Filed Date: Dec. 10, 2025
Case Ongoing
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(This summary is temporary while we research the case.)
On December 10, 2025, Plaintiff - a school superintendent and naturalized U.S. citizen since 2018 - filed this lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security to challenge an unlawful search and seizure at Bush Intercontinental Airport on his return from visiting family in Nicaragua. Plaintiff filed under 5 U.S.C. § 706(2), 8 U.S.C. § 2201 & 2202, and 28 U.S.C. § 2412 for attorney's fees as well as injunctive and declaratory relief finding DHS customs and border policy unconstitutional.
This case is ongoing.
For PACER's information on parties and their attorneys, see: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72014766/parties/chavarria-v-us-department-of-homeland-security/
Friedrich, Dabney Langhorne (District of Columbia)
Nixon, Molly (District of Columbia)
Peikoff, Amy (District of Columbia)
See docket on RECAP: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72014766/chavarria-v-us-department-of-homeland-security/
Last updated Dec. 26, 2025, 12:28 a.m.
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Trump Administration 2.0: Challenges to the Government
Key Dates
Filing Date: Dec. 10, 2025
Case Ongoing: Yes
Case Details
Other Dockets:
District of District of Columbia 1:25-cv-04289
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