Filed Date: Nov. 7, 2025
Case Ongoing
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This case challenges the agency decision that prohibits nongovernmental entities from providing voter registration services on or after naturalization ceremonies.
On November 7, 2025, Plaintiffs filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland against U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Director Joseph B. Edlow, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and Secretary Kristi Noem. The complaint challenged a new USCIS policy (Policy Alert No. PA-2025-21) issued on August 29, 2025, which banned nongovernmental organizations from helping new citizens register to vote at naturalization ceremonies. The plaintiffs allege that the policy is discriminatory and mutes expressive conduct due to the administration's hostility towards nonwhite immigrants exercising their right to vote. The plaintiffs allege that the policy violates free speech under the First Amendment, due process and equal protection under the Fifth Amendment, and the APA. Represented by the Elias Law Group, the Plaintiffs sought declaratory and injunctive relief.
This case is ongoing.
Summary Authors
Zainab Mustafa (11/12/2025)
For PACER's information on parties and their attorneys, see: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71891909/parties/national-council-of-jewish-women-greater-new-orleans-section-v-us/
Alerasool, Omeed (Maryland)
Branch, Aria C. (Maryland)
Lallinger, Lucas Wilhelm (Maryland)
Morrison, Tina Meng (Maryland)
Ryan, Katherine Chamblee (Maryland)
See docket on RECAP: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71891909/national-council-of-jewish-women-greater-new-orleans-section-v-us/
Last updated Jan. 8, 2026, 12:57 a.m.
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Special Collection(s):
Trump Administration 2.0: Challenges to the Government
Key Dates
Filing Date: Nov. 7, 2025
Case Ongoing: Yes
Plaintiffs
Plaintiff Description:
Plaintiffs are a nongovernmental agency, the New Orleans chapter of National Council of Jewish Women, that provides voter registration resources during and after naturalization ceremonies.
Plaintiff Type(s):
Non-profit religious organization
Public Interest Lawyer: No
Filed Pro Se: No
Class Action Sought: No
Class Action Outcome: Not sought
Defendants
Department of Homeland Security (District of Columbia), Federal
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (District of Columbia), Federal
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Case Details
Causes of Action:
Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. §§ 551 et seq.
Constitutional Clause(s):
Due Process: Substantive Due Process
Other Dockets:
District of Maryland 8:25-cv-03675
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Prevailing Party: None Yet / None
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