrow birthright citizenship--the Fourteenth Amendment right to U.S. citizenship to individuals born on U.S. soil and "subject to the jurisdiction thereof." You can see all these cases here. On January 24, 2025, a group of pregnant noncitizens filed this class action lawsuit on behalf of themselves and those similarly situated in the Western District of Washington. Plaintiffs filed suit against President Trump, and a large nu…

On January 24, 2025, a group of pregnant noncitizens filed this class action lawsuit on behalf of themselves and those similarly situated in the Western District of Washington. Plaintiffs filed suit against President Trump, and a large number of executive departments. Plaintiffs alleged that the Defendants' attempt to narrow birthright citizenship violated the Fourteenth Amendment and Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. § 706(2)(B). They sought declaratory and injunctive relief to enjoin Defendants from implementing or enforcing the Executive Order and declare that Plaintiffs’ children born on or after the implementation date of the Executive Order and others similarly situated are U.S. citizens.

Almost immediately after being filed, this case was consolidated with State of Washington v. Trump; information on the consolidated case is located here. This case is closed.

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Summary Authors

Nicole Brigstock (2/18/2025)

People

For PACER's information on parties and their attorneys, see: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69576744/parties/franco-aleman-v-trump/

Judge(s)

Coughenour, John C. (Washington)

Attorney for Plaintiff

Adams, Matt (Washington)

Kang, Leila (Washington)

Korthuis, Aaron (Washington)

Madrid, Glenda M (Washington)

Judge(s)

Coughenour, John C. (Washington)

Attorney for Plaintiff

Adams, Matt (Washington)

Kang, Leila (Washington)

Korthuis, Aaron (Washington)

Madrid, Glenda M (Washington)

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Documents in the Clearinghouse

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1 2:25-cv-00163	Complaint - Class Action Aleman v. Trump	Jan. 24, 2025	Jan. 24, 2025 Complaint
5 2:25-cv-00163	Consolidation Order State of Washington v. Trump	Jan. 27, 2025	Jan. 27, 2025 Order/Opinion

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Resources

Title	Description		External URL Date / External URL
EO 14160 - Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship President Donald Trump	Declaring that the privilege of United States citizenship does not automatically extend to persons born in the United States: (1) when that person’s mother was unlawfully present in the United State…	Jan. 20, 2025	Jan. 20, 2025 https://www.federalregister.gov/...

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Docket

See docket on RECAP: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69576744/franco-aleman-v-trump/

Last updated March 18, 2026, 4:43 a.m.

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1	COMPLAINT CLASS ACTION against All Defendants (Receipt # AWAWDC-8812668) filed by Cherly Norales Castillo, Alicia Chavarria Lopez, Delmy Franco Aleman. (Attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet, # 2 Summons Donald J. Trump, # 3 Summons Marco Rubio, # 4 Summons U.S. Department of State, # 5 Summons James McHenry, # 6 Summons Benjamine Huffman, # 7 Summons U.S. Department of Homeland Security, # 8 Summons Michelle King, # 9 Summons Social Security Administration, # 10 Summons Gary Washington, # 11 Summons U.S. Department of Agriculture, # 12 Summons Jeff Wu, # 13 Summons Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, # 14 Summons Civil Process Clerk)(Adams, Matt) (Entered: 01/24/2025) 1 Civil Cover Sheet View on PACER 2 Summons Donald J. Trump View on PACER 3 Summons Marco Rubio View on PACER 4 Summons U.S. Department of State View on PACER 5 Summons James McHenry View on PACER 6 Summons Benjamine Huffman View on PACER 7 Summons U.S. Department of Homeland Security View on PACER 8 Summons Michelle King View on PACER 9 Summons Social Security Administration View on PACER 10 Summons Gary Washington View on PACER 11 Summons U.S. Department of Agriculture View on PACER 12 Summons Jeff Wu View on PACER 13 Summons Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services View on PACER 14 Summons Civil Process Clerk View on PACER	Jan. 24, 2025	Jan. 24, 2025 Clearinghouse
	Judge Marsha J. Pechman added. (ELS)	Jan. 25, 2025	Jan. 25, 2025
	Add and Terminate Judges	Jan. 25, 2025	Jan. 25, 2025
2	NOTICE of Related Case(s) 25-cv-127, by All Plaintiffs. (Adams, Matt) (Entered: 01/26/2025)	Jan. 26, 2025	Jan. 26, 2025
3	MINUTE ORDER REASSIGNING CASE. The above-entitled case is hereby transferred to the Honorable John C. Coughenour, United States Senior District Judge. The caption for this case shall hereinafter be C25-163 JCC. All scheduled dates will remain as set unless the parties are notified otherwise by John C. Coughenour. Authorized by Judge Marsha J. Pechman. (KRA) (Entered: 01/27/2025)	Jan. 27, 2025	Jan. 27, 2025 RECAP
4	Summonses Electronically Issued as to defendants Donald J. Trump, Marco Rubio, U.S. Department of State, James McHenry, Benjamine Huffman, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Gary Washington, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Jeff Wu, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and Civil Process Clerk. (Attachments: # 1 Summons, # 2 Summons, # 3 Summons, # 4 Summons, # 5 Summons, # 6 Summons, # 7 Summons, # 8 Summons, # 9 Summons, # 10 Summons, # 11 Summons, # 12 Summons)(AVC) (Entered: 01/27/2025)	Jan. 27, 2025	Jan. 27, 2025
5	CONSOLIDATION ORDER. The Court ORDERS that the following cases be consolidated: C25-0127-JCC and C25-0163-JCC. All future filings shall bear the caption and case number of the case first filed in this district, State of Washington, et al., v. Donald Trump, et al., C25-0127-JCC. The remaining case, C25-0163-JCC, shall be CLOSED, and any case management deadlines set in that case shall be VACATED. Signed by U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour. (KRA) (Entered: 01/27/2025)	Jan. 27, 2025	Jan. 27, 2025 RECAP