Special Collection: Trump Administration 2.0: Challenges to the Government

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Painting over a wall at the FBI Training Academy, Jan. 2025

This collection includes cases brought by individuals, organizations, states, municipalities, and other entities against the second Trump administration. Cases in this collection deal with a broad range of civil rights issues, including but not limited to immigration, LGBTQ+ rights, reproductive rights, freedom of speech and the media, and administrative law. Click here for cases brought by the Trump Administration, click here for cases otherwise involving the Trump Administration, and click here for cases in which the Administration has reversed course.

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626 Cases
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
CODING IN PROCESS
Democracy Forward Foundation v. Social Security Administration

1:25-cv-03384 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: 2025

Case Ongoing

Transparency-oriented nonprofit sues Social Security Administration for failure to comply with FOIAs

Case Is Ongoing
NATIONAL SECURITY
CODING IN PROCESS
American Oversight v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

1:25-cv-03113 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Sept. 10, 2025

Case Ongoing

Watchdog organization files to compel FOIAs about Corey Lewandowski’s role at the DHS.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Democracy Forward Foundation v. U.S. Department of Justice

1:25-cv-02597 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Aug. 8, 2025

Case Ongoing

Democracy Forward Foundation suit against the DOJ and FBI to compel FOIA compliance regarding the “Epstein Files.”

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
American Oversight v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

1:25-cv-02390 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: July 24, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to DHS’s failure to respond to Freedom of Information Act requests related to Trump Administration revival of the Alien Registration Act.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
ACLU v. U.S. Social Security Administration

1:25-cv-01217 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 21, 2025

Case Ongoing

FOIA challenge relating to DOGE’s access to sensitive government data systems in the Social Security Administration and the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Case Is Ongoing
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Environmental Defense Fund v. U.S. Department of Transportation

1:25-cv-00996 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 3, 2025

Case Ongoing

FOIA challenge relating to Department of Transportation documents pertaining to effort to eliminate Clean Air Act preemption waivers for California.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Democracy Forward Foundation v. U.S. Marshals Service

1:25-cv-00749 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 14, 2025

Case Ongoing

FOIA challenge relating to U.S. Marshals Services documents pertaining to January 6 cases and enforcement of judicial orders.

Case Is Ongoing
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
America First Legal Foundation v. U.S. Government Accountability Office

1:25-cv-00662 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 6, 2025

Case Ongoing

America First Legal Foundation challenged FOIA denial by the U.S. Government Accountability Office.

Case Is Ongoing
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Environmental Defense Fund v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

1:25-cv-00617 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 3, 2025

Case Ongoing

FOIA case pertaining to correspondence and records of the EPA transition team and political appointees relating to the Endangerment Finding.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Center for Biological Diversity v. U.S. Department of Interior

1:25-cv-00612 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 3, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge alleging that DOGE Teams are Advisory Committees governed by FACA.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington v. U.S. DOGE Service (USDS), et al.

1:25-cv-00511 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 20, 2025

Case Ongoing

FOIA request to Trump Administration regarding DOGE and its activities

Preliminary Injunction Granted, but Stayed

Supreme Court Stay of Trial Court Relief Granted

PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. United States Department of Agriculture

1:25-cv-13165 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Oct. 28, 2025

Case Ongoing

States sued USDA for halting SNAP during the government shutdown despite billions in reserves.

Case Is Ongoing
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Urban Justice Center-Safety Net Project (UJC-SNP) v. Rollins

1:25-cv-08869 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Oct. 27, 2025

Case Ongoing

USDA unlawfully ends NYC SNAP waiver early, risking mass benefit loss.

Case Is Ongoing
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
CODING IN PROCESS
Cross v. U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

1:25-cv-03702 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Oct. 20, 2025

Case Ongoing

EEOC sued after abruptly ending disparate impact ADEA investigations.

Case Is Ongoing
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
CLEAR Clinic v. Noem

6:25-cv-01906 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: Oct. 16, 2025

Case Ongoing

Portland immigration justice nonprofit challenges federal deportation practices as undermining detainees' right to counsel.

Case Is Ongoing
LABOR RIGHTS
International Federation of Professional & Technical Engineers, AFL-CIO v. Trump

1:25-cv-03615 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Oct. 8, 2025

Case Ongoing

Trump administration sued after removing collective bargaining power from six federal agencies.

Case Is Ongoing
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Global Nurse Force v. Trump

3:25-cv-08454 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Oct. 3, 2025

Case Ongoing

Trump government sued over requiring $100,000 payments from H1B visa holder's employers, as a condition of their continued employment.

Case Is Ongoing
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project v. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services

1:25-cv-03299 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Oct. 3, 2025

Case Ongoing

ASAP sues DHS, DOJ, and leadership over retroactive asylum fee rollout under the Big Beautiful Bill.

Case Is Ongoing
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
American Federation of Government Employees v. U.S. Department of Education

1:25-cv-03553 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Oct. 3, 2025

Case Ongoing

Plaintiff sues Department of Education for leaving political messages blaming Democrats for government shutdown on employee's out-of-office communications.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Bland v. Bondi

1:25-cv-03499 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Sept. 30, 2025

Case Ongoing

U.S. government sued over transferring decision-making authority from courts to the Attorney General for death penalty cases.

Preliminary Injunction Denied
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
County of Santa Clara v. Noem

3:25-cv-08330 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 30, 2025

Case Ongoing

Local governments sue Trump administration for withholding grants unless they adhere to the Executive Branch’s domestic political agenda.

Case Is Ongoing
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Bakken v. United States Military Academy

7:25-cv-07826 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Sept. 22, 2025

Case Ongoing

West Point professor challenges free speech violations in wake of policy change

Case Is Ongoing
LABOR RIGHTS
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO v. Trump

1:25-cv-03306 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Sept. 19, 2025

Case Ongoing

Plaintiffs challenged Executive Order 14343 and related terminations of collective bargaining agreements at USAGM, alleging violations of the First and Fifth Amendments and claiming the actions were ultra vires.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
National Job Corps Association v. Department of Labor

1:25-cv-04641 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: June 3, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to Department of Labor's attempts to eliminated the Job Corps.

Preliminary Injunction Granted
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Rural Development Innovations Limited v. Marocco

1:25-cv-01631 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 21, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to the dismantling of the United States African Development Foundation.

Preliminary Injunction Granted
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Elev8 Baltimore, Inc. v. Corporation for National and Community Service

1:25-cv-01458 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: May 5, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by AmeriCorps award recipients and employees against AmeriCorps for the dismantling of the Agency.

Preliminary Injunction Granted
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
State of Maryland v. Corporation for National and Community Service

1:25-cv-01363 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: April 29, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to the dismantling of AmeriCorps.

Preliminary Injunction Granted
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Corporation for Public Broadcasting v. Trump

1:25-cv-01305 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 28, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to the purported termination by President Donald Trump of three Corporation for Public Broadcasting board members.

Preliminary Injunction Denied
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Harper v. Bessent

1:25-cv-01294 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 28, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to removal of Senate-confirmed members of the National Credit Union Administration Board.

Judgment for Plaintiff

Appellate Stay of Trial Court Relief Granted

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

1:25-cv-01270 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 24, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to elimination of CRCL, CIS-Omb, and OIDO offices within the Department of Homeland Security.

Temporary Restraining Order Denied
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Doe 1 v. EEOC

1:25-cv-01124 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 15, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by law firm applicants to EEOC's demand of applicant information from law firms under investigation.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Pippenger v. U.S. DOGE Service

1:25-cv-01090 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 10, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to the takeover of United States Institute of Peace.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
State of Rhode Island v. Trump

1:25-cv-00128 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: April 4, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to dismantling of the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the Minority Business and Development Agency, and the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service.

Preliminary Injunction Granted
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Cristobol Human Rights v. Marocco

1:25-cv-00857 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 21, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to the overhaul and defunding of the Inter-American Foundation by the Trump administration.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
United States Institute of Peace v. Jackson

1:25-cv-00804 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 18, 2025

Case Ongoing

USIP challenged Trump order dismantling it; district court ruled for USIP, appeal held in abeyance.

Judgment for Plaintiff

Appeal Pending

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Aviel v. Gor

1:25-00778 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 17, 2025

Closed Date: Aug. 14, 2025

Challenge to the overhaul and defunding of the Inter-American Foundation by the Trump administration.

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Democratic National Committee v. Donald J. Trump

1:25-cv-00587 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 28, 2025

Closed Date: June 3, 2025

Challenge to Executive Order 14215, purporting to preclude the FEC employees from taking independent legal positions.

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO v. Social Security Administration

1:25-cv-00596 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Feb. 21, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to access to Social Security Administration data by DOGE.

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Supreme Court Stay of Trial Court Relief Granted

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington v. U.S. DOGE Service (USDS), et al.

1:25-cv-00511 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 20, 2025

Case Ongoing

FOIA request to Trump Administration regarding DOGE and its activities

Preliminary Injunction Granted, but Stayed

Supreme Court Stay of Trial Court Relief Granted

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
City and County of San Francisco v. United States Department of Justice

3:25-cv-09277 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Oct. 28, 2025

Case Ongoing

Cities sue DOJ over unconstitutional anti-DEI and executive order grant mandates.

Case Is Ongoing
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
CODING IN PROCESS
Ethical Society of Police v. Pamela J. Bondi

1:25-cv-13115 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Oct. 24, 2025

Case Ongoing

Trump administration sued over closure of Community Relations Service, an agency within the DOJ aimed at helping resolve community disputes.

Case Is Ongoing
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Housing Authority of the City and County of San Francisco v. Turner

4:25-cv-08859 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Oct. 16, 2025

Case Ongoing

Housing authorities sue Trump HUD over unconstitutional, coercive grant conditions

Temporary Restraining Order Granted
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
National Digital Inclusion Alliance v. Trump

1:25-cv-03606 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Oct. 7, 2025

Case Ongoing

Trump administration sued over abruptly ending digital equity program.

Case Is Ongoing
HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Trump

1:25-cv-12162 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Aug. 1, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by several states against the DOJ for eliminating healthcare for transgender individuals under the age of nineteen.

Case Is Ongoing
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
FreeState Justice v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

1:25-cv-02482 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: July 29, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by FreeState Justice against EEOC policy excluding gender identity claims.

Case Is Ongoing
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
Rise Economy v. Vought

1:25-cv-02374 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: July 23, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by non-profit organizations and small businesses against CFPB for noncompliance with Section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Act.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
American Association of Physics Teachers v. National Science Foundation

1:25-cv-01923 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: June 18, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to grant terminations for projects seeking to expand participation of women and underrepresented groups in STEM.

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
Faust v. Rollins

1:25-cv-00854 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: June 16, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge against Department of Agriculture Funding Programs that allegedly gave preferential treatment to women and racial minorities.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
State of New York v. National Science Foundation

1:25-cv-04452 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: May 28, 2025

Closed Date: Aug. 25, 2025

Sixteen states challenged the National Science Foundations decision to slash support for STEM programs and projects.

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Iverson v. Trump

1:25-cv-01353 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 5, 2025

Closed Date: May 13, 2025

Challenge to Executive Order 14203, which imposed penalties on any U.S. person who provided services to persons at the International Criminal Court.

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)
HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Planned Parenthood of Greater New York v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

1:25-cv-01334 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 1, 2025

Closed Date: July 14, 2025

Challenge to condition of Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program funding on compliance with Trump EOs targeting DEI.

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)

Appeal Dismissed

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Kordia v. Noem

3:25-cv-01072 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: April 30, 2025

Case Ongoing

Immigration habeas arising from a Palestinian demonstration.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Jewell v. Jagadesan

1:25-cv-01322 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 30, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by former Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer and EEO Director to her termination without payment of the reduction in force severance pay.

Case Is Ongoing
EDUCATION
Washington State Association of Head Start and Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program v. Kennedy

2:25-cv-00781 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: April 28, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by six state Head Start programs to Trump administration efforts to defund and otherwise dismantle Head Start.

Preliminary Injunction Granted
EDUCATION
CODING IN PROCESS
State of New York v. Department of Education

1:25-cv-11116 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: April 25, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by nineteen states to conditioning of federal education funding on states' compliance with the Trump administration's new interpretation of Title VI as prohibiting DEI programs.

Case Is Ongoing
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
President and Fellows of Harvard College v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

1:25-cv-11048 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: April 21, 2025

Closed Date: Oct. 20, 2025

Challenge by Harvard University to Trump administration coerced changes of university management and curriculum.

Injunction Granted
EDUCATION
NAACP v. U.S. Department of Education

1:25-cv-01120 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 15, 2025

Case Ongoing

NAACP challenged the Feb. 14, 2025 anti DEI "Dear Colleague" letter issued by the Department of Education.

Preliminary Injunction Granted
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
E.K. v. Department of Defense Education Activity

1:25-cv-00637 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: April 15, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to whitewashing of libraries and curricula at Department of Defense Education Activity.

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Rona v. Trump

1:25-cv-03114 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: April 15, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to Executive Order 14203, which imposed penalties on any U.S. person who provided services to persons at the International Criminal Court.

Judgment for Plaintiff
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Mahdawi v. Trump

2:25-cv-00389 | U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont

Filed Date: April 14, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to detention of Pro-Palestinian international student.

Temporary Restraining Order Granted

Appellate Stay of Trial Court Relief Denied

SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Smith v. Trump

1:25-cv-00158 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maine

Filed Date: April 11, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to Executive Order 14203, which imposed penalties on any U.S. person who provided services to persons at the International Criminal Court.

Preliminary Injunction Granted
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
American Association of University Professors - Harvard Faculty Chapter v. U.S. Department Of Justice

1:25-cv-10910 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: April 11, 2025

Closed Date: Oct. 20, 2025

Challenge by Harvard Faculty to Trump administration coerced changes of university management and curriculum.

Judgment for Plaintiff
EDUCATION
Southern Education Foundation v. U.S. Department of Education

1:25-cv-01079 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 9, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to the termination of grant funding for the Equity Assistance Center for the Southern Region.

Preliminary Injunction Granted
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Doe v. Rollins

1:25-cv-01066 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 8, 2025

Case Ongoing

Career civil servants of U.S. Department of Agriculture challenged being placed on administrative leave based on DEIA executive order.

Case Is Ongoing
EDUCATION
Child Trends, Incorporated v. U.S. Department of Education

8:25-cv-01154 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: April 7, 2025

Closed Date: Sept. 29, 2025

Challenge to termination of Regional Educational Laboratories and Comprehensive Centers grants and contracts.

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Kennedy

1:25-cv-10814 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: April 4, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to Trump administrations termination and withholding of grants to state biomedical research institutions.

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Supreme Court Stay of Trial Court Relief Granted

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Stainnak v. Trump

No Court

Filed Date: March 26, 2025

Case Ongoing

Class action challenge to the termination of federal employees based on the Trump administration's DEIA executive orders.

Case Is Ongoing
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
American Association of University Professors v. Department of Justice

1:25-cv-02429 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: March 25, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to Trump administration coercing Columbia University into regulating speech on campus by withholding funding.

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

Appeal Pending

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Ozturk v. Hyde

2:25-cv-00374 | U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont

Filed Date: March 25, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to detention of a Turkish national student at Tufts University.

Habeas Relief Granted

Appellate Stay of Trial Court Relief Denied

SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
American Association of University Professors v. Rubio

1:25-cv-10685 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: March 25, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to Trump administration policy and practice of arresting, detaining, and deporting noncitizens who participate in pro-Palestinian protests.

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Chung v. Trump

1:25-cv-02412 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: March 24, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to attempted deportation of permanent resident/ Columbia student after her involvement in campus protest.

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Coleman v. U.S. Department of Education

4:25-cv-10812 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: March 24, 2025

Closed Date: June 25, 2025

Pro se challenge to Executive Orders and "Dear Colleague" letter targeting DEIA programs.

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Suri v. Trump

1:25-cv-00480 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: March 18, 2025

Case Ongoing

Indian citizen with student visa filed petition for writ of habeas corpus to challenge his detention and removal from the United States.

Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Erie County New York v. AmeriCorps

1:25-cv-00783 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 17, 2025

Closed Date: April 14, 2025

Erie County, NY challenge to the conditioning of AmeriCorps funding on the removal of DEI programming.

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Taal v. Trump

3:25-cv-00335 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

Filed Date: March 15, 2025

Closed Date: April 2, 2025

Pro-Palestinian advocates challenged executive orders that chilled their speech under threat of criminal prosecution or deportation.

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Doe v. Collins

1:25-cv-00760 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 14, 2025

Closed Date: July 21, 2025

Challenge to termination of career civil servants of the Office of Equity Assurance of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Khalil v. The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York

1:25-cv-02079 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: March 13, 2025

Case Ongoing

Pro-Palestinian students of Columbia University challenged the suppression of their speech by the university, Congress, and the Trump administration.

Preliminary Injunction Granted
EDUCATION
San Francisco Unified School District v. AmeriCorps

3:25-cv-02425 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: March 10, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to the conditioning of AmeriCorps funding on eliminating activities related to DEI, "gender ideology," and climate change.

Preliminary Injunction Granted
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Mahmoud Khalil v. Joyce

2:25-cv-01963 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: March 9, 2025

Case Ongoing

Palestinian advocate and legal permanent resident challenges his detention and the revocation of his green card.

Preliminary Injunction Denied
EDUCATION
State of California v. U.S Department of Education

1:25-cv-10548 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: March 6, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by eight states to a funding freeze on grants meant to address nationwide teacher shortages and improve teacher quality.

Administrative Stay Granted

Supreme Court Stay of Trial Court Relief Granted

EDUCATION
National Education Association v. United States Department of Education

1:25-cv-00091 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire

Filed Date: March 5, 2025

Case Ongoing

The National Education Association challenged the Feb. 14, 2025, anti DEI "Dear Colleague" letter issued by the Department of Education

Case Is Ongoing
EDUCATION
American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education v. Carter

1:25-cv-00702 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: March 3, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to Trump administration's termination of over $600 million in funding to teacher preparation programs.

Administrative Stay Granted

Appeal Pending

SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Chicago Women in Trades v. Trump

1:25-cv-02005 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Feb. 26, 2025

Case Ongoing

Chicago Women in Trades challenges Trump executive orders targeting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

EDUCATION
American Federation of Teachers v. U.S. Department of Education

1:25-cv-00628 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Feb. 25, 2025

Case Ongoing

Three teacher and educational organizations and one school district challenge the February 14, 2025 Dear Colleague Letter published by the Department of Education.

Judgment for Plaintiff
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
San Francisco A.I.D.S. Foundation v. Trump

3:25-cv-01824 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Feb. 20, 2025

Case Ongoing

LGBTQ+ and HIV/AIDS nonprofits challenged the legality of three Executive Orders

Preliminary Injunction Granted
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
National Urban League v. Trump

1:25-cv-00471 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 19, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to Trump Executive Orders targeting diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) initiatives.

Preliminary Injunction Denied
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Doe 1 v. Office of the Director of National Intelligence

1:25-cv-00300 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: Feb. 17, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by career U.S. intelligence officers temporarily assigned to personnel functions involving DEIA matters to their termination

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education v. Trump

1:25-cv-00333 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Feb. 3, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to defunding diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs.

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Stanford Daily Publishing Corporation v. Rubio

5:25-cv-06618 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Aug. 6, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by Stanford and noncitizens against DHS for deportation allegedly in retaliation for constitutionally protected political speech.

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Doe v. Noem

4:25-cv-00664 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: May 8, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student based on past DUI.

Case Is Ongoing
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Ahmed v. Noem

1:25-cv-01351 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 4, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student without notice or explanation.

Case Is Ongoing
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Doe v. Noem

1:25-cv-01352 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 4, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student based on a dismissed misdemeanor arrest.

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Sohail v. Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security

1:25-cv-00040 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia

Filed Date: April 24, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student based on past interaction with law enforcement when he was the victim of identity theft.

Case Is Ongoing
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Du v. United States Department of Homeland Security

3:25-cv-00644 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: April 24, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student based on minor driving citations or no reason at all.

Temporary Restraining Order Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Doe 1 v. Trump

1:25-cv-02264 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: April 24, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student without notice or explanation.

Temporary Restraining Order Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Presidents' Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration v. Bondi

1:25-cv-11109 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: April 24, 2025

Case Ongoing

Facial challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international students without notice or statutorily acceptable justification.

Case Is Ongoing
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Park v. Noem

1:25-cv-03407 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: April 24, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student based on a dismissed driving-related offense.

Case Is Ongoing
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Doe v. Noem

5:25-cv-02070 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: April 24, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student based on expunged driving misdemeanor.

Case Is Ongoing
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Roe v. Noem

2:25-cv-00743 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: April 23, 2025

Case Ongoing

Class action challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student without notice or explanation.

Case Is Ongoing
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Doe v. Bondi

1:25-cv-11077 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: April 23, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student without notice or explanation.

Case Is Ongoing
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Kashikov v. Noem

3:25-cv-00081 | U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska

Filed Date: April 23, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student based on a dismissed speeding ticket and past dismissed misdemeanor charges.

Temporary Restraining Order Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Khademi v. Noem

1:25-cv-01206 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 22, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international students without notice or explanation.

Temporary Restraining Order Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Pattila v. Noem

4:25-cv-00416 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

Filed Date: April 22, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student without notice or explanation.

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Doe v. Noem

1:25-cv-04393 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: April 22, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student based on their past unprosecuted arrest in connection with being a victim of repeated abuse.

Case Is Ongoing
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Doe 1 v. Noem

2:25-cv-02998 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: April 22, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student based on minor parking and traffic violations.

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
JM v. Noem

2:25-cv-02896 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: April 21, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student based on a past arrest that resulted in no charges.

Case Is Ongoing
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Rameez Shaik v. Noem

0:25-cv-01584 | U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

Filed Date: April 21, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international students based on misdemeanor driving infractions or no reason at all.

Temporary Restraining Order Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Doe 1 v. Noem

3:25-cv-00042 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa

Filed Date: April 21, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international students based on past instances of DUIs and disorderly conduct.

Case Is Ongoing
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Campell v. Noem

1:25-cv-11038 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: April 21, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student based on a dismissed citation.

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Student Does 4 v. Kristi Noem

2:25-cv-03528 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: April 21, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student based on dismissed misdemeanor charges.

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
R.I. v. Bondi

2:25-cv-02010 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: April 21, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student with no notice or explanation.

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Arizona Student Doe 3 v. Trump

4:25-cv-00183 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: April 21, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international students based on minor misdemeanors that were dismissed.

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Yang v. Noem

1:25-cv-01230 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 21, 2025

Case Ongoing

Immigration-related challenge to the Trump administration.

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Hu v. Secretary of the United States Department of Homeland Security

4:25-cv-00028 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana

Filed Date: April 21, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student without notice or explanation.

Temporary Restraining Order Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Bai v. Kristi Noem, Secretary of Homeland Security

4:25-cv-03481 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: April 21, 2025

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Ozturk v. Noem

1:25-cv-01203 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 19, 2025

Closed Date: June 20, 2025

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international students without notice or explanation.

Temporary Restraining Order Denied
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Ariwoola v. Noem

3:25-cv-03313 | U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina

Filed Date: April 18, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student.

Temporary Restraining Order Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Balusu v. Trump

2:25-cv-00419 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: April 18, 2025

Closed Date: April 29, 2025

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student based on a dismissed charge of possessing a gambling device.

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Doe v. Noem

1:25-cv-04258 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: April 18, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student with no notice or explanation.

Case Is Ongoing
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Pasula v. US Department of Homeland Security

1:25-cv-00156 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire

Filed Date: April 18, 2025

Case Ongoing

Class challenge to revocation of student visas and termination of SEVIS records of international students based on minor and dismissed encounters with law enforcement like speeding.

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
T.S. v. Noem

6:25-cv-06211 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York

Filed Date: April 17, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student without notice or explanation.

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Saxena v. Noem

5:25-cv-05035 | U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota

Filed Date: April 17, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student based on a minor traffic violation.

Preliminary Injunction Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Doe 1 v. Trump

2:25-cv-02825 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: April 17, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student based on past dismissed disorderly persons prosecution.

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Student Doe 1 v. Trump

1:25-cv-04188 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: April 17, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visas and termination of SEVIS records of international students based on minor and dismissed encounters with law enforcement like traffic citations or public intoxication.

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Daou v. Noem

8:25-cv-00976 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Filed Date: April 17, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student without notice or explanation.

Temporary Restraining Order Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
W.B. v. Noem

4:25-cv-03407 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: April 17, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student without notice or explanation.

Temporary Restraining Order Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Patel v. Bondi

1:25-cv-00103 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: April 16, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student without notice or explanation.

Temporary Restraining Order Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Ortega Gonzalez v. Noem

6:25-cv-00622 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: April 16, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student with no notice or explanation.

Temporary Restraining Order Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Kim v. Noem

4:25-cv-03383 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: April 16, 2025

Closed Date: May 9, 2025

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international students without notice or explanation.

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Oruganti v. Noem

2:25-cv-00409 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: April 16, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student based on a past misdemeanor defective equipment charge.

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Liu v. Noem

1:25-cv-00716 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: April 15, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international students based on minor infractions like traffic citations or underage drinking.

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Patel v. Bondi

1:25-cv-00101 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: April 15, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student with no notice or explanation.

Temporary Restraining Order Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Villar Castellanos v. Noem

1:25-cv-00080 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: April 15, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international students without notice or explanation.

Temporary Restraining Order Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Deng v. Noem

1:25-cv-10976 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: April 15, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international students without notice or explanation.

Temporary Restraining Order Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Manjunatha v. Noem

1:25-cv-00330 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York

Filed Date: April 15, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student based on a past dismissed driving offense.

Case Is Ongoing
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Dogan v. Noem

1:25-cv-01130 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 15, 2025

Closed Date: April 25, 2025

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student without notice.

Temporary Restraining Order Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Arizona Student Doe 1 v. Trump

4:25-cv-00174 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: April 14, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student based on a past dismissed misdemeanor charge.

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
B.K. v. Noem

1:25-cv-00419 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan

Filed Date: April 14, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international students based on very minor legal infractions or for no reason at all.

Preliminary Injunction Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Yuan v. Lyons

1:25-cv-10906 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: April 14, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student without notice or explanation.

Temporary Restraining Order Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Kshatri v. Lyons

2:25-cv-00553 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

Filed Date: April 14, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student without notice or explanation.

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Arizona Student DOE 2 v. Trump

4:25-cv-00175 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: April 14, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student based on a past dismissed misdemeanor charge.

Temporary Restraining Order Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Hinge v. Lyons

1:25-cv-01097 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 11, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student with no notice or explanation.

Preliminary Injunction Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Mashatti v. Lyons

1:25-cv-01100 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 11, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student based on past dismissed DUI charge.

Temporary Restraining Order Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Chen v. Noem

4:25-cv-03292 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: April 11, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by international students against DHS and ICE for the termination of their SEVIS records.

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Patel v. Lyons

1:25-cv-01096 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 11, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student based on a past driving infraction.

Temporary Restraining Order Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Nali v. Noem

1:25-cv-03969 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: April 11, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student based on a past dismissed misdemeanor charge.

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
S.Y. v. Noem

5:25-cv-03244 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: April 11, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student based on a misdemeanor traffic violation.

Temporary Restraining Order Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Bushireddy v. Lyons

1:25-cv-01102 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 11, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student without notice or explanation.

Temporary Restraining Order Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Baddam v. Lyons

1:25-cv-01098 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 11, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student without notice or explanation.

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Jane Doe 1 v. Bondi

1:25-cv-01998 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: April 11, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visas and termination of SEVIS records of over 100 international students.

Temporary Restraining Order Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Zheng v. Lyons

1:25-cv-10893 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: April 11, 2025

Closed Date: May 12, 2025

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student without notice or explanation.

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Deore v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Secretary of

2:25-cv-11038 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: April 10, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visas and termination of SEVIS records of international students based on minor infractions like parking tickets or no infractions at all.

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Student Doe #1 v. Kristi Noem (Also Doe #2 and Doe #3)

8:25-cv-00706 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: April 8, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student.

Case Is Ongoing
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Doe v. Noem

2:25-cv-00633 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: April 8, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student based on pending DUI arrest.

Temporary Restraining Order Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Chengkai Zou v. Todd M. Lyons

2:25-cv-02994 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: April 7, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international students with no notice or explanation.

Temporary Restraining Order Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Doe v. Trump

4:25-cv-03140 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: April 7, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student based on a past minor misdemeanor.

Case Is Ongoing
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Shandilya v. Noem

2:25-cv-00477 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: April 7, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student based on a withdrawn charge of disorderly conduct.

Temporary Restraining Order Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Doe 1 v. Noem

5:25-cv-00847 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: April 5, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student based on a past minor driving misdemeanor.

Case Is Ongoing
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Doe v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

2:25-cv-00240 | U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont

Filed Date: Feb. 23, 2025

Case Ongoing

Harvard University researcher with J-1 visa challenged her detention and the revocation of her visa for her alleged "smuggling" of frog embryos.

Case Is Ongoing
HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Louisiana v. U S Food & Drug Administration

6:25-cv-01491 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana

Filed Date: Oct. 6, 2025

Case Ongoing

Louisiana sues to stop the circulation of mail order abortion drugs.

Case Is Ongoing
HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Doe v. Department of Defense

8:25-cv-02947 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Sept. 8, 2025

Case Ongoing

Anonymous transgender plaintiffs sued the Department of Defense among others challenging the removal of gender affirming care coverage in military healthcare.

Case Is Ongoing
HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
State of California v. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

1:25-cv-12019 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: July 17, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by several states against HHS and CMS for imposing barriers to healthcare coverage under the ACA.

Preliminary Injunction Denied
PRISON CONDITIONS
CODING IN PROCESS
Marcum v. Crews

5:25-cv-00238 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky

Filed Date: July 14, 2025

Case Ongoing

Inmate sued the Kentucky Department of Corrections, challenging whether a Kentucky statute’s ban on HRT treatments violated inmates’ 8th Amendment rights.

Case Is Ongoing
HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
In Re: Subpoena No. 25-1431-014

2:25-mc-00039 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: July 8, 2025

Case Ongoing

DOJ subpoenaed CHOP for patient records including gender dysphoria cases, and CHOP alleged privacy rights violations.

Case Is Ongoing
HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
In Re: Administrative Subpoena No. 25-1431-019

1:25-mc-91324 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: July 8, 2025

Closed Date: Sept. 9, 2025

Boston Children's Hospital quashed DOJ subpoena of gender dysphoria patient records

Judgment for Plaintiff
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
American Academy of Pediatrics v. Kennedy

1:25-cv-11916 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: July 7, 2025

Case Ongoing

Medical organizations challenge Trump Administration's removal of COVID-19 vaccine recommendation for children and pregnant women from CDC immunization schedule.

Case Is Ongoing
HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
City of Columbus v. Kennedy

1:25-cv-02114 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: July 1, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by several cities and healthcare organizations against HHS and CMS for causing millions of Americans to be at risk of losing their healthcare insurance.

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appellate Stay of Trial Court Relief Denied

PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Texas v. United States of America

4:18-cv-00167 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: Feb. 26, 2018

Case Ongoing

Multi-state challenge to Affordable Care Act's individual mandate dismissed by Supreme Court.
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
CODING IN PROCESS
Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy Services v. Donald Trump

1:25-cv-03745 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Oct. 22, 2025

Case Ongoing

Trump administration sued over exempting 501 chemical manufacturing plants from requirements to monitor and control emissions of hazardous air pollutants.

Case Is Ongoing
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
State of Rhode Island v. United States Department of the Interior

1:25-cv-00439 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: Sept. 4, 2025

Case Ongoing

Connecticut and Rhode Island sue over sudden termination of clean future project.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. v. Wright

1:25-cv-12249 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Aug. 12, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by non-profit groups against the DOE and EPA for the formation of a committee in violation of FACA.

Case Is Ongoing
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance v. United States Department of the Interior

2:25-cv-00657 | U.S. District Court for the District of Utah

Filed Date: Aug. 7, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance against the DOI and BLM for the Sevier Playa Potash (SPP) Project.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Building Materials Re-Use Association v. United States Environmental Protection Agency

1:25-cv-02493 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: July 31, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by BMRA against EPA for terminating the Reducing Embodied GHG Emissions for Construction Materials and Products Program

Case Is Ongoing
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Lopez v. United States of America

2:25-cv-02758 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: July 24, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by Apache women against the USDA for the Government's plan to destroy a Native American sacred site.

Preliminary Injunction Denied

Appeal Pending

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Friends of the Everglades, Inc. v. Noem

1:25-cv-22896 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Filed Date: June 27, 2025

Case Ongoing

Environmental organizations challenged the construction of a mass federal detention facility.

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appellate Stay of Trial Court Relief Granted

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Appalachian Voices v. United States Environmental Protection Agency

1:25-cv-01982 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: June 25, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by cities and environmental groups against EPA for the mass termination of environmental grants.

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Air Alliance Houston v. Trump

1:25-cv-01852 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: June 12, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to the Trump administration’s exemption of 68 coal-fired power plants from Clean Air Act standards.

Case Is Ongoing
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
State of California v. United States

4:25-cv-04966 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: June 12, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to Trump administration authority over CA car emission regulation

Case Is Ongoing
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Protect Our Coast NJ v. US

3:25-cv-06890 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: June 3, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to the resumption of construction of the Empire Wind offshore wind turbine without first determining ecological, environmental, and economic effects.

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Lighthiser v. Trump

2:25-cv-00054 | U.S. District Court for the District of Montana

Filed Date: May 29, 2025

Case Ongoing

Individual citizens challenged Trump executive orders aimed at increasing the U.S.'s consumption of fossil fuels.

Judgment for Defendant
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
State of New York v. National Science Foundation

1:25-cv-04452 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: May 28, 2025

Closed Date: Aug. 25, 2025

Sixteen states challenged the National Science Foundations decision to slash support for STEM programs and projects.

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Kapa'a v. Trump

1:25-cv-00209 | U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii

Filed Date: May 22, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to the Proclamation opening the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument to commercial fishing.

Case Is Ongoing
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
State of Washington v. Trump

2:25-cv-00869 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: May 9, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to executive order directing federal agencies to grant permits for projects with large environmental consequences without regard for federal law or regulations.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
State of Washington v. United States Department of Transportation

2:25-cv-00848 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: May 7, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to Trump administration's freeze of electric vehicle charging infrastructure grants

Preliminary Injunction Granted
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
State of New York v. Trump

1:25-cv-11221 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: May 5, 2025

Case Ongoing

Seventeen states and District of Columbia challenged Trump administration's halting federal approvals of wind-energy development.

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Opportunity Finance Network v. Citibank

1:25-cv-01208 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 21, 2025

Case Ongoing

Opportunity Finance Network challenge to withholding of EPA grant funds.

Consolidated: Docket Closed
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Sierra Club v. Environmental Protection Agency

1:25-cv-01112 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 14, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to Trump administration’s takedown of webpages related to environmental justice.

Preliminary Injunction Denied
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Environmental Defense Fund v. U.S. Department of Transportation

1:25-cv-00996 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 3, 2025

Case Ongoing

FOIA challenge relating to Department of Transportation documents pertaining to effort to eliminate Clean Air Act preemption waivers for California.

Case Is Ongoing
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Justice Climate Fund v. Environmental Protection Agency

1:25-cv-00938 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 31, 2025

Case Ongoing

Justice Climate Fund challenge to withholding of EPA grant funds.

Consolidated: Docket Closed
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Inclusiv, Inc. v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

1:25-cv-00948 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 31, 2025

Case Ongoing

Inclusiv, Inc. challenge to withholding of EPA grant funds.

Consolidated: Docket Closed
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Environmental Defense Fund v. United States Department of the Interior

1:25-cv-00871 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 24, 2025

Case Ongoing

FOIA case regarding Trump Administration reconsideration of the Endangerment Finding.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank v. Citibank

1:25-cv-00820 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 19, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to EPA’s freezing of funds appropriated to state Green Banks.

Consolidated: Docket Closed
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Power Forward Communities, Inc. v. Citibank

1:25-cv-00762 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 14, 2025

Case Ongoing

Power Forward Communities challenge to withholding of EPA grant funds.

Consolidated: Docket Closed
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Climate United Fund v. Citibank

1:25-cv-00698 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 8, 2025

Case Ongoing

Climate United Fund challenge to withholding of EPA grant funds.

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Reversed

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
BlueRibbon Coalition, Inc v. Bureau of Land Management

4:25-cv-00022 | U.S. District Court for the District of Utah

Filed Date: March 5, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to the Final Environmental Assessment of the San Rafael Swell in Utah

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Environmental Defense Fund v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

1:25-cv-00617 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 3, 2025

Case Ongoing

FOIA case pertaining to correspondence and records of the EPA transition team and political appointees relating to the Endangerment Finding.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York v. U.S. Department of Agriculture

1:25-cv-01529 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Feb. 24, 2025

Case Ongoing

Environmental organizations challenge USDA's unpublishing of its climate-changed-focused webpages.

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Northern Alaska Environmental Center v. Trump

3:25-cv-00038 | U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska

Filed Date: Feb. 19, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to Trump Administration’s rescission of Biden-era environmental protections for certain areas of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf.

Case Is Ongoing
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Reilly v. Bondi

2:25-cv-00950 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Filed Date: Oct. 21, 2025

Case Ongoing

Conservative civil servant sues for being "pushed out" of FBI for her beliefs about the fraudulent nature of the 2020 election.

Case Is Ongoing
LABOR RIGHTS
International Federation of Professional & Technical Engineers, AFL-CIO v. Trump

1:25-cv-03615 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Oct. 8, 2025

Case Ongoing

Trump administration sued after removing collective bargaining power from six federal agencies.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Primus v. Trump

1:25-cv-03521 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Oct. 1, 2025

Case Ongoing

Board member sues following a premature, no-cause removal from his position by President Trump.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
American Federation of Government Employees v. U.S. Office of Management and Budget

3:25-cv-08302 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 30, 2025

Case Ongoing

Suit confronting Trump government's threats to dramatically reduce civil service by issuing reductions in force during government shutdown.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Heenan v. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

1:25-cv-03343 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Sept. 22, 2025

Case Ongoing

HUD civil rights attorneys sue to challenge reassignment.

Case Is Ongoing
LABOR RIGHTS
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO v. Trump

1:25-cv-03306 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Sept. 19, 2025

Case Ongoing

Plaintiffs challenged Executive Order 14343 and related terminations of collective bargaining agreements at USAGM, alleging violations of the First and Fifth Amendments and claiming the actions were ultra vires.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Gonzalez v. Gor

3:25-cv-01508 | U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico

Filed Date: Sept. 18, 2025

Case Ongoing

Three Puerto Rican state appointees sue over sudden and unlawful removal.

Preliminary Injunction Granted
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Paz v. Internal Revenue Service

1:25-cv-03256 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Sept. 18, 2025

Case Ongoing

Plaintiff placed on administrative leave from civil service. Agency disclosed her records without consent.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Comey v. United States Department of Justice

1:25-cv-07625 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Sept. 15, 2025

Case Ongoing

Maurene Comey sues after her allegedly political, no-cause firing from her role as AUSA for the SDNY.

Case Is Ongoing
NATIONAL SECURITY
CODING IN PROCESS
American Oversight v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

1:25-cv-03113 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Sept. 10, 2025

Case Ongoing

Watchdog organization files to compel FOIAs about Corey Lewandowski’s role at the DHS.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
CODING IN PROCESS
Civil Servant 1 v. U.S. Office of Special Counsel

1:25-cv-03107 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Sept. 10, 2025

Case Ongoing

Civil servants challenge changes to OSC employee protection policies under Trump administration.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
CODING IN PROCESS
Driscoll, Jr. v. Patel

1:25-cv-03109 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Sept. 10, 2025

Case Ongoing

3 FBI employees challenge sudden firings as unlawful retribution.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
National Treasury Employees Union v. Trump

1:25-cv-02990 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Sept. 3, 2025

Case Ongoing

Plaintiffs, the National Treasury Employees Union, sued President Trump and other officials to challenge EO 14343.
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
National Weather Service Employees Organization v. Trump

1:25-cv-02947 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Sept. 2, 2025

Case Ongoing

Public servant unions file suit demanding restoration of collective bargaining rights after an August 28, 2025 EO issued by the Trump Administration.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Cook v. Trump

1:25-cv-02903 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Aug. 28, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by Federal Reserve Governor against the President for attempting to remove her from office.

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending
LABOR RIGHTS
National Association of Agriculture Employees v. Trump

1:25-cv-02657 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Aug. 13, 2025

Case Ongoing

Labor Union challenge against the President, USDA, and OPM for the revocation of represented employees' collective bargaining rights.

Case Is Ongoing
LABOR RIGHTS
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations v. Trump

1:25-cv-02445 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: July 29, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by several large unions to the Trump Administration's order stripping federal workers of their collective bargaining rights.

Preliminary Injunction Granted
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Danziger v. United States

1:25-cv-01241 | U.S. Court of Federal Claims

Filed Date: July 28, 2025

Case Ongoing

Sudden termination of USAID employees following Musk tweet results in lawsuit against U.S. government.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Comans v. Executive Office of the President

1:25-cv-01237 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: July 24, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by former FEMA CFO against the Trump Administration for her allegedly unconstitutional and unlawful termination.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Gordon v. Executive Office of the President

1:25-cv-02409 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: July 24, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by former federal employees against the DOJ and USA for terminating them from their positions without cause.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Goodman v. Lutnick

8:25-cv-02097 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: June 30, 2025

Case Ongoing

Several NOAA employees brought this class action suit against the Trump Administration for the alleged purge of NOAA probationary employees.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Brown v. Trump

1:25-cv-01764 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: June 4, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to the removal of a National Transportation Safety Board member.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Jackson v. Kennedy

1:25-cv-01750 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: June 3, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to the use of inaccurate and incomplete personnel records to terminate HHS employees.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Perlmutter v. Blanche

1:25-cv-01659 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 22, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to the removal and replacement by the second Trump administration of the Librarian of the Congress and the Register of Copyrights.

Preliminary Injunction Denied

Pending in Supreme Court

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Boyle v. Trump

8:25-cv-01628 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: May 21, 2025

Case Ongoing

Three Commissioners of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission challenged their termination, without cause or explanation, by the second Trump administration.

Injunction Granted

Supreme Court Stay of Trial Court Relief Granted

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Rural Development Innovations Limited v. Marocco

1:25-cv-01631 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 21, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to the dismantling of the United States African Development Foundation.

Preliminary Injunction Granted
LABOR RIGHTS
National Nurses United v. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

1:25-cv-01538 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 14, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to the dismantling of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, which was tasked with protecting workers' health and safety.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
State of New York v. Kennedy

1:25-cv-00196 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: May 5, 2025

Case Ongoing

Nineteen states and the District of Columbia challenged the Trump administration's dismantling of the Department of Health and Human Services.

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Elev8 Baltimore, Inc. v. Corporation for National and Community Service

1:25-cv-01458 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: May 5, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by AmeriCorps award recipients and employees against AmeriCorps for the dismantling of the Agency.

Preliminary Injunction Granted
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Federal Education Association v. Trump

1:25-cv-01362 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 5, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to executive order voiding collecting bargaining rights of teachers in the military K-12 school system.

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
American Council of Learned Societies v. McDonald

1:25-cv-03657 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: May 1, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenged to the dismantling of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Jewell v. Jagadesan

1:25-cv-01322 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 30, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by former Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer and EEO Director to her termination without payment of the reduction in force severance pay.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
State of Maryland v. Corporation for National and Community Service

1:25-cv-01363 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: April 29, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to the dismantling of AmeriCorps.

Preliminary Injunction Granted
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
American Federation Of Government Employees, AFL-CIO v. Trump

3:25-cv-03698 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: April 28, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to reductions in force in government without Congressional authorization.

Case Is Ongoing

Supreme Court Stay of Trial Court Relief Granted

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Harper v. Bessent

1:25-cv-01294 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 28, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to removal of Senate-confirmed members of the National Credit Union Administration Board.

Judgment for Plaintiff

Appellate Stay of Trial Court Relief Granted

EDUCATION
Washington State Association of Head Start and Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program v. Kennedy

2:25-cv-00781 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: April 28, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by six state Head Start programs to Trump administration efforts to defund and otherwise dismantle Head Start.

Preliminary Injunction Granted
EDUCATION
National Academy of Education v. Department of Education

1:25-cv-01266 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 24, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to the Trump administration’s attempts to dismantle the Institute of Education Sciences.

Preliminary Injunction Denied
EDUCATION
Victim Rights Law Center v. U.S. Department of Education

1:25-cv-11042 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: April 21, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to the Trump Administration’s dismantling of the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights.

Preliminary Injunction Granted, but Stayed

Appeal Pending

EDUCATION
American Educational Research Association v. U.S. Department of Education

8:25-cv-01230 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: April 14, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to the Trump administration’s attempts to dismantle the Institute of Education Sciences.

Preliminary Injunction Denied
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO v. Goldstein

1:25-cv-03072 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: April 14, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to dismantling of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service.

Preliminary Injunction Denied
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Samuels v. Trump

1:25-cv-01069 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 9, 2025

Case Ongoing

Former EEOC Commissioner challenged her removal by Trump administration.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Doe v. Rollins

1:25-cv-01066 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 8, 2025

Case Ongoing

Career civil servants of U.S. Department of Agriculture challenged being placed on administrative leave based on DEIA executive order.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
American Library Association v. Sonderling

1:25-cv-01050 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 7, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to dismantling of the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Preliminary Injunction Denied
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Wiley v. Kennedy

2:25-cv-00227 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia

Filed Date: April 7, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by a coal miner to the termination of HHS employees overseeing programs dealing with coal mine dust lung disease.

Preliminary Injunction Granted
LABOR RIGHTS
American Foreign Service Association v. Trump

1:25-cv-01030 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 7, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to executive order voiding collecting bargaining rights of federal employees.

Preliminary Injunction Granted, but Stayed

Appellate Stay of Trial Court Relief Granted

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington v. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

1:25-cv-01020 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 4, 2025

Case Ongoing

FOIA challenge relating to CDC’s staff reduction.

Preliminary Injunction Denied
EDUCATION
Association for Education Finance and Policy v. McMahon

1:25-cv-00999 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 4, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to the Trump administration’s attempts to dismantle the Institute of Education Sciences.

Preliminary Injunction Denied
LABOR RIGHTS
American Federation Of Government Employees v. Trump

3:25-cv-03070 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: April 3, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to executive order voiding collecting bargaining rights of federal employees.

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appellate Stay of Trial Court Relief Granted

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
American Association of People with Disabilities v. Dudek

1:25-cv-00977 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 2, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to the Trump Administration’s dismantling of the Social Security Administration.

Preliminary Injunction Denied
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
National Treasury Employees Union v. Trump

1:25-cv-00935 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 31, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to executive order voiding collecting bargaining rights of federal employees.

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appellate Stay of Trial Court Relief Granted

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Slaughter v. Trump

1:25-cv-00909 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 27, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to firing of appointed and confirmed FTC Commissioners.

Judgment for Plaintiff

Supreme Court Stay of Trial Court Relief Granted

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Stainnak v. Trump

No Court

Filed Date: March 26, 2025

Case Ongoing

Class action challenge to the termination of federal employees based on the Trump administration's DEIA executive orders.

Case Is Ongoing
EDUCATION
Somerville Public Schools v. Trump

1:25-cv-10677 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: March 24, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to the Trump administration's efforts to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education.

Preliminary Injunction Granted, but Stayed

Supreme Court Stay of Trial Court Relief Granted

EDUCATION
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People v. United States of America

8:25-cv-00965 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: March 24, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to Trump administration’s efforts to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education.

Preliminary Injunction Denied
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Democracy Forward Foundation v. Office of Management and Budget

1:25-cv-00858 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 23, 2025

Case Ongoing

Democracy Forward Foundation challenge FOIA denial regarding information about federal agencies' reductions in force and reorganization plans.

Preliminary Injunction Denied
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Cristobol Human Rights v. Marocco

1:25-cv-00857 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 21, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to the overhaul and defunding of the Inter-American Foundation by the Trump administration.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Widakuswara v. Lake

1:25-cv-01015 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 21, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to grant terminations and the placing of journalists on administrative leave from the United States Agency for Global Media.

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
United States Institute of Peace v. Jackson

1:25-cv-00804 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 18, 2025

Case Ongoing

USIP challenged Trump order dismantling it; district court ruled for USIP, appeal held in abeyance.

Judgment for Plaintiff

Appeal Pending

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Aviel v. Gor

1:25-00778 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 17, 2025

Closed Date: Aug. 14, 2025

Challenge to the overhaul and defunding of the Inter-American Foundation by the Trump administration.

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Doe v. Collins

1:25-cv-00760 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 14, 2025

Closed Date: July 21, 2025

Challenge to termination of career civil servants of the Office of Equity Assurance of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)
EDUCATION
Carter v. United States Department of Education

1:25-cv-00744 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 14, 2025

Case Ongoing

Parents challenged the dismantling of the Department of Education and its Office of Civil Rights.

Preliminary Injunction Denied
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
American Federation of Government Employees AFL-CIO v. Noem

2:25-cv-00451 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: March 13, 2025

Case Ongoing

American Federation of Government Employees challenge to retaliatory termination of government contract.

Preliminary Injunction Granted
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Citizens Against Donald Trump, Inc. v. Trump

4:25-cv-00311 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: March 13, 2025

Case Ongoing

Citizens Against Donald Trump challenged the creation and operation of DOGE.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Gober v. Collins

1:25-cv-00714 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 10, 2025

Case Ongoing

Probationary federal employees brought class action lawsuit challenging their termination.

Preliminary Injunction Denied
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Pueblo of Isleta v. Secretary of the Department of the Interior

1:25-cv-00696 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 7, 2025

Case Ongoing

Tribal Nations and individual students challenged the layoffs at the Bureau of Indian Education and its post-secondary education institutions.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Maryland v. United States Department of Agriculture

1:25-cv-00748 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: March 6, 2025

Closed Date: Sept. 9, 2025

Twenty states and the District of Columbia challenged the mass firing of federal civil servants.

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

Case Dismissed on Appeal

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Comans v. Department of Homeland Security

1:25-cv-00624 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 4, 2025

Case Ongoing

Former CFO of FEMA challenged her termination under the Privacy Act.

Case Is Ongoing
LABOR RIGHTS
CODING IN PROCESS
U.S. Office of Special Counsel, ex rel. v. Department of Agriculture

CB-1208-25-0020-U-1 | No Court

Filed Date: Feb. 28, 2025

Case Ongoing

Office of Special Counsel challenge before the Merit Systems Protection Board of mass firings by Trump Administration.

Administrative Stay Granted
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
LeBlanc v. United States Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board

1:25-cv-00542 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 24, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to firing of duly appointed/confirmed members of United States Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB).

Judgment for Plaintiff

Appellate Stay of Trial Court Relief Granted

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Schechter v. Collins

1:25-cv-00551 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 24, 2025

Closed Date: May 22, 2025

Former employee of the Department of Veterans Affairs challenged her "probationary" employment status and firing.

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO v. Social Security Administration

1:25-cv-00596 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Feb. 21, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to access to Social Security Administration data by DOGE.

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Supreme Court Stay of Trial Court Relief Granted

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO v. United States Office of Personnel Management

3:25-cv-01780 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Feb. 19, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to the mass firing of probationary employees.

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Supreme Court Stay of Trial Court Relief Granted

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Doe 1 v. Office of the Director of National Intelligence

1:25-cv-00300 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: Feb. 17, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by career U.S. intelligence officers temporarily assigned to personnel functions involving DEIA matters to their termination

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Complaint on Behalf of Terminated Probationary Employees

None | No Court

Filed Date: Feb. 14, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge before the Office of Special Counsel to mass termination of federal probationary employees.

Administrative Stay Granted
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
New Mexico v. Musk

1:25-cv-00429 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 13, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by 14 states to Elon Musk's role without Senate confirmation.

Temporary Restraining Order Denied

Appellate Stay of Trial Court Relief Granted

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Does 1-26 v. Musk

8:25-cv-00462 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Feb. 13, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to Elon Musk's role, without Senate confirmation.

Administrative Stay Granted

Appeal Pending

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Grundmann v. Trump

1:25-cv-00425 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 13, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by a member of the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) to being fired by President Trump.

Injunction Granted

Appellate Stay of Trial Court Relief Granted

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Storch v. Hegseth

1:25-cv-00415 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 12, 2025

Case Ongoing

Eight fired Inspectors General alleged their firing as a violation of the Inspector General Act.

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
National Treasury Employees Union v. Trump

1:25-cv-00420 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 12, 2025

Case Ongoing

Five unions representing hundreds of thousands of federal employees challenge government mass firings.

Temporary Restraining Order Denied
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Harris v. Bessent

1:25-cv-00412 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 11, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by a Member of the Merit Systems Protection Board to being fired by President Trump.

Injunction Granted

Supreme Court Stay of Trial Court Relief Granted

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Dellinger v. Bessent

1:25-cv-00385 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 10, 2025

Closed Date: March 27, 2025

Challenge by the head of the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) to being fired by President Trump.

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)

Appeal Dismissed

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
National Treasury Employees Union v. Vought

1:25-cv-00381 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 9, 2025

Case Ongoing

Federal employees' union challenged the Trump Administration's "ongoing effort to dismantle" the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Reversed

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
American Federation of Government Employees v. Trump

1:25-cv-00352 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 6, 2025

Closed Date: July 25, 2025

Challenge to the Trump administration’s dismantling of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

Temporary Restraining Order Granted
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Government Accountability Project v. United States Office of Personnel Management

1:25-cv-00347 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 6, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to the plan to shift civil servants to Schedule P/C, stripping them of civil service protections.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Wilcox v. Trump

1:25-cv-00334 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 5, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by National Labor Relations Board member to her removal by President Trump.

Injunction Granted

Supreme Court Stay of Trial Court Relief Granted

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO v. Ezell

1:25-cv-10276 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Feb. 4, 2025

Closed Date: Sept. 24, 2025

Federal employees challenge the "Fork in the Road” "deferred resignation" program.

Preliminary Injunction Denied

Appeal Pending

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Federal Bur. of Investigation Agents Association v. Dep't of Justice

1:25-cv-00328 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 4, 2025

Closed Date: July 18, 2025

FBI employees challenge public disclosure of the identities of agents who worked on investigations involving Donald Trump.

Consolidated: Docket Closed
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Does 1-9 v. Department of Justice

1:25-cv-00325 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 4, 2025

Closed Date: July 17, 2025

Challenge by FBI employees to prevent public disclosure of the identities of agents who worked on investigations involving Donald Trump.

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
American Federation of Government Employees v. Trump

1:25-cv-00264 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Jan. 29, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to the effort to shift federal employees to Schedule P/C, stripping them of civil service protections.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility v. Trump

8:25-cv-00260 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Jan. 28, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to the effort to shift federal employees to Schedule P/C, stripping them of civil service protections.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
American Public Health Association v. Office of Management and Budget

1:25-cv-00167 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Jan. 20, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to the legitimacy of the "Department of Government Efficiency" under the Federal Advisory Committee Act.

Consolidated: Docket Closed
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Lentini v. Department of Government Efficiency

1:25-cv-00166 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Jan. 20, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to the legitimacy of the "Department of Government Efficiency" under the Federal Advisory Committee Act.

Consolidated: Docket Closed
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Public Citizen, Inc. v. Trump

1:25-cv-00164 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Jan. 20, 2025

Case Ongoing

CChallenge to the legality of the "Department of Government Efficiency" under the Federal Advisory Committee Act.

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
National Treasury Employees Union v. Trump

1:25-cv-00170 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Jan. 20, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to the effort to shift federal employees to Schedule P/C, stripping them of civil service protections.

Case Is Ongoing
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
United States v. Pina

2:25-cr-00436 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: Oct. 16, 2023

Case Ongoing

The events leading up to this case are thoroughly summarized in United States v. Giuard III, one of the two criminal cases in which a defendant moved to disqualify Acting United States Attorney for t…

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Case Is Ongoing

Appeal Pending

CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
United States v. Giraud III

1:24-cr-00768 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: Dec. 7, 2021

Case Ongoing

U.S. filed criminal complaint in New Jersey charging Defendant with drug distribution and firearm offenses.

Judgment for Defendant

Appeal Pending

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
District of Columbia v. Donald J. Trump

1:25-cv-02678 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Aug. 15, 2025

Closed Date: Sept. 26, 2025

Challenge by the District of Columbia against the Trump Administration for commandeering the D.C. Police Department.

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Macmasters v. Department of Defense

1:25-cv-02162 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: July 7, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by American veteran against the DoD for restricting his ability to publish an unclassified manuscript.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
CODING IN PROCESS
Silencer Shop Foundation v. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives

6:25-cv-00056 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: July 4, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by organizations subject to NFA regulations against ATF and the DOJ for continued enforcement of the NFA.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
State of New Jersey v. Bondi

1:25-cv-01807 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: June 9, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to federal government's refusal to enforce federal law as applied to forced reset triggers, federally classified as prohibited machine guns.

Case Is Ongoing
POLICING
Baraka v. Habba

2:25-cv-06846 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: June 3, 2025

Case Ongoing

The Mayor of Newark sued U.S. District Attorney for false arrest and malicious persecution after being charge with trespass for visiting an immigration detention center.

Case Is Ongoing
DISABILITY RIGHTS
National Association of the Deaf v. Trump

1:25-cv-01683 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 28, 2025

Case Ongoing

Deaf individuals challenged the Trump White House's failure to provide ASL interpreters during public briefings, press conferences, and related events.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Fidelity National Financial, Inc. v. Bessent

3:25-cv-00554 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Filed Date: May 20, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to Biden-era FinCEN rule requiring collection and reporting of details pertaining to certain non-financed real estate transfers.

Case Is Ongoing
PRISON CONDITIONS
Taylor v. Trump

1:25-cv-01161 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 16, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to Trump Administration’s move to move federal death row prisoners granted clemency under Biden administration to a supermax prison.

Preliminary Injunction Denied
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Equal Means Equal v. Trump

1:25-cv-10806 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: April 3, 2025

Case Ongoing

Equal protection challenge based on rejection of women from Selective Service, brought under Equal Rights Amendment as 28th amendment to U.S. Constitution.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Morgan v. McMahon

1:25-cv-00416 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: March 19, 2025

Case Ongoing

Individual federal student loan holder challenged the termination of income-driven repayment plans of federal student loans.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Metropolitan Transportation Authority v. Duffy

1:25-cv-01413 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Feb. 19, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to Trump Administration’s attempt to terminate Congestion Pricing in New York City.

Preliminary Injunction Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Doe v. Noem

1:25-cv-08686 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Oct. 20, 2025

Case Ongoing

Syrian TPS holders and applicants sue Trump administration over sudden rescission of status, effective November 21, 2025.

Case Is Ongoing
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Lujan v. FMCSA

25-1215 | U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

Filed Date: Oct. 20, 2025

Case Ongoing

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration sued after revoking immigrants with work authorization from holding non-domiciled commercial driver’s licenses.

Case Is Ongoing
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
CLEAR Clinic v. Noem

6:25-cv-01906 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: Oct. 16, 2025

Case Ongoing

Portland immigration justice nonprofit challenges federal deportation practices as undermining detainees' right to counsel.

Case Is Ongoing
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Immigration Center for Women and Children v. Noem

2:25-cv-09848 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Oct. 14, 2025

Case Ongoing

ICWC sues DHS challenging policy allowing for the deportation of noncitizen survivors of domestic violence

Case Is Ongoing
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
CODING IN PROCESS
Chicago Headline Club v. Noem

1:25-cv-12173 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Oct. 6, 2025

Case Ongoing

Chicago journalists claim their First Amendment right to protest is being challenged by the national guard's brutalization and intimidation techniques.

Case Is Ongoing
POLICING
State of Illinois v. Trump

1:25-cv-12174 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Oct. 6, 2025

Case Ongoing

Illinois and Chicago sue Trump administration to end deployment of federal troops in their state.

Case Is Ongoing

Pending in Supreme Court

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project v. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services

1:25-cv-03299 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Oct. 3, 2025

Case Ongoing

ASAP sues DHS, DOJ, and leadership over retroactive asylum fee rollout under the Big Beautiful Bill.

Case Is Ongoing
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Global Nurse Force v. Trump

3:25-cv-08454 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Oct. 3, 2025

Case Ongoing

Trump government sued over requiring $100,000 payments from H1B visa holder's employers, as a condition of their continued employment.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
State of New York v. United States Department of Justice

1:25-cv-00499 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: Oct. 1, 2025

Case Ongoing

Trump government sued over putting constraints on state criminal justice spending, preventing funds from being allocated to immigrants.
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Community Economic Development Center of Southeastern Massachusetts v. Scott Bessent

1:25-cv-12822 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Sept. 30, 2025

Case Ongoing

Lawsuit to prevent unfettered interagency data-sharing regarding protected taxpayer information.

Case Is Ongoing
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Venegas v. Homan

1:25-cv-00397 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama

Filed Date: Sept. 30, 2025

Case Ongoing

Class action suit pushing back on DHS unreasonable search and seizure of Latinos over citizenship concerns.

Case Is Ongoing
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Contreras-Cervantes v. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Acting Director of Detroit Field Office, Enforcement and Removal Operations

2:25-cv-13073 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Sept. 29, 2025

Case Ongoing

Habeas corpus petition challenges directive precluding bond hearings for people in immigration detention who entered without inspection.
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Escobar Molina v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

1:25-cv-03417 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Sept. 25, 2025

Case Ongoing

Class action suit in DC pushing back on DHS unreasonable search and seizure of Latinos over citizenship concerns.
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
D.A. v. Noem

1:25-cv-03135 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Sept. 11, 2025

Case Ongoing

Five out-of-status immigrants challenge unlawful deportation to Ghanaian open-air detention facility.

Case Is Ongoing
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
A.M. v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

3:25-cv-02308 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 4, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenges Defendants’ arresting of people present at immigration court to attend scheduled hearings before immigration judges.

Case Is Ongoing
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Rashid v. Hale

2:25-cv-00732 | U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont

Filed Date: Sept. 2, 2025

Case Ongoing

Plaintiff brings a habeas petition seeking an order keeping him in Vermont while his removal and asylum cases proceed.

Temporary Restraining Order Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Abrego Garcia v. Noem

8:25-cv-02780 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Aug. 25, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by El Salvador native against DHS and ICE for his arrest and removal to El Salvador.

Case Is Ongoing
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
M.A. v. Guthrie (Collier County)

2:25-cv-00765 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Filed Date: Aug. 22, 2025

Case Ongoing

Alligator Alcatraz detainee demands release on behalf of proposed class, as well as injunction to close the facility.

Case Is Ongoing
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Doe v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

1:25-cv-12245 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Aug. 11, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to the Trump Administration's elimination of immigration parole.

Case Is Ongoing
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Barco Mercado v. Noem

1:25-cv-06568 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Aug. 8, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by detained immigrants against DHS and ICE for the allegedly unlawful conditions of their confinement.

Preliminary Injunction Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CoreCivic, Inc. v. Leavenworth, Kansas, City of

2:25-cv-02457 | U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas

Filed Date: Aug. 8, 2025

Case Ongoing

City government voted to block company from opening up detention facility on behalf of ICE.

Case Is Ongoing
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Stanford Daily Publishing Corporation v. Rubio

5:25-cv-06618 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Aug. 6, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by Stanford and noncitizens against DHS for deportation allegedly in retaliation for constitutionally protected political speech.

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Doe v. U.S Department of Homeland Security

4:25-cv-03585 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: Aug. 2, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by a noncitizen against the government for the imposition of an Interim Final Rule requiring registration of noncitizens.

Case Is Ongoing
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
African Communities Together v. Lyons

1:25-cv-06366 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Aug. 1, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by ACT and The Door against the government for arresting noncitizens exiting immigration court proceedings.

Preliminary Injunction Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Pablo Sequen v. Kaiser

5:25-cv-06487 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Aug. 1, 2025

Case Ongoing

Plaintiff filed class action habeas case after her arrest following her appearance at immigration court.

Preliminary Injunction Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
V. v. Acuna

3:25-cv-00669 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana

Filed Date: July 31, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by Honduras citizens and their U.S. citizen children against ICE and DHS for their deportation to Honduras.

Case Is Ongoing
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Neguse v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

1:25-cv-02463 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: July 30, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by House of Representatives members to ICE and DHS for a policy requiring notice before visiting DHS detention faciliities.

Case Is Ongoing
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
New England Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America v. Department of Homeland Security

4:25-cv-40102 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: July 28, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by religious organizations against the Trump Administration's rescission of a policy that limited immigration enforcement at houses of worship.

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Thein v. Trump

1:25-cv-02369 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: July 22, 2025

Case Ongoing

Afghan, Burmese, Togolese, Somali, and Iranian nationals sued over diversity visa denials under a Presidential Proclamation.

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Hernandez v. Noem

1:25-cv-02344 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: July 21, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by three noncitizens and others similarly situated against DHS and ICE for subjecting them to mandatory detention.

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
State of New York v. U.S. Department of Justice

1:25-cv-00345 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: July 21, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by several states against HHS, DOJ and ED for the revocation of exemptions allowing noncitizens to access community programs.

Preliminary Injunction Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Lopez Benitez v. Francis

1:25-cv-05937 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: July 18, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by a Paraguayan asylum seeker for his detention by ICE following a scheduled immigration court appearance.

Habeas Relief Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
C.M. v. Noem

2:25-cv-00747 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Filed Date: July 16, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by several immigrants detained at Alligator Alcatraz against the Government for obstructing their access to legal counsel.

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Immigrant Advocates Response Collaborative v. U.S. Department of Justice

1:25-cv-02279 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: July 16, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by immigration organizations and noncitizens against ICE, DHS, EOIR, and DOJ for courthouse arrests at immigration hearings.

Case Is Ongoing
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
National TPS Alliance v. Noem

3:25-cv-05687 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: July 7, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by NTPSA and TPS holders against DHS for the termination of TPS status for Honduras, Nepal, and Nicaragua.

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Gutierrez-Ramos v. Department of Homeland Security

1:25-cv-11915 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: July 7, 2025

Case Ongoing

Petitioner filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus against DHS.

Case Is Ongoing
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Rubanov v. Trump

1:25-cv-23034 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Filed Date: July 7, 2025

Case Ongoing

Petitioner filed this Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus against the Trump Administration.

Case Is Ongoing
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Portillo Martinez v. Hyde

1:25-cv-11909 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: July 4, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by El Salvador national against ICE for his detention.

Case Is Ongoing
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Phan v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

1:25-cv-11910 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: July 3, 2025

Closed Date: July 8, 2025

Challenge to Trump Administration's deportation of 8 men to South Sudan, paused in Djibouti.

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Garro Pinchi v. Noem

1:25-cv-05632 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: July 3, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by Peruvian asylum seeker against ICE and DHS for her detention by DHS agents following an immigration hearing.

Temporary Restraining Order Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Batooie v. Ceja

1:25-cv-02059 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: July 2, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by Iranian Christian convert against ICE, DHS, and the DOJ for detaining him for the presumed purpose of deportation.

Temporary Restraining Order Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Ledesma Gonzalez v. Bostock

2:25-cv-01404 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: July 2, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by Mexican asylum seeker against ICE and DHS for his arrest during a scheduled ICE check-in.

Habeas Relief Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Barbara v. Trump

1:25-cv-00244 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire

Filed Date: June 27, 2025

Case Ongoing

Several children challenged Executive Order No. 14,160 ("Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship").

Preliminary Injunction Granted, but Stayed

Pending in Supreme Court

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Friends of the Everglades, Inc. v. Noem

1:25-cv-22896 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Filed Date: June 27, 2025

Case Ongoing

Environmental organizations challenged the construction of a mass federal detention facility.

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appellate Stay of Trial Court Relief Granted

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Van Schaick v. Desantis

4:25-cv-00271 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida

Filed Date: June 26, 2025

Case Ongoing

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
American Oversight v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

1:25-cv-01987 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: June 26, 2025

Case Ongoing

FOIA case against Trump administration seeing info regarding expanded use of state and local entities for immigration enforcement

Case Is Ongoing
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
E-M v. Lyons

3:25-cv-01083 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: June 24, 2025

Case Ongoing

Afghan national challenged his detention by ICE at a legally required immigration hearing.

Case Is Ongoing
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Pedro Vasquez Perdomo v. Kristi Noem

2:25-cv-05605 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: June 20, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to ICE enforcement in Los Angeles, allegedly based on race, ethnicity and other impermissible factors.

Temporary Restraining Order Granted

Supreme Court Stay of Trial Court Relief Granted

SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Los Angeles Press Club v. Kristi Noem

2:25-cv-05563 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: June 18, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by reporters, legal observers, and protestors against the Trump administration's use of excessive force during immigration raid protests.

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Perez Alfaro v. Messier

2:25-cv-00584 | U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont

Filed Date: June 16, 2025

Case Ongoing

Mexican national challenged her detention by CBP, arguing she was targeted because of her advocacy work for migrants.

Case Is Ongoing
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Rodriguez Diaz v. Kaiser

3:25-cv-05071 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: June 14, 2025

Case Ongoing

El Salvador national sought to enjoin his re-detention during his required appearance with ISAP.

Temporary Restraining Order Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Al Otro Lado, Inc. v. Trump

3:25-cv-01501 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Filed Date: June 11, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to Trump Administration's closing access to asylum at ports of entry along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
N-E-M-B v. Bostock

3:25-cv-00989 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: June 10, 2025

Case Ongoing

Immigration-related challenge to the Trump administration.

Case Is Ongoing
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
J-C-R-M v. Bostock

3:25-cv-00990 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: June 10, 2025

Case Ongoing

Immigration-related challenge to the second Trump administration.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Newsom v. Trump

3:25-cv-04870 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: June 9, 2025

Case Ongoing

California sued the federal government for deploying its National Guard against protestors without state authorization.

Injunction Granted

Appellate Stay of Trial Court Relief Granted

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Castaneda v. United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement

2:25-cv-05209 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: June 7, 2025

Closed Date: June 13, 2025

Challenge to the rise of ICE immigration raids in California since November 2024, conducting in cooperation with state and local law enforcement.

Case Is Ongoing
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Y-Z-L-H v. Bostock

3:25-cv-00965 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: June 5, 2025

Case Ongoing

challenge by a Mexican asylum seeker against ICE, DHS, and the AG for his arrest immediately following an immigration court hearing.

Habeas Relief Granted

Appeal Pending

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights v. Department of State

1:25-cv-01774 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: June 5, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to the US agreement with El Salvador in which El Salvador committed to accept individuals rendered from the United States and to hold them.

Case Is Ongoing
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Dvortsin v. Noem

5:25-cv-00664 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: June 4, 2025

Case Ongoing

Habeas corpus petition on behalf of a detained noncitizen.

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Luna Gutierrez v. Noem

1:25-cv-01766 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: June 4, 2025

Case Ongoing

Class action challenge to federal government's detention of civil immigration detainees at U.S. Naval Station Guantánamo Bay.

Case Is Ongoing
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Valuta Corporation, Inc. v. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network

3:25-cv-00191 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: May 30, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to Trump administration FinCEN rule targeting money services businesses located near the southern border.

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Xiong v. Trump

4:25-cv-00558 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: May 25, 2025

Closed Date: June 4, 2025

A Hmong noncitizen challenged his detention and removal from the U.S. under the Alien Enemies Act.

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Portela Hernandez v. Trump

1:25-cv-01633 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: May 21, 2025

Case Ongoing

Immigration-related challenge by detained noncitizen.

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
W.J.C.C. v. Trump

3:25-cv-00153 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: May 21, 2025

Case Ongoing

A Venezuelan national challenged his detention and removal from the U.S. under the Alien Enemies Act.

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
D.N.N. v. Baker

1:25-cv-01613 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: May 20, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to the inhumane conditions of ICE holding cells in Baltimore.

Preliminary Injunction Denied
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Guerrero-Sandoval v. Bondi

2:25-cv-00559 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: May 19, 2025

Case Ongoing

Noncitizen mother challenged her removal from the US as a violation of the rights of her citizen son and unborn child.

Preliminary Injunction Denied

Appellate Stay of Trial Court Relief Denied

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
El Bitar v. Bondi

3:25-cv-05431 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: May 18, 2025

Closed Date: May 28, 2025

Challenge against the removal of an asylum-seeker without the mandatory credible fear interview.

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Arevalo Millan v. Trump

5:25-cv-01207 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: May 17, 2025

Case Ongoing

Class action petition for writ of habeas corpus by detained noncitizens challenging Alien Enemies Act procedures and removability.

Preliminary Injunction Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
C.G. v. Noem

1:25-cv-00079 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: May 15, 2025

Case Ongoing

A Venezuelan national challenged his detention and removal from the U.S. under the Alien Enemies Act.

Temporary Restraining Order Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
State of Illinois v. Federal Emergency Management Agency

1:25-cv-00206 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: May 13, 2025

Case Ongoing

Twenty states challenged the conditioning of federal emergency funding on states using their resources for immigration enforcement.

Judgment for Plaintiff
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
State of California v. United States Department of Transportation

1:25-cv-00208 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: May 13, 2025

Case Ongoing

Twenty-one states sued to challenge the conditioning of transportation grants on states using their resources for immigration enforcement.

Preliminary Injunction Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Enamorado v. Kaiser

5:25-cv-04072 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: May 11, 2025

Case Ongoing

Honduran with withholding of removal filed this lawsuit to enjoin the government from detaining and deporting him when he reported for an ICE interview.

Temporary Restraining Order Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
M.A.P.S. v. Garite

3:25-cv-00171 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: May 10, 2025

Case Ongoing

Class action challenge by Venezuelan nationals to their detention and removal from the U.S. under the Alien Enemies Act.

Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Doe v. Noem

4:25-cv-00664 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: May 8, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student based on past DUI.

Case Is Ongoing
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Angelica S. v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

1:25-cv-01405 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 8, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to Trump Administration limits on release of unaccompanied noncitizen children to undocumented relatives seeking to sponsor them.

Preliminary Injunction Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Almadhrhi v. USCIS Texas Service Center

3:25-cv-01154 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: May 7, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by noncitizens against USCIS for allegedly unreasonable delays in processing immigration applications.

Case Is Ongoing
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CASA, Inc. v. Noem

8:25-cv-01484 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: May 7, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to the Trump administration's termination of Temporary Protected Status designations for Afghanistan and Cameroon.

Case Is Ongoing

Appellate Stay of Trial Court Relief Denied

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Faramarzinia v. Rubio

1:25-cv-01382 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 6, 2025

Case Ongoing

Immigration-related challenge to the Trump administration.

Case Is Ongoing
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Nooshi v. Rubio

1:25-cv-01379 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 6, 2025

Case Ongoing

Immigration-related challenge to the Trump administration.

Case Is Ongoing
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Takarli v. Rubio

1:25-cv-01376 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 6, 2025

Case Ongoing

Immigration-related challenge to the Trump administration.

Case Is Ongoing
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
G.M.G. v. Trump

1:25-cv-00195 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: May 5, 2025

Case Ongoing

A Venezuelan national challenged his detention and removal from the U.S. under the Alien Enemies Act.

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Ahmed v. Noem

1:25-cv-01351 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 4, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student without notice or explanation.

Case Is Ongoing
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Doe v. Noem

1:25-cv-01352 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 4, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student based on a dismissed misdemeanor arrest.

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Harsono v. Trump

0:25-cv-01976 | U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

Filed Date: May 2, 2025

Case Ongoing

Petition for writ of habeas corpus by detained noncitizen with revoked F1 visa.

Temporary Restraining Order Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Y.A.P.A v. Trump

4:25-cv-00144 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia

Filed Date: April 30, 2025

Closed Date: Sept. 2, 2025

Alien Enemies Act habeas case

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Kordia v. Noem

3:25-cv-01072 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: April 30, 2025

Case Ongoing

Immigration habeas arising from a Palestinian demonstration.

Case Is Ongoing
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noreste v. Noem

6:25-cv-00699 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: April 28, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to ending of protections for sensitive locations from immigration enforcement actions.

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Doe v. Noem

5:25-cv-02070 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: April 24, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student based on expunged driving misdemeanor.

Case Is Ongoing
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Du v. United States Department of Homeland Security

3:25-cv-00644 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: April 24, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student based on minor driving citations or no reason at all.

Temporary Restraining Order Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Park v. Noem

1:25-cv-03407 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: April 24, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student based on a dismissed driving-related offense.

Case Is Ongoing
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Presidents' Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration v. Bondi

1:25-cv-11109 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: April 24, 2025

Case Ongoing

Facial challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international students without notice or statutorily acceptable justification.

Case Is Ongoing
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Doe 1 v. Trump

1:25-cv-02264 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: April 24, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student without notice or explanation.

Temporary Restraining Order Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

1:25-cv-01270 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 24, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to elimination of CRCL, CIS-Omb, and OIDO offices within the Department of Homeland Security.

Temporary Restraining Order Denied
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
V.M.L. v. Harper

1:25-cv-00550 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana

Filed Date: April 24, 2025

Closed Date: May 8, 2025

Challenge to the deportation of a 2-year-old United States citizen.

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Sohail v. Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security

1:25-cv-00040 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia

Filed Date: April 24, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student based on past interaction with law enforcement when he was the victim of identity theft.

Case Is Ongoing
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Doe v. Bondi

1:25-cv-11077 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: April 23, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student without notice or explanation.

Case Is Ongoing
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Roe v. Noem

2:25-cv-00743 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: April 23, 2025

Case Ongoing

Class action challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student without notice or explanation.

Case Is Ongoing
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Kashikov v. Noem

3:25-cv-00081 | U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska

Filed Date: April 23, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student based on a dismissed speeding ticket and past dismissed misdemeanor charges.

Temporary Restraining Order Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Pattila v. Noem

4:25-cv-00416 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

Filed Date: April 22, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student without notice or explanation.

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Khademi v. Noem

1:25-cv-01206 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 22, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international students without notice or explanation.

Temporary Restraining Order Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Doe v. Noem

1:25-cv-04393 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: April 22, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student based on their past unprosecuted arrest in connection with being a victim of repeated abuse.

Case Is Ongoing
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Doe 1 v. Noem

2:25-cv-02998 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: April 22, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student based on minor parking and traffic violations.

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Doe v. Noem

1:25-cv-11037 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: April 21, 2025

Case Ongoing

Immigration-related challenge to the Trump administration.

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Hu v. Secretary of the United States Department of Homeland Security

4:25-cv-00028 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana

Filed Date: April 21, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student without notice or explanation.

Temporary Restraining Order Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Jagasia v. Noem

2:25-cv-03502 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: April 21, 2025

Immigration-related challenge to the Trump administration.

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
JM v. Noem

2:25-cv-02896 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: April 21, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student based on a past arrest that resulted in no charges.

Case Is Ongoing
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
R.I. v. Bondi

2:25-cv-02010 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: April 21, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student with no notice or explanation.

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Student Does 4 v. Kristi Noem

2:25-cv-03528 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: April 21, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student based on dismissed misdemeanor charges.

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Campell v. Noem

1:25-cv-11038 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: April 21, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student based on a dismissed citation.

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Doe 1 v. Noem

3:25-cv-00042 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa

Filed Date: April 21, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international students based on past instances of DUIs and disorderly conduct.

Case Is Ongoing
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Rameez Shaik v. Noem

0:25-cv-01584 | U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

Filed Date: April 21, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international students based on misdemeanor driving infractions or no reason at all.

Temporary Restraining Order Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Yang v. Noem

1:25-cv-01230 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 21, 2025

Case Ongoing

Immigration-related challenge to the Trump administration.

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Alduaij v. Noem

2:25-cv-00538 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: April 21, 2025

Closed Date: May 2, 2025

Immigration-related challenge to the Trump administration.

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Arizona Student Doe 3 v. Trump

4:25-cv-00183 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: April 21, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international students based on minor misdemeanors that were dismissed.

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Gutierrez-Contreras v. Warden

5:25-cv-00965 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: April 20, 2025

Closed Date: Aug. 28, 2025

A Venezuelan national who is being detained and removed from the U.S. under the Alien Enemies Act.

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Ozturk v. Noem

1:25-cv-01203 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 19, 2025

Closed Date: June 20, 2025

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international students without notice or explanation.

Temporary Restraining Order Denied
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Doe v. Noem

1:25-cv-04258 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: April 18, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student with no notice or explanation.

Case Is Ongoing
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Pasula v. US Department of Homeland Security

1:25-cv-00156 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire

Filed Date: April 18, 2025

Case Ongoing

Class challenge to revocation of student visas and termination of SEVIS records of international students based on minor and dismissed encounters with law enforcement like speeding.

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
H.I.D.R. v. Trump

1:25-cv-00060 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: April 18, 2025

Case Ongoing

Petitioner filed petition for writ of habeas corpus.

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Ariwoola v. Noem

3:25-cv-03313 | U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina

Filed Date: April 18, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student.

Temporary Restraining Order Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Balusu v. Trump

2:25-cv-00419 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: April 18, 2025

Closed Date: April 29, 2025

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student based on a dismissed charge of possessing a gambling device.

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Daou v. Noem

8:25-cv-00976 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Filed Date: April 17, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student without notice or explanation.

Temporary Restraining Order Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
T.S. v. Noem

6:25-cv-06211 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York

Filed Date: April 17, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student without notice or explanation.

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
W.B. v. Noem

4:25-cv-03407 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: April 17, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student without notice or explanation.

Temporary Restraining Order Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Saxena v. Noem

5:25-cv-05035 | U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota

Filed Date: April 17, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student based on a minor traffic violation.

Preliminary Injunction Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Student Doe 1 v. Trump

1:25-cv-04188 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: April 17, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visas and termination of SEVIS records of international students based on minor and dismissed encounters with law enforcement like traffic citations or public intoxication.

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Doe 1 v. Trump

2:25-cv-02825 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: April 17, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student based on past dismissed disorderly persons prosecution.

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Quintanilla Portillo v. Trump

1:25-cv-01240 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: April 16, 2025

Closed Date: June 12, 2025

Habeas petition by noncitizen to challenge detention and removal to El Salvador prison under Alien Enemies Act.

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Oruganti v. Noem

2:25-cv-00409 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: April 16, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student based on a past misdemeanor defective equipment charge.

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
W.M.M. v. Trump

1:25-cv-00059 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: April 16, 2025

Case Ongoing

Class action challenge to Alien Enemies Act deportations of alleged Venezuelan gang members.

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Supreme Court granted stay of removal

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Kim v. Noem

4:25-cv-03383 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: April 16, 2025

Closed Date: May 9, 2025

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international students without notice or explanation.

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Patel v. Bondi

1:25-cv-00103 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: April 16, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student without notice or explanation.

Temporary Restraining Order Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Ortega Gonzalez v. Noem

6:25-cv-00622 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: April 16, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student with no notice or explanation.

Temporary Restraining Order Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Patel v. Bondi

1:25-cv-00101 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: April 15, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student with no notice or explanation.

Temporary Restraining Order Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Liu v. Noem

1:25-cv-00716 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: April 15, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international students based on minor infractions like traffic citations or underage drinking.

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Villar Castellanos v. Noem

1:25-cv-00080 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: April 15, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international students without notice or explanation.

Temporary Restraining Order Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
A.S.R. v. Trump

3:25-cv-00113 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: April 15, 2025

Case Ongoing

Class action challenge to Alien Enemies Act deportations of alleged Venezuelan gang members.

Preliminary Injunction Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Manjunatha v. Noem

1:25-cv-00330 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York

Filed Date: April 15, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student based on a past dismissed driving offense.

Case Is Ongoing
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Novedades Y Servicios, Inc. v. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network

3:25-cv-00886 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Filed Date: April 15, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to Trump administration FinCEN rule targeting money services businesses located near the southern border.

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appellate Stay of Trial Court Relief Granted

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Deng v. Noem

1:25-cv-10976 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: April 15, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international students without notice or explanation.

Temporary Restraining Order Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Dogan v. Noem

1:25-cv-01130 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 15, 2025

Closed Date: April 25, 2025

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student without notice.

Temporary Restraining Order Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Kshatri v. Lyons

2:25-cv-00553 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

Filed Date: April 14, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student without notice or explanation.

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Yuan v. Lyons

1:25-cv-10906 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: April 14, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student without notice or explanation.

Temporary Restraining Order Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Mahdawi v. Trump

2:25-cv-00389 | U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont

Filed Date: April 14, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to detention of Pro-Palestinian international student.

Temporary Restraining Order Granted

Appellate Stay of Trial Court Relief Denied

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
B.K. v. Noem

1:25-cv-00419 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan

Filed Date: April 14, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international students based on very minor legal infractions or for no reason at all.

Preliminary Injunction Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Arizona Student DOE 2 v. Trump

4:25-cv-00175 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: April 14, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student based on a past dismissed misdemeanor charge.

Temporary Restraining Order Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Y.G.H. v. Trump

1:25-cv-00435 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: April 14, 2025

Closed Date: May 27, 2025

Challenge to Alien Enemies Act deportations of alleged Venezuelan gang members.

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Arizona Student Doe 1 v. Trump

4:25-cv-00174 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: April 14, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student based on a past dismissed misdemeanor charge.

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
D.B.U. v. Trump

1:25-cv-01163 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: April 12, 2025

Case Ongoing

Class action challenge to Alien Enemies Act deportations of alleged Venezuelan gang members

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
S.Y. v. Noem

5:25-cv-03244 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: April 11, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student based on a misdemeanor traffic violation.

Temporary Restraining Order Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Patel v. Lyons

1:25-cv-01096 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 11, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student based on a past driving infraction.

Temporary Restraining Order Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Hinge v. Lyons

1:25-cv-01097 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 11, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student with no notice or explanation.

Preliminary Injunction Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Jane Doe 1 v. Bondi

1:25-cv-01998 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: April 11, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visas and termination of SEVIS records of over 100 international students.

Temporary Restraining Order Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Mashatti v. Lyons

1:25-cv-01100 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 11, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student based on past dismissed DUI charge.

Temporary Restraining Order Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Nali v. Noem

1:25-cv-03969 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: April 11, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student based on a past dismissed misdemeanor charge.

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Bushireddy v. Lyons

1:25-cv-01102 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 11, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student without notice or explanation.

Temporary Restraining Order Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Baddam v. Lyons

1:25-cv-01098 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 11, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student without notice or explanation.

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Zheng v. Lyons

1:25-cv-10893 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: April 11, 2025

Closed Date: May 12, 2025

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student without notice or explanation.

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Deore v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Secretary of

2:25-cv-11038 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: April 10, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visas and termination of SEVIS records of international students based on minor infractions like parking tickets or no infractions at all.

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
G.F.F. v. Trump

1:25-cv-02886 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: April 8, 2025

Case Ongoing

Habeas petition by noncitizens to challenge detention and removal from the United States.

Preliminary Injunction Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Doe v. Noem

2:25-cv-00633 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: April 8, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student based on pending DUI arrest.

Temporary Restraining Order Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
J.A.V. v. Trump

1:25-cv-00072 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: April 8, 2025

Case Ongoing

Southern District of Texas challenge to Alien Enemies Act deportations of alleged Venezuelan gang members

Injunction Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Student Doe #1 v. Kristi Noem (Also Doe #2 and Doe #3)

8:25-cv-00706 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: April 8, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student.

Case Is Ongoing
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Harris County, Texas v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

1:25-cv-01058 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 8, 2025

Challenge to the termination of federal funding of refugee resettlement programs.

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Doe v. Trump

4:25-cv-03140 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: April 7, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student based on a past minor misdemeanor.

Case Is Ongoing
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Shandilya v. Noem

2:25-cv-00477 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: April 7, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student based on a withdrawn charge of disorderly conduct.

Temporary Restraining Order Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Chengkai Zou v. Todd M. Lyons

2:25-cv-02994 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: April 7, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international students with no notice or explanation.

Temporary Restraining Order Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Doe 1 v. Noem

5:25-cv-00847 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: April 5, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to revocation of student visa and termination of SEVIS records of international student based on a past minor driving misdemeanor.

Case Is Ongoing
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Viloria Aviles v. Trump

2:25-cv-00611 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada

Filed Date: April 3, 2025

Closed Date: Aug. 15, 2025

Venezuelan citizen filed petition for writ of habeas corpus to challenge his detention and removal from the United States pursuant to the Alien Enemies Act.

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
J.P.P. v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

1:25-cv-01048 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: April 2, 2025

Closed Date: April 9, 2025

Challenge to deportation to country not designated as the country of removal, without notice/opportunity to contest.

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Texas Association of Money Services Businesses v. Bondi

5:25-cv-00344 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: April 1, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to Trump administration FinCEN rule targeting money services businesses located near the southern border.

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appellate Stay of Trial Court Relief Granted

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

1:25-cv-00943 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 31, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to interim final rule requiring noncitizen registration with the government.

Preliminary Injunction Denied

Appellate Stay of Trial Court Relief Denied

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Gunaydin v. Trump

0:25-cv-01151 | U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

Filed Date: March 30, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to detention and revocation of student visa of Turkish student for 2023 drunk driving incident.

Habeas Relief Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto v. United States Department of Health and Human Services

3:25-cv-02847 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: March 26, 2025

Case Ongoing

Funding cut to unaccompanied children's lawyers.

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appellate Stay of Trial Court Relief Denied

SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
American Association of University Professors v. Rubio

1:25-cv-10685 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: March 25, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to Trump administration policy and practice of arresting, detaining, and deporting noncitizens who participate in pro-Palestinian protests.

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights v. Noem

1:25-cv-00872 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 24, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to Trump administration policies expanding expedited removal of immigrants in the US legally through humanitarian parole processes.

Judgment for Plaintiff
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Abrego Garcia v. Noem

8:25-cv-00951 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: March 24, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge against the deportation of a Salvadoran national.

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appellate Stay of Trial Court Relief Denied

SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Chung v. Trump

1:25-cv-02412 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: March 24, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to attempted deportation of permanent resident/ Columbia student after her involvement in campus protest.

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
D.V.D. v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

1:25-cv-10676 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: March 23, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to deportations to countries not designated as the country of removal, without notice/opportunity to contest.

Preliminary Injunction Granted, but Stayed

Supreme Court Stay of Trial Court Relief Granted

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Suri v. Trump

1:25-cv-00480 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: March 18, 2025

Case Ongoing

Indian citizen with student visa filed petition for writ of habeas corpus to challenge his detention and removal from the United States.

Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Solutions In Hometown Connections v. Noem

8:25-cv-00885 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: March 17, 2025

Case Ongoing

Immigration nonprofits challenged the freezing of Citizenship and Integration Grant Program grants

Preliminary Injunction Denied

Appeal Pending

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
E.Q. v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

1:25-cv-00791 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 17, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to rule issued under Biden administration categorically barring certain non-citizens from applying for asylum.

Preliminary Injunction Denied
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
J.G.G. v. Trump

1:25-cv-00766 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 15, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to Proclamation declaring certain Venezuela nationals "Alien Enemies" subject to immediate deportation without judicial review.

Preliminary Injunction Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Alawieh v. Tweedie

1:25-cv-10614 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: March 14, 2025

Case Ongoing

Lebanese citizen with H1B visa filed petition for writ of habeas corpus to challenge her detention and removal from the United States.

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Haitian Evangelical Clergy Association v. Trump

1:25-cv-01464 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: March 14, 2025

Case Ongoing

Haitians challenged the Trump Administration's termination of Haitian Temporary Protected Status.

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Mahmoud Khalil v. Joyce

2:25-cv-01963 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: March 9, 2025

Case Ongoing

Palestinian advocate and legal permanent resident challenges his detention and the revocation of his green card.

Preliminary Injunction Denied
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Centro de Trabajadores Unidos v. Bessent

1:25-cv-00677 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 7, 2025

Case Ongoing

Immigration nonprofits asked Court to declare it unlawful for the IRS or Treasury to release tax records for the purpose of enforcing immigration laws.

Preliminary Injunction Denied

Appeal Pending

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Haitian Americans United Inc. v. Trump

1:25-cv-10498 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: March 3, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to the Trump Administration's decision to rescind prior declarations related to Temporary Protected Status for people from Haiti and Venezuela.

Case Is Ongoing
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Espinoza Escanola v. Noem

1:25-cv-00604 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 1, 2025

Closed Date: May 22, 2025

Challenge to the Trump Administration's transfer of immigrant detainees to the U.S. Naval Station at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Doe v. Noem

1:25-cv-10495 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Feb. 28, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to Trump Administration's narrowing of immigration parole for Ukrainians, Afgans, Cubans, Haitians, Venezuelans, and Nicauragans.

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appellate Stay of Trial Court Relief Denied

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
United Farm Workers v. Noem

1:25-cv-00246 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: Feb. 26, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to immigration enforcement operation in Kent County, California

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Doe v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

2:25-cv-00240 | U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont

Filed Date: Feb. 23, 2025

Case Ongoing

Harvard University researcher with J-1 visa challenged her detention and the revocation of her visa for her alleged "smuggling" of frog embryos.

Case Is Ongoing
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
City of Chelsea v. Trump

1:25-cv-10442 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Feb. 23, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by two Massachusetts cities to Trump Administration's targeting cities and states with immigration "sanctuary" policies.

Preliminary Injunction Denied
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CASA, Inc. v. Noem

8:25-cv-00525 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Feb. 20, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to DHS's attempts to strip immigrant Venezuelans in the United States of their Temporary Protected Status.

Case Is Ongoing
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
National TPS Alliance v. Noem

3:25-cv-01766 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Feb. 19, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to DHS's attempts to strip immigrant Venezuelans in the United States of their Temporary Protected Status

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Supreme Court Stay of Trial Court Relief Granted

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops v. United States Department of State

1:25-cv-00465 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 18, 2025

Challenge to Trump administration's suspension of refugee resettlement funding

Preliminary Injunction Denied

Appeal Dismissed

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center v. Noem

1:25-cv-00418 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 12, 2025

Case Ongoing

Immigrant advocates and immigrants challenge Guantanamo Bay detention.

Temporary Restraining Order Denied
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Denver Public Schools v. Noem

1:25-cv-00474 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: Feb. 12, 2025

Closed Date: June 9, 2025

Denver public schools challenged potential immigration enforcement in sensitive locations including schools.

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Mennonite Church USA v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

1:25-cv-00403 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 11, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by religious organizations to potential immigration enforcement in religious spaces.

Preliminary Injunction Denied

Appeal Pending

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Pacito v. Trump

2:25-cv-00255 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Feb. 10, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to Trump Administration's halt to refugee program.

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appellate Stay of Trial Court Relief Granted

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
City and County of San Francisco v. Donald J. Trump

3:25-cv-01350 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Feb. 7, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by 16 cities & counties to Trump Administration policies targeting cities and states with sanctuary policies

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services v. Noem

1:25-cv-00306 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 3, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to the Trump Administration's closing off of asylum application processes.

Judgment for Plaintiff

Appeal Pending

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Amica Center for Immigrant Rights v. United States Department of Justice

1:25-cv-00298 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Jan. 31, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to freeze on programs providing legal resources for noncitizens facing deportation.

Judgment for Defendant
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

8:25-cv-00243 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Jan. 27, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by religious organizations to potential immigration enforcement in religious spaces.

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Organized Communities Against Deportations v. Donald Trump

1:25-cv-00868 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Jan. 25, 2025

Closed Date: Feb. 27, 2025

Challenge to plans to conduct immigration raids in Chicago.

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
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

Challenge to President Trump's effort to restrict birthright citizenship.

Consolidated: Docket Closed
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Make the Road New York v. Huffman

1:25-cv-00190 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Jan. 22, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to the Trump Administration's expansion of Expedited Removal.

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Perez Parra v. Castro

1:24-cv-00912 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

Filed Date: Sept. 13, 2024

Case Ongoing

Challenge to Trump administration's transfer of detained immigrants to Guantanamo Bay.

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center v. U.S. Dep't of Homeland Security

1:24-cv-01702 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: June 12, 2024

Case Ongoing

Immigrant rights group already in court over Biden asylum policies challenged Trump Administration's asylum halt.

Case Is Ongoing

Appeal Pending

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Ariani v. Blinken

1:25-cv-00349 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 31, 2024

Case Ongoing

Iranian national immigrants sue the Secretary of State for undue delays in immigration and visa acquisition process.

Case Is Ongoing
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Melgar-Salmeron v. Bondi

23-07792 | U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Filed Date: Nov. 20, 2023

Case Ongoing

Challenge by noncitizen removed to El Salvador despite court order preventing his removal.

Case Is Ongoing
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Americans for Immigration Justice v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

1:22-cv-03118 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Oct. 13, 2022

Case Ongoing

Ongoing lawsuit challenging attorney access restrictions in immigration detention facilities.

Preliminary Injunction Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
State of Texas v. Mayorkas

2:22-cv-00094 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: April 28, 2022

Case Ongoing

Challenge by Texas against DHS rule transferring asylum claim adjudication from immigration judges to asylum officers.

Administrative Stay Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
National Association of Immigration Judges v. Neal

1:20-cv-00731 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: July 1, 2020

Case Ongoing

Challenge to the Executive Office for Immigration Review's policy placing restrictions on immigration judges who wish to speak publicly about certain topics in their personal capacity.

Case Is Ongoing

Reversed

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
J.O.P. v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

8:19-cv-01944 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: July 1, 2019

Case Ongoing

Immigration class action challenging federal asylum policies for unaccompanied minors; application of settlement to Alien Enemies Act removals

Injunction Granted

Appellate Stay of Trial Court Relief Denied

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Castanon Nava v. Department of Homeland Security

1:18-cv-03757 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: May 29, 2018

Case Ongoing

Case challenging the warrant-less arrests of undocumented immigrants by second Trump Administration, in violation of previous court order.

Settled: Implementation Ongoing
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Ms. L. v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

3:18-cv-00428 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Filed Date: Feb. 26, 2018

Case Ongoing

Family separation class action at southern border resulted in settlement and ongoing reunification efforts; court finds violations of settlement agreement in 2025.

Settled: Implementation Ongoing

Appeal Pending

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
CODING IN PROCESS
State of Michigan v. Noem

6:25-cv-02053 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: Nov. 4, 2025

Case Ongoing

States sue the Trump administration for scaling back FEMA.

Case Is Ongoing
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Rhode Island State Council of Churches v. Rollins

1:25-cv-00569 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: Oct. 30, 2025

Case Ongoing

Coalition sues USDA for halting SNAP and ending work-waivers illegally.

Temporary Restraining Order Granted
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. United States Department of Agriculture

1:25-cv-13165 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Oct. 28, 2025

Case Ongoing

States sued USDA for halting SNAP during the government shutdown despite billions in reserves.

Case Is Ongoing
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Urban Justice Center-Safety Net Project (UJC-SNP) v. Rollins

1:25-cv-08869 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Oct. 27, 2025

Case Ongoing

USDA unlawfully ends NYC SNAP waiver early, risking mass benefit loss.

Case Is Ongoing
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Democracy Forward Foundation v. U.S. Department of Justice

1:25-cv-03755 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Oct. 23, 2025

Case Ongoing

Trump administration sued to comply with FOIA requests following its large-scale grant rescissions.

Case Is Ongoing
EDUCATION
CODING IN PROCESS
McKinleyville Union School District v. U.S. Department of Education

1:25-cv-09105 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Oct. 22, 2025

Case Ongoing

U.S. Department of Education sued for arbitrarily cancelling funding promised to a school district to support rural students' mental health.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Chicago v. Noem

1:25-cv-12765 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Oct. 20, 2025

Case Ongoing

Cities sue the Trump administration over conditioning of funding over acquiescing to federal government policy demands.

Case Is Ongoing
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
CODING IN PROCESS
Chicago Housing Authority v. Turner

1:25-cv-12670 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Oct. 16, 2025

Case Ongoing

Chicago Housing Authority sues HUD over conditioning of funding with compliance with terms from Executive Orders.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
State of Arizona v. Environmental Protection Agency

2:25-cv-02015 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Oct. 16, 2025

Case Ongoing

State coalition sues EPA for unlawfully terminating $7B solar program.

Case Is Ongoing
PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS/CONTRACTING
CODING IN PROCESS
Maryland Clean Energy Center v. United States

1:25-cv-01738 | U.S. Court of Federal Claims

Filed Date: Oct. 15, 2025

Case Ongoing

States sue EPA for monetary damages after the agency unlawfully canceled obligated “Solar for All” grants.

Case Is Ongoing
EDUCATION
The Board of Education of The City School District of The City of New York v. United States Department of Education

1:25-cv-08547 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Oct. 15, 2025

Case Ongoing

NYCPS sues DOE for cutting magnet school funding over gender inclusionary policy

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Norman v. Trump

1:25-cv-03414 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Oct. 15, 2025

Case Ongoing

Iowa State University Professor files pro se complaint challenging arbitrary and capricious denial of research funding

Case Is Ongoing
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Harris County, Texas v. United States Environmental Protection Agency

1:25-cv-03646 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Oct. 13, 2025

Case Ongoing

Texas county challenges rescission of grant funding for solar power project

Case Is Ongoing
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Rhode Island AFL-CIO v. United States Environmental Protection Agency

1:25-cv-00510 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: Oct. 6, 2025

Case Ongoing

EPA sued over sudden decision to cut a funded program focused on low-income households.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
State of New York v. United States Department of Justice

1:25-cv-00499 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: Oct. 1, 2025

Case Ongoing

Trump government sued over putting constraints on state criminal justice spending, preventing funds from being allocated to immigrants.
EDUCATION
Council for Opportunity in Education v. U.S. Department of Education

1:25-cv-03514 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Sept. 30, 2025

Case Ongoing

Department of Education sued over its cancellation of a 60 year old grant program prior to its expiration in 2026.

Case Is Ongoing
EDUCATION
Council for Opportunity in Education v. U.S. Department of Education

1:25-cv-03491 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Sept. 30, 2025

Case Ongoing

Higher education coalition moves to compel the DOE to reevaluate grant funding rescissions.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
County of Santa Clara v. Noem

3:25-cv-08330 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 30, 2025

Case Ongoing

Local governments sue Trump administration for withholding grants unless they adhere to the Executive Branch’s domestic political agenda.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
State of New York v. Noem

1:25-cv-08106 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Sept. 30, 2025

Closed Date: Oct. 16, 2025

New York sues to stop Trump administration from cutting from the Rail and Transit Security Grant Program.

Injunction Granted
POLICING
State of Illinois v. Noem

1:25-cv-00495 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: Sept. 29, 2025

Case Ongoing

Federal agencies punish states by withholding funding after receiving an injunction against them in related case.

Case Is Ongoing
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
State of Washington v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

6:25-cv-01748 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: Sept. 26, 2025

Case Ongoing

States sue Department of Health over coercive efforts to force States to rewrite sexual health curricula.

Case Is Ongoing
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Jones v. U.S. Department of Labor

1:25-cv-12653 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Sept. 18, 2025

Case Ongoing

Department of Labor suddenly ends a six decade-long work program for tens of thousands of senior citizens.

Case Is Ongoing
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
American Association of University Professors v. Trump

3:25-cv-07864 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 16, 2025

Case Ongoing

Plaintiffs sued to enjoin Defendants from using the threat of federal funding cuts to coerce Plaintiffs into suppressing free speech.

Case Is Ongoing
PUBLIC HOUSING
CODING IN PROCESS
National Alliance to End Homelessness v. Turner

1:25-cv-00447 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: Sept. 11, 2025

Case Ongoing

Housing coalitions sue HUD over frozen funds.

Case Is Ongoing
EDUCATION
Arlington School Board v. McMahon

1:25-cv-01434 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: Aug. 29, 2025

Case Ongoing

Arlington School Board brings suit against the Department of Education amidst federal fund freeze due to the school's gender identity policies.

Judgment for Defendant

Appeal Pending

HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
The Family Planning Association of Maine v. United States Department of Health and Human Services

1:25-cv-00364 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maine

Filed Date: July 16, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by MPF against HHS and CMS for termination of its eligibility to receive Medicaid reimbursements.

Preliminary Injunction Denied

Appellate Stay of Trial Court Relief Granted

EDUCATION
State of California v. McMahon

1:25-cv-00329 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: July 14, 2025

Closed Date: Sept. 12, 2025

Challenge by several states against the OMB and Department of Education for freezing $6 billion in education funding.

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)
EDUCATION
State of Washington v. United States Department of Education

2:25-cv-01228 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: June 30, 2025

Case Ongoing

Several states brought suit against the Department of Education for terminating mental health funding to elementary and secondary schools.

Preliminary Injunction Granted
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
City of Tucson v. Turner

4:25-cv-00353 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: June 27, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by the City of Tucson against HUD for imposing new conditions on previously awarded grants.

Case Is Ongoing
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Appalachian Voices v. United States Environmental Protection Agency

1:25-cv-01982 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: June 25, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by cities and environmental groups against EPA for the mass termination of environmental grants.

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
CODING IN PROCESS
National Fair Housing Alliance v. Department of Housing and Urban Development

1:25-cv-01965 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: June 24, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to HUD's failure to administer grants through the Fair Housing Initiatives Program.

Preliminary Injunction Granted
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
State of New Jersey v. U.S. Office of Management and Budget

1:25-cv-11816 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: June 24, 2025

Case Ongoing

Twenty-one states and DC challenged the Trump administration's sweeping cancellation of federal grants.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Cabrera v. Department of Labor

1:25-cv-01909 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: June 18, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to the pause of operations and planned elimination of Job Corps.

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Association of American Universities v. Department of Defense

1:25-cv-11740 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: June 16, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to DOD policy slashing indirect cost funding for DOD-funded research projects.

Preliminary Injunction Granted
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
National Job Corps Association v. Department of Labor

1:25-cv-04641 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: June 3, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to Department of Labor's attempts to eliminated the Job Corps.

Preliminary Injunction Granted
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
State of New York v. National Science Foundation

1:25-cv-04452 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: May 28, 2025

Closed Date: Aug. 25, 2025

Sixteen states challenged the National Science Foundations decision to slash support for STEM programs and projects.

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
American Association of Physicians for Human Rights, Inc. v. National Institutes of Health

8:25-cv-01620 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: May 20, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to cancellation of grants dedicated to researching the health of LGBTQ+ Americans.

Preliminary Injunction Granted
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
City Of Chicago v. United States Department of Homeland Security

1:25-cv-05462 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: May 16, 2025

Case Ongoing

Chicago challenged the freezing of federal funds supporting counter-terrorism efforts by high-risk urban areas.

Case Is Ongoing
LABOR RIGHTS
National Nurses United v. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

1:25-cv-01538 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 14, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to the dismantling of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, which was tasked with protecting workers' health and safety.

Case Is Ongoing
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
State of Illinois v. Federal Emergency Management Agency

1:25-cv-00206 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: May 13, 2025

Case Ongoing

Twenty states challenged the conditioning of federal emergency funding on states using their resources for immigration enforcement.

Judgment for Plaintiff
EDUCATION
Mid-Atlantic Equity Consortium, Inc. v. U.S. Department of Education

1:25-cv-01407 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 8, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to the termination of Equity Assistant Center grants meant to promote equity in education.

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Elev8 Baltimore, Inc. v. Corporation for National and Community Service

1:25-cv-01458 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: May 5, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by AmeriCorps award recipients and employees against AmeriCorps for the dismantling of the Agency.

Preliminary Injunction Granted
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
King County v. Turner

2:25-cv-00814 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: May 2, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by County and City Plaintiffs to conditioning of housing and transit funding on compliance with Trump executive orders.

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Planned Parenthood of Greater New York v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

1:25-cv-01334 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 1, 2025

Closed Date: July 14, 2025

Challenge to condition of Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program funding on compliance with Trump EOs targeting DEI.

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)

Appeal Dismissed

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
American Council of Learned Societies v. McDonald

1:25-cv-03657 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: May 1, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenged to the dismantling of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

EDUCATION
Washington State Association of Head Start and Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program v. Kennedy

2:25-cv-00781 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: April 28, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by six state Head Start programs to Trump administration efforts to defund and otherwise dismantle Head Start.

Preliminary Injunction Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

1:25-cv-01270 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 24, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to elimination of CRCL, CIS-Omb, and OIDO offices within the Department of Homeland Security.

Temporary Restraining Order Denied
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Harris County, TX v. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

1:25-cv-01275 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 24, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to HHS and CDC's mass termination of COVID-related grants to local governments.

Preliminary Injunction Granted
EDUCATION
National Academy of Education v. Department of Education

1:25-cv-01266 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 24, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to the Trump administration’s attempts to dismantle the Institute of Education Sciences.

Preliminary Injunction Denied
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Opportunity Finance Network v. Citibank

1:25-cv-01208 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 21, 2025

Case Ongoing

Opportunity Finance Network challenge to withholding of EPA grant funds.

Consolidated: Docket Closed
LABOR RIGHTS
American Center for International Labor Solidarity v. Chavez-Deremer

1:25-cv-01128 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 15, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to termination of funding and agreements with programs against unfair labor practices and supporting workers' rights internationally

Case Is Ongoing
EDUCATION
American Educational Research Association v. U.S. Department of Education

8:25-cv-01230 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: April 14, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to the Trump administration’s attempts to dismantle the Institute of Education Sciences.

Preliminary Injunction Denied
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Association of American Universities v. Department of Energy

1:25-cv-10912 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: April 14, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to Department of Energy slashing of indirect cost rates for government-funded research.

Judgment for Plaintiff

Appeal Pending

EDUCATION
New York v. United States Department of Education

1:25-cv-02990 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: April 10, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by several states against the Department of Education's revocation of access to COVID-19 recovery funds.

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appellate Stay of Trial Court Relief Denied

EDUCATION
Southern Education Foundation v. U.S. Department of Education

1:25-cv-01079 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 9, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to the termination of grant funding for the Equity Assistance Center for the Southern Region.

Preliminary Injunction Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Harris County, Texas v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

1:25-cv-01058 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 8, 2025

Challenge to the termination of federal funding of refugee resettlement programs.

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)
EDUCATION
Child Trends, Incorporated v. U.S. Department of Education

8:25-cv-01154 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: April 7, 2025

Closed Date: Sept. 29, 2025

Challenge to termination of Regional Educational Laboratories and Comprehensive Centers grants and contracts.

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)
EDUCATION
State of Maine v. U.S. Department of Agriculture

1:25-cv-00131 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maine

Filed Date: April 7, 2025

Closed Date: May 2, 2025

Maine challenge to freezing of federal funds allocated to feed Maine schoolchildren.

Settled: Case Closed
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Kennedy

1:25-cv-10814 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: April 4, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to Trump administrations termination and withholding of grants to state biomedical research institutions.

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Supreme Court Stay of Trial Court Relief Granted

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
American Association of People with Disabilities v. Dudek

1:25-cv-00977 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 2, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to the Trump Administration’s dismantling of the Social Security Administration.

Preliminary Injunction Denied
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
American Public Health Association v. National Institutes of Health

1:25-cv-10787 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: April 2, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to mass termination of NIH grants.

Temporary Restraining Order Granted

Supreme Court Stay of Trial Court Relief Granted

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Middle East Broadcasting Networks, Inc. v. United States of America

1:25-cv-00966 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 1, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to withholding of funds from Middle East Broadcasting Networks.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
State of Colorado v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

1:25-cv-00121 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: April 1, 2025

Case Ongoing

Twenty-three states and DC challenging the termination of public health funding.

Preliminary Injunction Granted
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Justice Climate Fund v. Environmental Protection Agency

1:25-cv-00938 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 31, 2025

Case Ongoing

Justice Climate Fund challenge to withholding of EPA grant funds.

Consolidated: Docket Closed
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Inclusiv, Inc. v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

1:25-cv-00948 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 31, 2025

Case Ongoing

Inclusiv, Inc. challenge to withholding of EPA grant funds.

Consolidated: Docket Closed
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Radio Free Asia v. United States of America

1:25-cv-00907 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 27, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to withholding of funds from Radio Free Asia.

Temporary Restraining Order Granted

Appeal Pending

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Abramowitz v. Lake

1:25-cv-00887 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 26, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to the dismantling of Voice of America.

Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto v. United States Department of Health and Human Services

3:25-cv-02847 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: March 26, 2025

Case Ongoing

Funding cut to unaccompanied children's lawyers.

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appellate Stay of Trial Court Relief Denied

SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
American Association of University Professors v. Department of Justice

1:25-cv-02429 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: March 25, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to Trump administration coercing Columbia University into regulating speech on campus by withholding funding.

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

Appeal Pending

EDUCATION
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People v. United States of America

8:25-cv-00965 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: March 24, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to Trump administration’s efforts to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education.

Preliminary Injunction Denied
EDUCATION
Somerville Public Schools v. Trump

1:25-cv-10677 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: March 24, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to the Trump administration's efforts to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education.

Preliminary Injunction Granted, but Stayed

Supreme Court Stay of Trial Court Relief Granted

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Cristobol Human Rights v. Marocco

1:25-cv-00857 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 21, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to the overhaul and defunding of the Inter-American Foundation by the Trump administration.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Widakuswara v. Lake

1:25-cv-01015 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 21, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to grant terminations and the placing of journalists on administrative leave from the United States Agency for Global Media.

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Open Technology Fund v. Lake

1:25-cv-00840 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 20, 2025

Case Ongoing

Open Technology Fund challenge to freezing of appropriated funds.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank v. Citibank

1:25-cv-00820 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 19, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to EPA’s freezing of funds appropriated to state Green Banks.

Consolidated: Docket Closed
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
RFE/RL, Inc. v. Lake [Radio Free Europe]

1:25-cv-00799 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 18, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to withholding of funding from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.

Temporary Restraining Order Granted

Appeal Dismissed

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Aviel v. Gor

1:25-00778 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 17, 2025

Closed Date: Aug. 14, 2025

Challenge to the overhaul and defunding of the Inter-American Foundation by the Trump administration.

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Solutions In Hometown Connections v. Noem

8:25-cv-00885 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: March 17, 2025

Case Ongoing

Immigration nonprofits challenged the freezing of Citizenship and Integration Grant Program grants

Preliminary Injunction Denied

Appeal Pending

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Erie County New York v. AmeriCorps

1:25-cv-00783 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 17, 2025

Closed Date: April 14, 2025

Erie County, NY challenge to the conditioning of AmeriCorps funding on the removal of DEI programming.

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
LaFayette Square SBLC, LLC v. U.S. Small Business Administration

1:25-cv-00755 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 14, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to rescission of Small Business Lending Company license.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Power Forward Communities, Inc. v. Citibank

1:25-cv-00762 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 14, 2025

Case Ongoing

Power Forward Communities challenge to withholding of EPA grant funds.

Consolidated: Docket Closed
EDUCATION
Carter v. United States Department of Education

1:25-cv-00744 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 14, 2025

Case Ongoing

Parents challenged the dismantling of the Department of Education and its Office of Civil Rights.

Preliminary Injunction Denied
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
Massachusetts Fair Housing Center v. Department of Housing and Urban Development

3:25-cv-30041 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: March 13, 2025

Case Ongoing

Fair housing organizations challenge termination of grants at the direction of DOGE.

Administrative Stay Granted

Appeal Pending

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Corporation for Public Broadcasting v. Federal Emergency Management Agency

1:25-cv-00740 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 13, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to FEMA’s hold on grants relating to the Next Generation Warning System.

Preliminary Injunction Denied
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council v. Department of Agriculture

1:25-cv-00097 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: March 13, 2025

Case Ongoing

Nonprofits challenge Trump's freezing of Inflation Reduction Act and Jobs Act funds.

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Butterbee Farm v. United States Department of Agriculture

1:25-cv-00737 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 13, 2025

Case Ongoing

Farms and nonprofits challenged the freezing of funds granted to them under the Inflation Reduction Act.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
State of New York v. McMahon

1:25-cv-10601 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: March 13, 2025

Case Ongoing

Twenty states and District of Columbia challenge to the 50% reduction in the workforce of the Department of Education.

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Supreme Court Stay of Trial Court Relief Granted

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Coalition for Green Capital v. Citibank, N.A.

1:25-cv-00735 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 12, 2025

Case Ongoing

Coalition for Green Capital challenge to withholding of EPA grant funds.

Consolidated: Docket Closed
EDUCATION
San Francisco Unified School District v. AmeriCorps

3:25-cv-02425 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: March 10, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to the conditioning of AmeriCorps funding on eliminating activities related to DEI, "gender ideology," and climate change.

Preliminary Injunction Granted
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Climate United Fund v. Citibank

1:25-cv-00698 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 8, 2025

Case Ongoing

Climate United Fund challenge to withholding of EPA grant funds.

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Reversed

EDUCATION
State of California v. U.S Department of Education

1:25-cv-10548 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: March 6, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by eight states to a funding freeze on grants meant to address nationwide teacher shortages and improve teacher quality.

Administrative Stay Granted

Supreme Court Stay of Trial Court Relief Granted

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Brehm v. Marocco

1:25-cv-00660 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 6, 2025

Closed Date: June 16, 2025

Challenge to attempted shuttering and DOGE access of the United States African Development Foundation.

Settled: Case Closed
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
National Endowment for Democracy v. United States of America

1:25-cv-00648 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 5, 2025

Case Ongoing

National Endowment for Democracy sued federal agencies to access its congressionally appropriated funds.

Preliminary Injunction Granted
EDUCATION
American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education v. Carter

1:25-cv-00702 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: March 3, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to Trump administration's termination of over $600 million in funding to teacher preparation programs.

Administrative Stay Granted

Appeal Pending

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Catholic Charities Diocese of Forth Worth, Inc. v. DHHS

1:25-cv-00605 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 3, 2025

Closed Date: April 29, 2025

Challenge to the Trump Administration's ongoing freeze of money previously committed to Catholic Charities, Diocese of Forth Worth, for care of lawful refugees.

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
The City of New York v. Trump

1:25-cv-01510 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Feb. 21, 2025

Case Ongoing

New York City challenges the Trump Administration's taking $80,481,861.42 of federally-appropriated funds from the City's central bank account.

Temporary Restraining Order Denied
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Personal Services Contractor Association v. Trump

1:25-cv-00469 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 18, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to Trump Administration’s suspension of foreign aid and dismantling of USAID.

Preliminary Injunction Denied

Appeal Pending

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops v. United States Department of State

1:25-cv-00465 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 18, 2025

Challenge to Trump administration's suspension of refugee resettlement funding

Preliminary Injunction Denied

Appeal Dismissed

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Shapiro v. U.S. Department of the Interior

2:25-cv-00763 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Feb. 13, 2025

Case Ongoing

The Governor of Pennsylvania challenged Trump funding freezes.

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore v. Vought

1:25-cv-00458 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Feb. 12, 2025

Closed Date: May 29, 2025

The Mayor and City Council of Baltimore challenged the shutdown of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
National Treasury Employees Union v. Trump

1:25-cv-00420 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 12, 2025

Case Ongoing

Five unions representing hundreds of thousands of federal employees challenge government mass firings.

Temporary Restraining Order Denied
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Global Health Council v. Trump

1:25-cv-00402 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 11, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to Trump Administration halt to all foreign-assistance funding.

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Reversed

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Association of American Universities v. Department of Health & Human Services

1:25-cv-10346 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Feb. 10, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to the announced reduction of indirect NIH funding to 15%.

Judgment for Plaintiff

Appeal Pending

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Association of American Medical Colleges v. National Institutes of Health

1:25-cv-10340 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Feb. 10, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to the announced reduction in indirect NIH funding to 15%.

Judgment for Plaintiff

Appeal Pending

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition v. United States Department of State

1:25-cv-00400 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 10, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to freeze on all foreign-assistance funding.

Administrative Stay Granted

Reversed

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. National Institutes of Health

1:25-cv-10338 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Feb. 10, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to the announced reduction of indirect NIH funding to 15%.

Judgment for Plaintiff

Appeal Pending

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
National Treasury Employees Union v. Vought

1:25-cv-00381 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 9, 2025

Case Ongoing

Federal employees' union challenged the Trump Administration's "ongoing effort to dismantle" the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Reversed

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
American Federation of Government Employees v. Trump

1:25-cv-00352 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 6, 2025

Closed Date: July 25, 2025

Challenge to the Trump administration’s dismantling of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

Temporary Restraining Order Granted
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
National Council of Nonprofits v. Office of Management and Budget

1:25-cv-00239 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Jan. 28, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to blanket spending freeze.

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
State of New York v. Trump

1:25-cv-00039 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: Jan. 28, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to blanket spending freeze.

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Barbara v. Trump

1:25-cv-00244 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire

Filed Date: June 27, 2025

Case Ongoing

Several children challenged Executive Order No. 14,160 ("Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship").

Preliminary Injunction Granted, but Stayed

Pending in Supreme Court

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
New York Immigration Coalition v. Trump

1:25-cv-01309 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Feb. 13, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to President Trump's effort to restrict birthright citizenship.

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
County of Santa Clara v. Trump

5:25-cv-00981 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Jan. 30, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to President Trump's effort to restrict birthright citizenship.

Administrative Stay Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
OCA-Asian Pacific American Advocates v. Rubio

1:25-cv-00287 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Jan. 30, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to President Trump's effort to restrict birthright citizenship.

Case Is Ongoing
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
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

Challenge to President Trump's effort to restrict birthright citizenship.

Consolidated: Docket Closed
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CASA Inc. v. Trump

8:25-cv-00201 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Jan. 21, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to President Trump's effort to restrict birthright citizenship.

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appeal Dismissed

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
State of New Jersey v. Trump

1:25-cv-10139 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Jan. 21, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to President Trump's effort to restrict birthright citizenship.

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Supreme Court Stay of Trial Court Relief Granted

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
State of Washington v. Trump

2:25-cv-00127 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Jan. 21, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to President Trump's effort to restrict birthright citizenship.

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Affirmed

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Thien Le v. Donald J. Trump

8:25-cv-00104 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Jan. 20, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to President Trump's effort to restrict birthright citizenship.

Administrative Stay Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
O. Doe v. Trump

1:25-cv-10135 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Jan. 20, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to President Trump's effort to restrict birthright citizenship.

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
New Hampshire Indonesian Community Support v. Trump

1:25-cv-00038 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire

Filed Date: Jan. 20, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to President Trump's effort to restrict birthright citizenship.

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
CODING IN PROCESS
State of Colorado v. Trump

1:25-cv-03428 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: Oct. 29, 2025

Case Ongoing

Colorado sues Trump, claiming Space Command move punishes mail-in voting.

Case Is Ongoing
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
CODING IN PROCESS
League of Women Voters v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

1:25-cv-03501 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Sept. 30, 2025

Case Ongoing

Nonprofit sues Department of Homeland Security to prevent them from create comprehensive databases of American citizens’ data.

Case Is Ongoing
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Lacy v. Federal Election Commission

1:25-cv-01808 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: June 9, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to the FEC's dismissal of an administrative complaint which alleged prohibited and unreported contributions to the 2024 Biden and Harris campaigns by NPR.

Case Is Ongoing
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Equality State Policy Center v. Wyoming Secretary of State

1:25-cv-00117 | U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming

Filed Date: May 9, 2025

Closed Date: July 22, 2025

Challenge by the Equality State Policy Center against Wyoming Secretary of State and County Clerks for allegedly making it harder to vote.

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
State of Washington v. Trump

2:25-cv-00602 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: April 4, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to Executive Order 14248, which imposed numerous federal election rules on states without first passing through Congress

Case Is Ongoing
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
State of California v. Trump

1:25-cv-10810 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: April 3, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to Executive Order 14248, which imposed numerous federal election rules on states without first passing through Congress.

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
League of Women Voters Education Fund v. Trump

1:25-cv-00955 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 1, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to Executive Order 14248, which imposed numerous federal election rules on states without first passing through Congress.

Consolidated: Docket Closed
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
League of United Latin American Citizens v. Executive Office of the President

1:25-cv-00946 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 31, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to Executive Order 14248, which imposed numerous federal election rules on states without first passing through Congress

Injunction Granted
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Democratic National Committee v. Trump

1:25-cv-00952 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 31, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to Executive Order 14248, which imposed numerous federal election rules on states without first passing through Congress.

Consolidated: Docket Closed
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Xiong v. Trump

4:25-cv-00558 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: May 25, 2025

Closed Date: June 4, 2025

A Hmong noncitizen challenged his detention and removal from the U.S. under the Alien Enemies Act.

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
W.J.C.C. v. Trump

3:25-cv-00153 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: May 21, 2025

Case Ongoing

A Venezuelan national challenged his detention and removal from the U.S. under the Alien Enemies Act.

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
C.G. v. Noem

1:25-cv-00079 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: May 15, 2025

Case Ongoing

A Venezuelan national challenged his detention and removal from the U.S. under the Alien Enemies Act.

Temporary Restraining Order Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
M.A.P.S. v. Garite

3:25-cv-00171 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: May 10, 2025

Case Ongoing

Class action challenge by Venezuelan nationals to their detention and removal from the U.S. under the Alien Enemies Act.

Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
G.M.G. v. Trump

1:25-cv-00195 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: May 5, 2025

Case Ongoing

A Venezuelan national challenged his detention and removal from the U.S. under the Alien Enemies Act.

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Gutierrez-Contreras v. Warden

5:25-cv-00965 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: April 20, 2025

Closed Date: Aug. 28, 2025

A Venezuelan national who is being detained and removed from the U.S. under the Alien Enemies Act.

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
W.M.M. v. Trump

1:25-cv-00059 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: April 16, 2025

Case Ongoing

Class action challenge to Alien Enemies Act deportations of alleged Venezuelan gang members.

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Supreme Court granted stay of removal

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Quintanilla Portillo v. Trump

1:25-cv-01240 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: April 16, 2025

Closed Date: June 12, 2025

Habeas petition by noncitizen to challenge detention and removal to El Salvador prison under Alien Enemies Act.

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
A.S.R. v. Trump

3:25-cv-00113 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: April 15, 2025

Case Ongoing

Class action challenge to Alien Enemies Act deportations of alleged Venezuelan gang members.

Preliminary Injunction Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Y.G.H. v. Trump

1:25-cv-00435 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: April 14, 2025

Closed Date: May 27, 2025

Challenge to Alien Enemies Act deportations of alleged Venezuelan gang members.

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
D.B.U. v. Trump

1:25-cv-01163 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: April 12, 2025

Case Ongoing

Class action challenge to Alien Enemies Act deportations of alleged Venezuelan gang members

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
J.A.V. v. Trump

1:25-cv-00072 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: April 8, 2025

Case Ongoing

Southern District of Texas challenge to Alien Enemies Act deportations of alleged Venezuelan gang members

Injunction Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
G.F.F. v. Trump

1:25-cv-02886 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: April 8, 2025

Case Ongoing

Habeas petition by noncitizens to challenge detention and removal from the United States.

Preliminary Injunction Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Viloria Aviles v. Trump

2:25-cv-00611 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada

Filed Date: April 3, 2025

Closed Date: Aug. 15, 2025

Venezuelan citizen filed petition for writ of habeas corpus to challenge his detention and removal from the United States pursuant to the Alien Enemies Act.

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
J.G.G. v. Trump

1:25-cv-00766 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 15, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to Proclamation declaring certain Venezuela nationals "Alien Enemies" subject to immediate deportation without judicial review.

Preliminary Injunction Granted
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
J.O.P. v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

8:19-cv-01944 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: July 1, 2019

Case Ongoing

Immigration class action challenging federal asylum policies for unaccompanied minors; application of settlement to Alien Enemies Act removals

Injunction Granted

Appellate Stay of Trial Court Relief Denied

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
CODING IN PROCESS
Smirk & Dagger Games v. Trump

1:25-cv-03857 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Nov. 4, 2025

Case Ongoing

Small gaming businesses bring a class-action suit against the Trump administration's novel and illegal use of tariffs.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
PGN International Group LLC v. President Donald J. Trump

1:25-cv-00240 | U.S. Court of International Trade

Filed Date: Oct. 30, 2025

Case Ongoing

Importers sue Trump, claiming IEEPA tariffs are unlawful, unconstitutional power grab.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
CODING IN PROCESS
International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America v. United States Department of State

1:25-cv-08566 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Oct. 16, 2025

Case Ongoing

Aerospace group sues DHS over illegal, unilateral “critical supply-chain” ban.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Firedisc, Inc. v. Trump

1:25-cv-01134 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: July 21, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by Firedisc, GAMA, and Ryan Wholesale against the Government for the imposition of tariffs on imports.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Johanna Foods, Inc. v. Executive Office of the President

1:25-cv-00155 | U.S. Court of International Trade

Filed Date: July 18, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by Johanna Foods and Johanna Beverage Company against the Government for the imposition of tariffs on orange juice imports.

Temporary Restraining Order Denied
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Chapter1 LLC v. United States

1:25-cv-00097 | U.S. Court of International Trade

Filed Date: May 29, 2025

Closed Date: June 27, 2025

Class action challenge to Trump tariffs.

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Maple Trade Corporation v. United States

1:25-cv-00093 | U.S. Court of International Trade

Filed Date: May 20, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to tariffs against China implemented during the first Trump administration.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Axle of Dearborn, Inc. v. Department of Commerce

1:25-00091 | U.S. Court of International Trade

Filed Date: May 16, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to tariffs imposed by the second Trump administration under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
GK Industries America Inc. v. United States

1:25-cv-00087 | U.S. Court of International Trade

Filed Date: May 14, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to 2018 and 2019 Chinese tariffs.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Princess Awesome, LLC v. U.S. Customs and Border Protection

1:25-cv-00078 | U.S. Court of International Trade

Filed Date: April 24, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by eleven businesses to Trump-imposed tariffs.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
State of Oregon v. Trump

1:25-cv-00077 | U.S. Court of International Trade

Filed Date: April 23, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by 12 states to Trump-imposed tariffs.

Preliminary Injunction Granted, but Stayed

Appellate Stay of Trial Court Relief Granted

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump

1:25-cv-01248 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 22, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by American companies to Trump-imposed tariffs.

Preliminary Injunction Granted, but Stayed

Pending in Supreme Court

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
State of California v. Trump

3:25-cv-03372 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: April 16, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to Trump-imposed tariffs.

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

Appeal Pending

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
V.O.S. Selections, Inc. v. Trump

1:25-cv-00066 | U.S. Court of International Trade

Filed Date: April 14, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to Trump-imposed tariffs.

Case Is Ongoing

Pending in Supreme Court

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Webber v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

4:25-cv-00026 | U.S. District Court for the District of Montana

Filed Date: April 4, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to Trump-imposed tariffs on Canadian imports.

Preliminary Injunction Denied

Appeal Pending

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Emily Ley Paper Inc v. Trump

1:25-cv-00096 | U.S. Court of International Trade

Filed Date: April 3, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to Trump-imposed tariffs on Chinese imports.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Barnes v. United States

1:25-cv-00043 | U.S. Court of International Trade

Filed Date: Feb. 3, 2025

Case Ongoing

Pro se challenge to Trump tariffs.

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)
EDUCATION
Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights v. McMahon

1:25-cv-03860 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Nov. 4, 2025

Case Ongoing

Department of Education sued over amending its regulations regarding Public Service Loan Forgiveness.

Case Is Ongoing
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
CODING IN PROCESS
American Federation of Government Employees Local 2305 v. United States Department of Veterans Affairs

1:25-cv-00583 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: Nov. 4, 2025

Case Ongoing

Veteran's labor organization sues the Department of Veteran's Affairs over sudden recision of exclusive bargaining contract.

Case Is Ongoing
EDUCATION
National Council of Nonprofits v. McMahon

1:25-cv-13242 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Nov. 3, 2025

Case Ongoing

Department of Education sued for attaching new conditions to employers for receipt of Public Service Loan Forgiveness.

Case Is Ongoing
LABOR RIGHTS
CODING IN PROCESS
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers v. Trump

1:25-cv-03826 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Oct. 30, 2025

Case Ongoing

IBEW sues Trump over executive orders gutting federal labor rights.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
City and County of San Francisco v. United States Department of Justice

3:25-cv-09277 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Oct. 28, 2025

Case Ongoing

Cities sue DOJ over unconstitutional anti-DEI and executive order grant mandates.

Case Is Ongoing
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Democracy Forward Foundation v. U.S. Department of Justice

1:25-cv-03755 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Oct. 23, 2025

Case Ongoing

Trump administration sued to comply with FOIA requests following its large-scale grant rescissions.

Case Is Ongoing
EDUCATION
CODING IN PROCESS
McKinleyville Union School District v. U.S. Department of Education

1:25-cv-09105 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Oct. 22, 2025

Case Ongoing

U.S. Department of Education sued for arbitrarily cancelling funding promised to a school district to support rural students' mental health.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
State of Arizona v. Environmental Protection Agency

2:25-cv-02015 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Oct. 16, 2025

Case Ongoing

State coalition sues EPA for unlawfully terminating $7B solar program.

Case Is Ongoing
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
CODING IN PROCESS
Chicago Housing Authority v. Turner

1:25-cv-12670 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Oct. 16, 2025

Case Ongoing

Chicago Housing Authority sues HUD over conditioning of funding with compliance with terms from Executive Orders.

Case Is Ongoing
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Housing Authority of the City and County of San Francisco v. Turner

4:25-cv-08859 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Oct. 16, 2025

Case Ongoing

Housing authorities sue Trump HUD over unconstitutional, coercive grant conditions

Temporary Restraining Order Granted
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Norman v. Trump

1:25-cv-03414 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Oct. 15, 2025

Case Ongoing

Iowa State University Professor files pro se complaint challenging arbitrary and capricious denial of research funding

Case Is Ongoing
PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS/CONTRACTING
CODING IN PROCESS
Maryland Clean Energy Center v. United States

1:25-cv-01738 | U.S. Court of Federal Claims

Filed Date: Oct. 15, 2025

Case Ongoing

States sue EPA for monetary damages after the agency unlawfully canceled obligated “Solar for All” grants.

Case Is Ongoing
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Harris County, Texas v. United States Environmental Protection Agency

1:25-cv-03646 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Oct. 13, 2025

Case Ongoing

Texas county challenges rescission of grant funding for solar power project

Case Is Ongoing
EDUCATION
Council for Opportunity in Education v. U.S. Department of Education

1:25-cv-03491 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Sept. 30, 2025

Case Ongoing

Higher education coalition moves to compel the DOE to reevaluate grant funding rescissions.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Right to Be v. Bondi

1:25-cv-03248 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Sept. 23, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to Trump Admin's termination of Anti-Hate Crimes Grant.

Case Is Ongoing
PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS/CONTRACTING
Revolution Wind, LLC v. Burgum

1:25-cv-02999 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Sept. 4, 2025

Case Ongoing

Offshore wind project developer sued BOEM among other federal agencies in the wake of an arbitrary and capricious stop work order.

Preliminary Injunction Granted
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
State of Rhode Island v. United States Department of the Interior

1:25-cv-00439 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: Sept. 4, 2025

Case Ongoing

Connecticut and Rhode Island sue over sudden termination of clean future project.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Woodmere Art Museum, Inc. v. Trump

2:25-cv-04887 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Aug. 26, 2025

Closed Date: Sept. 5, 2025

Challenge by Woodmere Art Museum against the Trump Administration for terminating a $750,000 grant.

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Society of General Internal Medicine v. Kennedy

8:25-cv-02751 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Aug. 21, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by nonprofit medical organizations against HHS and ARHQ for the termination of ARHQ's grantmaking program.

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
City of Fresno v. Scott Turner

3:25-cv-07070 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Aug. 20, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by several cities and counties against the Trump Administration for imposing new conditions on grants.

Preliminary Injunction Granted
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
State of New Jersey v. United States Department of Justice

1:25-cv-00404 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: Aug. 18, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by several states against the Trump Administration for new VOCA grant conditions.

Administrative Stay Granted
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
State of Washington v. United States Department of Commerce

2:25-cv-01507 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Aug. 8, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by the State of Washington against the DOC and NOAA for the termination of their climate resilience funding.

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Building Materials Re-Use Association v. United States Environmental Protection Agency

1:25-cv-02493 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: July 31, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by BMRA against EPA for terminating the Reducing Embodied GHG Emissions for Construction Materials and Products Program

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
City of Seattle v. Trump

2:25-cv-01435 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: July 31, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by the City of Seattle against the Trump Administration for executive orders that impose grant funding requirements on them.

Preliminary Injunction Granted
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
State of California v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ( HHS)

1:25-cv-12118 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: July 29, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by several states against HHS and CMS for a provision eliminating funding to Planned Parenthood health centers.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Planned Parenthood of Greater New York v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

1:25-cv-02453 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: July 29, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by Planned Parenthood against HHS over new grant conditions restricting DEI, LGBTQ+, and sexual education.

Temporary Restraining Order Denied
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
State of Washington v. United States Department of Homeland Security

2:25-cv-01401 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: July 25, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by the State of Washington against DHS and FEMA for the termination of the Shelter and Services Program.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence v. Kennedy, Jr.

1:25-cv-00342 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: July 21, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by nonprofit organizations against the Government for implementing new conditions and requirements for federal funding.

Preliminary Injunction Granted
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Anchorage School District v. U.S. Department of Education

1:25-cv-00347 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: July 21, 2025

Closed Date: Sept. 12, 2025

Challenge by several school districts and teachers against OMB and ED for withholding $7 billion in funding under the ESEA.

Settled: Implementation Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
State of New York v. U.S. Department of Justice

1:25-cv-00345 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: July 21, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by several states against HHS, DOJ and ED for the revocation of exemptions allowing noncitizens to access community programs.

Preliminary Injunction Granted
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
California High-Speed Rail Authority v. United States Department of Transportation

2:25-at-00931 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: July 17, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by California High-Speed Rail Authority against DOT and FRA for terminating more than $4 billion in its funding.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
State of Washington v. Federal Emergency Management Agency

1:25-cv-12006 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: July 16, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by several states against FEMA and DHS for the termination of the BRIC program.

Preliminary Injunction Granted
HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
The Family Planning Association of Maine v. United States Department of Health and Human Services

1:25-cv-00364 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maine

Filed Date: July 16, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by MPF against HHS and CMS for termination of its eligibility to receive Medicaid reimbursements.

Preliminary Injunction Denied

Appellate Stay of Trial Court Relief Granted

HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. v. Kennedy

1:25-cv-11913 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: July 7, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by Planned Parenthood against HHS and CMS over "Defund Provision", alleging it targets clinics associated with Planned Parenthood.

Preliminary Injunction Granted, but Stayed

Appellate Stay of Trial Court Relief Granted

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Right To Be v. Bondi

1:25-cv-03676 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: July 2, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by several community organizations against the DOJ and related agencies for the termination of anti-hate crime grants.

Case Transferred: Docket Closed
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Launch Alaska v. Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Research

3:25-cv-00141 | U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska

Filed Date: July 1, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by Launch Alaska against the Office of Naval Research for the termination of its Grant Award.

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
City of Tucson v. Turner

4:25-cv-00353 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: June 27, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by the City of Tucson against HUD for imposing new conditions on previously awarded grants.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
State of New Jersey v. U.S. Office of Management and Budget

1:25-cv-11816 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: June 24, 2025

Case Ongoing

Twenty-one states and DC challenged the Trump administration's sweeping cancellation of federal grants.

Case Is Ongoing
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
CODING IN PROCESS
National Fair Housing Alliance v. Department of Housing and Urban Development

1:25-cv-01965 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: June 24, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to HUD's failure to administer grants through the Fair Housing Initiatives Program.

Preliminary Injunction Granted
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Media Matters for America v. Federal Trade Commission

1:25-cv-01959 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: June 23, 2025

Case Ongoing

Media Matters challenged the investigation against it as government retaliation against its journalism relating to X (Twitter).

Case Is Ongoing

Appeal Pending

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Board of Education for the Silver Consolidated Schools v. McMahon

2:25-cv-00586 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

Filed Date: June 20, 2025

Closed Date: Sept. 5, 2025

Challenge by school district to the cancellation of a mental health grant that went toward preventing school shootings.

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
American Association of Physics Teachers v. National Science Foundation

1:25-cv-01923 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: June 18, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to grant terminations for projects seeking to expand participation of women and underrepresented groups in STEM.

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
State of Maine v. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1:25-cv-00324 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maine

Filed Date: June 17, 2025

Case Ongoing

Maine challenged the termination of a $9 million federal grant awarded for a project to restore and protect coastal infrastructure in an underserved region.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
American Bar Association v. Executive Office of the President

1:25-cv-01888 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: June 16, 2025

Case Ongoing

ABA challenged the practice of the Trump administration to coerce lawyers and law firms into abandoning certain clients and legal arguments via executive orders and settlements.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence v. Bondi

1:25-cv-00279 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: June 16, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to the conditioning of funds for the prevention of gender-based violence on compliance with Trump administration policies regarding transgender rights, DEI, and immigration.

Preliminary Injunction Granted
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Hunger Free America, Inc. v. Rollins

1:25-cv-01815 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: June 10, 2025

Closed Date: Sept. 9, 2025

Challenge to USDA’s failure to maintain clearinghouse of food assistance resources.

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Urban Sustainability Directors Network v. U.S. Department of Agriculture

1:25-cv-01775 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: June 5, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to the USDA's termination of grants purportedly related to DEI or climate change.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
J. Doe 1-5 v. United States

1:25-cv-00947 | U.S. Court of Federal Claims

Filed Date: June 5, 2025

Case Ongoing

USAID fellows brought class action breach of contract claim for the termination of their fellowships after the dismantling of USAID.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Thakur v. Trump

3:25-cv-04737 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: June 4, 2025

Case Ongoing

Class action lawsuit challenging the termination of California research grants pursuant to any Trump executive orders.

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appellate Stay of Trial Court Relief Denied

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Shapiro v. U.S. Department of Agriculture

1:25-cv-00998 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: June 4, 2025

Case Ongoing

Pennsylvania challenged the termination of its federally-funded, locally sourced food assistance program.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
National Job Corps Association v. Department of Labor

1:25-cv-04641 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: June 3, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to Department of Labor's attempts to eliminated the Job Corps.

Preliminary Injunction Granted
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Public Broadcasting Service v. Trump

1:25-cv-01722 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 30, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge against Executive Order targeting National Public Radio and Public Broadcasting Service.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
State of New York v. National Science Foundation

1:25-cv-04452 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: May 28, 2025

Closed Date: Aug. 25, 2025

Sixteen states challenged the National Science Foundations decision to slash support for STEM programs and projects.

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
National Public Radio, Inc. v. Trump

1:25-cv-01674 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 27, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge against Executive Order targeting National Public Radio and Public Broadcasting Service.

Case Is Ongoing
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
President and Fellows of Harvard College v. United States Department of Homeland Security

1:25-cv-11472 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: May 23, 2025

Case Ongoing

Harvard University's challenge to DHS's elimination of its ability to enroll F-1 students and employ J-1 nonimmigrants.

Preliminary Injunction Granted
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Vera Institute of Justice v. U.S. Department of Justice

1:25-cv-01643 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 21, 2025

Closed Date: July 7, 2025

Challenge to the Trump administration's cancellation of cooperative agreements and grants to public safety organizations and groups.

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

Appeal Pending

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
City of Chicago v. Department of Homeland Security

1:25-cv-05463 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: May 16, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by Chicago, Denver, and Pima County against DHS and FEMA for freezing funding under the Shelter and Services program.

Temporary Restraining Order Denied
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Oregon Council for the Humanities v. United States DOGE Service

3:25-cv-00829 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: May 15, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to the termination of National Endowment for the Humanities grants to state and jurisdictional humanities councils.

Preliminary Injunction Granted
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Authors Guild v. National Endowment for the Humanities

1:25-cv-03923 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: May 12, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to the termination of humanities scholars' NEH grants.

Preliminary Injunction Granted
EDUCATION
Mid-Atlantic Equity Consortium, Inc. v. U.S. Department of Education

1:25-cv-01407 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 8, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to the termination of Equity Assistant Center grants meant to promote equity in education.

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
State of Washington v. United States Department of Transportation

2:25-cv-00848 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: May 7, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to Trump administration's freeze of electric vehicle charging infrastructure grants

Preliminary Injunction Granted
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Elev8 Baltimore, Inc. v. Corporation for National and Community Service

1:25-cv-01458 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: May 5, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by AmeriCorps award recipients and employees against AmeriCorps for the dismantling of the Agency.

Preliminary Injunction Granted
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Zaid v. Executive Office of the President

1:25-cv-01365 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 5, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to the retaliatory revocation of security clearances of attorney specializing in national security law by second Trump administration.

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
American Gateways v. U.S. Department of Justice

1:25-cv-01370 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 5, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to cancellation of grant for legal representation of mentally incompetent noncitizens.

Preliminary Injunction Granted
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Association of American Universities v. National Science Foundation

1:25-cv-11231 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: May 5, 2025

Closed Date: Sept. 30, 2025

Challenge by universities and university associations to cuts to NSF indirect cost rates in research grants.

Judgment for Plaintiff

Appeal Dismissed

EDUCATION
National Academy of Education v. Department of Education

1:25-cv-01266 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 24, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to the Trump administration’s attempts to dismantle the Institute of Education Sciences.

Preliminary Injunction Denied
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
American Bar Association v. U.S. Department of Justice

1:25-cv-01263 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 23, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to the cancellation of grant to the American Bar Association.

Administrative Matter Closed
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Opportunity Finance Network v. Citibank

1:25-cv-01208 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 21, 2025

Case Ongoing

Opportunity Finance Network challenge to withholding of EPA grant funds.

Consolidated: Docket Closed
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
President and Fellows of Harvard College v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

1:25-cv-11048 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: April 21, 2025

Closed Date: Oct. 20, 2025

Challenge by Harvard University to Trump administration coerced changes of university management and curriculum.

