Filed Date: April 21, 2025
Case Ongoing
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This case is about a challenge to the federal government’s decision to terminate an individual’s Temporary Protected Status (TPS). On April 21, 2025, an individual plaintiff filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The plaintiff sued the Secretary of Homeland Security under the Administrative Procedure Act, alleging that the termination of his TPS was arbitrary, capricious, and contrary to law. Represented by private counsel, the plaintiff sought vacatur of the TPS termination, declaratory and injunctive relief, and attorney’s fees.
The case was assigned to Judge Amy Berman Jackson on April 23, 2025, and summonses were issued to all defendants on April 24, 2025. On June 13, 2025, the plaintiff filed a notice of voluntary dismissal as to one defendant, the University of South Carolina, which had been named in the original complaint but is no longer part of the case. No answers or motions have yet been filed by the remaining defendants. No documents in this case have been made publicly available.
This case is ongoing.
Summary Authors
Victoria Tan (6/30/2025)
For PACER's information on parties and their attorneys, see: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69922838/parties/yang-v-noem/
Jackson, Amy Berman (District of Columbia)
Chen, Michael (District of Columbia)
See docket on RECAP: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69922838/yang-v-noem/
Last updated Aug. 21, 2025, 6:57 p.m.
State / Territory: District of Columbia
Case Type(s):
Special Collection(s):
Trump 1.0 & 2.0 Immigration Enforcement Order Challenges
Trump Administration 2.0: Challenges to the Government
Trump Administration 2.0: Challenges to the Government (Immigration Enforcement)
Trump Administration 2.0: Challenges to the Government (Visa revocation)
Key Dates
Filing Date: April 21, 2025
Case Ongoing: Yes
Plaintiffs
Plaintiff Description:
An individual Temporary Protected Status (TPS) recipient
Plaintiff Type(s):
Public Interest Lawyer: No
Filed Pro Se: No
Class Action Sought: No
Class Action Outcome: Not sought
Defendants
U.S. Department of Homeland Security (District of Columbia, - United States (national) -), Federal
Case Details
Causes of Action:
Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. §§ 551 et seq.
Available Documents:
Outcome
Prevailing Party: None Yet / None
Nature of Relief:
Source of Relief:
Issues
General/Misc.:
Immigration/Border: