Case: Wilson v. Blanche
3:26-cv-07624 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
Filed Date: July 23, 2026
Case Ongoing
Clearinghouse coding in progress
Case Summary
(This summary is temporary as we research the case.)
On July 23, 2026, a former immigration judge filed this lawsuit against the Department of Justice and the Acting Attorney General. She had spent fifteen years representing noncitizens before joining the Executive Office for Immigration Review in 2023, but the Department declined to convert her probationary appointment to a permanent one and terminated her in September 2025. The plaintiff said that she had exceeded her case completion targets and received the highest available ratings, but that other judges who were not converted around the same time were overwhelmingly women, people of color, and lawyers who had previously advocated for immigrants, while white male judges were not terminated.
People
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Bertling, Peter G. (California)
Documents in the Clearinghouse
Docket
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Last updated Sept. 28, 2026, 3:09 a.m.
Docket for: Wilson v. Blanche
Case Details
State / Territory:
Case Type(s):
Special Collection(s):
Trump Administration 2.0: Challenges to the Government
Key Dates
Filing Date: July 23, 2026
Case Ongoing: Yes
Plaintiffs
Plaintiff Description:
Former federal immigration judge whose probationary appointment was not converted to a permanent position.
Plaintiff Type(s):
Public Interest Lawyer: No
Filed Pro Se: No
Class Action Sought: No
Class Action Outcome: Not sought
Defendants
Federal
U.S. Department of Justice
Defendant Type(s):
Case Details
Causes of Action:
Declaratory Judgment Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2201
Section 504 (Rehabilitation Act), 29 U.S.C. § 701
Title VII (including PDA), 42 U.S.C. § 2000e
Constitutional Clause(s):
Other Dockets:
Northern District of California 3:26-cv-07624
Available Documents:
Outcome
Prevailing Party: None Yet / None
Relief Sought:
Relief Granted:
Source of Relief:
Issues
Disability and Disability Rights:
Discrimination Area:
Content/viewpoint discrimination
Discharge / Constructive Discharge / Layoff
Discrimination Basis:
Disability (inc. reasonable accommodations)
Affected Race(s):
Affected Sex/Gender(s):
Immigration/Border:
Case Summary of Wilson v. Blanche, Civil Rights Litig. Clearinghouse, https://clearinghouse.net/case/48375/.