Injunction Granted
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Doe 1 v. EEOC

1:25-cv-01124 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 15, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by law firm applicants to EEOC's demand of applicant information from law firms under investigation.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Larrabee v. Trump

1:25-cv-10947 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: April 15, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to the targeting of legal professionals by the second Trump administration.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Association of American Universities v. Department of Energy

1:25-cv-10912 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: April 14, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to Department of Energy slashing of indirect cost rates for government-funded research.

Judgment for Plaintiff

Appeal Pending

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Susman Godfrey LLP v. Executive Office of the President

1:25-cv-01107 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 11, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by the law firm Susman Godfrey to Executive Order targeting the firm.

Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
American Association of University Professors - Harvard Faculty Chapter v. U.S. Department Of Justice

1:25-cv-10910 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: April 11, 2025

Closed Date: Oct. 20, 2025

Challenge by Harvard Faculty to Trump administration coerced changes of university management and curriculum.

Judgment for Plaintiff
PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS/CONTRACTING
North America's Building Trades Unions v. Department of Defense

1:25-cv-01070 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 9, 2025

Closed Date: July 7, 2025

Challenge to DOD and GSA's refusal to use project labor agreements for large-scale construction projects.

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Green & Healthy Homes Initiative, Inc. v. Environmental Protection Agency

1:25-cv-01096 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: April 2, 2025

Closed Date: June 17, 2025

Challenge to EPA’s termination of Thriving Communities grant awards.

Judgment for Plaintiff

Appeal Pending

SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Jenner & Block LLP v. U.S. Department of Justice

1:25-cv-00916 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 28, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by the law firm Jenner & Block to Executive Order targeting the firm.

Injunction Granted
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP v. Executive Office of the President

1:25-cv-00917 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 28, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by the law firm WilmerHale to Executive Order targeting the law firm.

Temporary Restraining Order Granted
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Coleman v. U.S. Department of Education

4:25-cv-10812 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: March 24, 2025

Closed Date: June 25, 2025

Pro se challenge to Executive Orders and "Dear Colleague" letter targeting DEIA programs.

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)
EDUCATION
American Federation of Teachers v. U.S. Department of Education

1:25-cv-00802 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 18, 2025

Case Ongoing

American Federation of Teachers challenged the termination of income-driven repayment plans of federal student loans.

Settled: Implementation Ongoing
EDUCATION
Carter v. United States Department of Education

1:25-cv-00744 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 14, 2025

Case Ongoing

Parents challenged the dismantling of the Department of Education and its Office of Civil Rights.

Preliminary Injunction Denied
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
American Federation of Government Employees AFL-CIO v. Noem

2:25-cv-00451 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: March 13, 2025

Case Ongoing

American Federation of Government Employees challenge to retaliatory termination of government contract.

Preliminary Injunction Granted
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Perkins Coie LLP v. U.S. Department of Justice

1:25-cv-00716 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 11, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by the law firm Perkins Coie to Executive Order targeting the firm.

Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS/CONTRACTING
DAI Global, LLC v. United States

1:25-cv-00369 | U.S. Court of Federal Claims

Filed Date: March 3, 2025

Closed Date: March 12, 2025

Tucker Act lawsuit over nonpayment of a USAID invoice.

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Associated Press v. Budowich

1:25-cv-00532 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 21, 2025

Case Ongoing

The Associated Press sues White House officials for banning the AP from the press pool for refusing to refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America.

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appellate Stay of Trial Court Relief Granted

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
San Francisco A.I.D.S. Foundation v. Trump

3:25-cv-01824 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Feb. 20, 2025

Case Ongoing

LGBTQ+ and HIV/AIDS nonprofits challenged the legality of three Executive Orders

Preliminary Injunction Granted
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Paz v. Internal Revenue Service

1:25-cv-03256 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Sept. 18, 2025

Case Ongoing

Plaintiff placed on administrative leave from civil service. Agency disclosed her records without consent.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Pallek v. Rollins

1:25-cv-01650 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 22, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to federal plan to centralize and share SNAP recipient data.

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
American Oversight v. U.S. Department of Government Efficiency

1:25-cv-01251 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 23, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to DOGE failure to adequately respond to FOIA request and use of Signal and Google Docs in conducting official government business.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
ACLU v. U.S. Social Security Administration

1:25-cv-01217 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 21, 2025

Case Ongoing

FOIA challenge relating to DOGE’s access to sensitive government data systems in the Social Security Administration and the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
MSW Media, Inc. v. United States DOGE Service

01933:25-01933 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 28, 2025

Case Ongoing

FOIA request for internal communications at DOGE, including communications about and involving Elon Musk.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
United States Institute of Peace v. Jackson

1:25-cv-00804 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 18, 2025

Case Ongoing

USIP challenged Trump order dismantling it; district court ruled for USIP, appeal held in abeyance.

Judgment for Plaintiff

Appeal Pending

FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
Massachusetts Fair Housing Center v. Department of Housing and Urban Development

3:25-cv-30041 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: March 13, 2025

Case Ongoing

Fair housing organizations challenge termination of grants at the direction of DOGE.

Administrative Stay Granted

Appeal Pending

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Citizens Against Donald Trump, Inc. v. Trump

4:25-cv-00311 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: March 13, 2025

Case Ongoing

Citizens Against Donald Trump challenged the creation and operation of DOGE.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Brehm v. Marocco

1:25-cv-00660 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 6, 2025

Closed Date: June 16, 2025

Challenge to attempted shuttering and DOGE access of the United States African Development Foundation.

Settled: Case Closed
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Japanese American Citizens League v. Musk

1:25-cv-00643 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 5, 2025

Case Ongoing

Four non-profits challenge the establishment of DOGE and the subsequent actions of Elon Musk and DOGE in collaboration with Federal agencies.

Consolidated: Docket Closed
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Center for Biological Diversity v. U.S. Department of Interior

1:25-cv-00612 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 3, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge alleging that DOGE Teams are Advisory Committees governed by FACA.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO v. Social Security Administration

1:25-cv-00596 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Feb. 21, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to access to Social Security Administration data by DOGE.

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Supreme Court Stay of Trial Court Relief Granted

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Project on Government Oversight, Inc. v. Trump

1:25-cv-00527 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 21, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to Trump Administration's retention of DOGE records as presidential records not subject to the Freedom of Information Act

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington v. U.S. DOGE Service (USDS), et al.

1:25-cv-00511 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 20, 2025

Case Ongoing

FOIA request to Trump Administration regarding DOGE and its activities

Preliminary Injunction Granted, but Stayed

Supreme Court Stay of Trial Court Relief Granted

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Center for Taxpayer Rights v. Internal Revenue Service

1:25-cv-00457 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 17, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to DOGE and ICE access to IRS taxpayer data without statutory authorization.

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Gribbon v. Musk

1:25-cv-00422 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 12, 2025

Closed Date: May 12, 2025

Class action challenging Treasury Department's release of sensitive and protected data to "Department of Government Efficiency."

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO v. U.S. Office of Personnel Management

1:25-cv-01237 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Feb. 11, 2025

Case Ongoing

Current and former federal employees challenged DOGE access to their sensitive data.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Morris v. Trump

1:25-cv-00435 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Feb. 11, 2025

Closed Date: Feb. 12, 2025

Pro se challenge to sensitive information access by DOGE-affiliated individuals.

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
American Oversight v. U.S. Department of Government Efficiency

1:25-cv-00409 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 11, 2025

Case Ongoing

FOIA case against DOGE and OMB seeking communications involving Elon Musk and his staff.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Nemeth-Greenleaf v. United States Office of Personnel Management

1:25-cv-00407 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 11, 2025

Case Ongoing

Federal employees' challenge to sensitive information access by DOGE-affiliated individuals.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Electronic Privacy Information Center v. U.S. Office of Personnel Management

1:25-cv-00255 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: Feb. 10, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to access to Treasury department systems by Trump's "Department of Government Efficiency" (DOGE)

Preliminary Injunction Denied
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
National Treasury Employees Union v. Vought

1:25-cv-00380 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 9, 2025

Closed Date: Sept. 19, 2025

Privacy Act and APA challenge to DOGE access to CFPB employee data. Voluntarily dismissed by plaintiff without prejedice.

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
State of New York v. Trump

1:25-cv-01144 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Feb. 7, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to access to Treasury payment systems by associates of President Trump's Department of Government Efficiency.

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
University of California Student Association v. Carter

1:25-cv-00354 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 7, 2025

Closed Date: April 16, 2025

Challenge by a student association of the Department of Education's release of sensitive and personal information to the "Department of Government Efficiency" (DOGE).

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)
PRIVACY
Am. Fed. of Labor and Cong. of Indus. Org. (AFL-CIO) v. Dept. of Labor

1:25-cv-00339 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 5, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to DOGE access to sensitive federal agency data under Privacy Act and APA.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Alliance for Retired Americans v. Bessent

1:25-cv-00313 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 3, 2025

Case Ongoing

Federal employees and retirees challenge sensitive information access by DOGE-affiliated individuals.

Preliminary Injunction Denied
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Does v. Office of Personnel Management

1:25-cv-00234 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Jan. 27, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by federal workers to OPM's new centralized email system.

Temporary Restraining Order Denied
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Public Citizen, Inc. v. Trump

1:25-cv-00164 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Jan. 20, 2025

Case Ongoing

CChallenge to the legality of the "Department of Government Efficiency" under the Federal Advisory Committee Act.

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Center for Biological Diversity v. Office of Management and Budget

1:25-cv-00165 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Jan. 20, 2025

Case Ongoing

FOIA suit seeking presidential transition records and DOGE documents from OMB and DOGE entities.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Lentini v. Department of Government Efficiency

1:25-cv-00166 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Jan. 20, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to the legitimacy of the "Department of Government Efficiency" under the Federal Advisory Committee Act.

Consolidated: Docket Closed
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
American Public Health Association v. Office of Management and Budget

1:25-cv-00167 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Jan. 20, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to the legitimacy of the "Department of Government Efficiency" under the Federal Advisory Committee Act.

Consolidated: Docket Closed
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Housing Authority of the City and County of San Francisco v. Turner

4:25-cv-08859 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Oct. 16, 2025

Case Ongoing

Housing authorities sue Trump HUD over unconstitutional, coercive grant conditions

Temporary Restraining Order Granted
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
State of Washington v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

6:25-cv-01748 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: Sept. 26, 2025

Case Ongoing

States sue Department of Health over coercive efforts to force States to rewrite sexual health curricula.

Case Is Ongoing
HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
CODING IN PROCESS
In Re: Administrative Subpoena No. 25-1431-014

2:25-mc-00054 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Sept. 22, 2025

Case Ongoing

Recipients of gender-affirming care move against DOJ subpoena of hospital records.

Case Is Ongoing
HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Doe v. Department of Defense

8:25-cv-02947 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Sept. 8, 2025

Case Ongoing

Anonymous transgender plaintiffs sued the Department of Defense among others challenging the removal of gender affirming care coverage in military healthcare.

Case Is Ongoing
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Jansen v. Trump

1:25-cv-02961 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Sept. 2, 2025

Case Ongoing

Transgender woman challenges Trump EO on "Defending Biological Truth."

Preliminary Injunction Denied
EDUCATION
Arlington School Board v. McMahon

1:25-cv-01434 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: Aug. 29, 2025

Case Ongoing

Arlington School Board brings suit against the Department of Education amidst federal fund freeze due to the school's gender identity policies.

Judgment for Defendant

Appeal Pending

HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Trump

1:25-cv-12162 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Aug. 1, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by several states against the DOJ for eliminating healthcare for transgender individuals under the age of nineteen.

Case Is Ongoing
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
FreeState Justice v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

1:25-cv-02482 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: July 29, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by FreeState Justice against EEOC policy excluding gender identity claims.

Case Is Ongoing
PRISON CONDITIONS
CODING IN PROCESS
Marcum v. Crews

5:25-cv-00238 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky

Filed Date: July 14, 2025

Case Ongoing

Inmate sued the Kentucky Department of Corrections, challenging whether a Kentucky statute’s ban on HRT treatments violated inmates’ 8th Amendment rights.

Case Is Ongoing
HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
In Re: Subpoena No. 25-1431-014

2:25-mc-00039 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: July 8, 2025

Case Ongoing

DOJ subpoenaed CHOP for patient records including gender dysphoria cases, and CHOP alleged privacy rights violations.

Case Is Ongoing
HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
In Re: Administrative Subpoena No. 25-1431-019

1:25-mc-91324 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: July 8, 2025

Closed Date: Sept. 9, 2025

Boston Children's Hospital quashed DOJ subpoena of gender dysphoria patient records

Judgment for Plaintiff
HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Aguilar Contreras v. Trump

5:25-00396 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Filed Date: June 20, 2025

Case Ongoing

Pro se challenge to Executive Order 14168 by transgender woman in custody of Federal Bureau of Prisons.

Preliminary Injunction Granted
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
State of California v. U.S. Department of Justice

3:25-cv-04863 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: June 9, 2025

Case Ongoing

California challenged Trump administration's attempt to usurp state policies supporting transgender students.

Case Is Ongoing
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
C.M. v. Collins

25-04924 | U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims

Filed Date: June 9, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by disabled veteran with gender dysphoria against the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for denying Petitioner her hormone therapy.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
American Association of Physicians for Human Rights, Inc. v. National Institutes of Health

8:25-cv-01620 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: May 20, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to cancellation of grants dedicated to researching the health of LGBTQ+ Americans.

Preliminary Injunction Granted
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
In re Withrow

No Court

Filed Date: May 5, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to limits on transgender employee use of bathrooms and exercise facilities.
HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Planned Parenthood of Greater New York v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

1:25-cv-01334 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 1, 2025

Closed Date: July 14, 2025

Challenge to condition of Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program funding on compliance with Trump EOs targeting DEI.

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)

Appeal Dismissed

HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Baker v. Trump

3:25-cv-00334 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: April 30, 2025

Case Ongoing

Pro se challenge to EO 14168's denial of gender-affirming care to transgender federal prisoners.

Case Is Ongoing
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Schlacter v. U.S. Department of State

1:25-cv-01344 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: April 25, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to the denial of accurate passports that reflect trans and nonbinary persons' gender identity.

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
State of Minnesota v. Trump

0:25-cv-01608 | U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

Filed Date: April 22, 2025

Case Ongoing

Minnesota challenged Trump executive orders targeting the rights of transgender people.

Case Is Ongoing
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
E.K. v. Department of Defense Education Activity

1:25-cv-00637 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: April 15, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to whitewashing of libraries and curricula at Department of Defense Education Activity.

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending
HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Brown v. Trump

1:25-cv-00583 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: April 3, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to mandate that transgender women in federal prison be housed in men's facilities and denied access to gender-affirming care.

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending
HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Eyerly v. Trump

1:25-cv-00582 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: April 3, 2025

Case Ongoing

Pro se challenge to EO 14168's denial of gender-affirming care to transgender federal prisoners.

Case Is Ongoing
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Ireland v. Hegseth

1:25-cv-01918 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: March 17, 2025

Closed Date: May 16, 2025

Trans Air Force members challenged military trans ban.

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Schiff v. U.S. Office of Personnel Management

1:25-cv-10595 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: March 12, 2025

Case Ongoing

Doctors challenged the removal of medical articles containing the terms "LGBTQ" and "transgender" from government website.

Preliminary Injunction Granted
PRISON CONDITIONS
Kingdom v. Trump

1:25-cv-00691 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 7, 2025

Case Ongoing

Transgender individuals in the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons challenged EO 14168, which banned gender-affirming care for federal inmates.

Preliminary Injunction Granted
HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Moe v. Trump

1:25-cv-00653 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 6, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to mandate that transgender women in federal prison be housed in men’s facilities and denied access to gender-affirming care.

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Rhode Island Latino Arts v. National Endowment for the Arts

1:25-cv-00079 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: March 6, 2025

Case Ongoing

Four art nonprofits challenged the National Endowment for the Art's prohibition on the funding of art programs that promoted "gender ideology."

Judgment for Plaintiff
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
San Francisco A.I.D.S. Foundation v. Trump

3:25-cv-01824 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Feb. 20, 2025

Case Ongoing

LGBTQ+ and HIV/AIDS nonprofits challenged the legality of three Executive Orders

Preliminary Injunction Granted
PRISON CONDITIONS
Jones v. Trump

1:25-cv-00401 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 10, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to mandate that transgender women in federal prison be housed in men's facilities and denied access to gender-affirming care.

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
State of Washington v. Department of Justice

2:25-cv-00244 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Feb. 7, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to funding cutoff and criminal prosecution threats for provision of gender-affirming care to transgender patients.

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Orr v. Trump

1:25-cv-10313 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Feb. 7, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to the Trump Administration's new passport policy barring accommodation of nonbinary or trans gender identity.

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Shilling v. Trump

2:25-cv-00241 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Feb. 6, 2025

Case Ongoing

Trans service members challenge military trans ban.

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Supreme Court Stay of Trial Court Relief Granted

HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
PFLAG, Inc. v. Donald J. Trump

8:25-cv-00337 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Feb. 4, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to Executive Orders aiming to restrict access to gender-affirming medical care for transgender individuals under age nineteen.

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

PRISON CONDITIONS
Doe v. McHenry

1:25-cv-00286 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Jan. 30, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to mandate that transgender women in federal prison be housed in men's facilities and denied access to gender-affirming care.

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Talbott v. Trump

1:25-cv-00240 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Jan. 28, 2025

Case Ongoing

Current and prospective trans service members challenge trans military ban.

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appellate Stay of Trial Court Relief Granted

EDUCATION
Tirrell v. Edelblut

1:24-cv-00251 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire

Filed Date: Aug. 16, 2024

Case Ongoing

2024 case by transgender highschoolers adds claim against Trump Administration for trans sports ban.

Preliminary Injunction Granted
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
National Digital Inclusion Alliance v. Trump

1:25-cv-03606 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Oct. 7, 2025

Case Ongoing

Trump administration sued over abruptly ending digital equity program.

Case Is Ongoing
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Community Economic Development Center of Southeastern Massachusetts v. Scott Bessent

1:25-cv-12822 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Sept. 30, 2025

Case Ongoing

Lawsuit to prevent unfettered interagency data-sharing regarding protected taxpayer information.

Case Is Ongoing
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
CODING IN PROCESS
League of Women Voters v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

1:25-cv-03501 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Sept. 30, 2025

Case Ongoing

Nonprofit sues Department of Homeland Security to prevent them from create comprehensive databases of American citizens’ data.

Case Is Ongoing
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
State of California v. United States Department of Agriculture

3:25-cv-06310 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: July 28, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to Trump Administration demand for personal information on millions of SNAP applicants and recipients.

Temporary Restraining Order Granted
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
State of California v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

3:25-cv-05536 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: July 1, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge by several states against DHS and HHS for sharing protected health information among federal agencies.

Preliminary Injunction Granted
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Pallek v. Rollins

1:25-cv-01650 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 22, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to federal plan to centralize and share SNAP recipient data.

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Washington State Medical Association v. Kennedy

2:25-cv-00955 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: May 20, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to deletion of public health resources from federal government websites.

Settled: Implementation Ongoing
EDUCATION
National Academy of Education v. Department of Education

1:25-cv-01266 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 24, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to the Trump administration’s attempts to dismantle the Institute of Education Sciences.

Preliminary Injunction Denied
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Sierra Club v. Environmental Protection Agency

1:25-cv-01112 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 14, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to Trump administration’s takedown of webpages related to environmental justice.

Preliminary Injunction Denied
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Protect Democracy Project v. U.S. Office of Management and Budget

1:25-cv-01111 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 14, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to Office of Budget and Management's refusal to maintain its publicly available website containing federal budget appropriation information and documents.

Judgment for Plaintiff
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington v. Office of Management and Budget

1:25-cv-01051 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 8, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to OMB's refusal to maintain its website containing federal budget appropriation information and documents.

Judgment for Plaintiff

Appeal Pending

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington v. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

1:25-cv-01020 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 4, 2025

Case Ongoing

FOIA challenge relating to CDC’s staff reduction.

Preliminary Injunction Denied
EDUCATION
Association for Education Finance and Policy v. McMahon

1:25-cv-00999 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 4, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to the Trump administration’s attempts to dismantle the Institute of Education Sciences.

Preliminary Injunction Denied
NATIONAL SECURITY
American Oversight v. Hegseth

1:25-cv-00883 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 25, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to Trump Administration officials' use of Signal to discuss planned and active military operations.

Preliminary Injunction Granted
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
United States Institute of Peace v. Jackson

1:25-cv-00804 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 18, 2025

Case Ongoing

USIP challenged Trump order dismantling it; district court ruled for USIP, appeal held in abeyance.

Judgment for Plaintiff

Appeal Pending

SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Schiff v. U.S. Office of Personnel Management

1:25-cv-10595 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: March 12, 2025

Case Ongoing

Doctors challenged the removal of medical articles containing the terms "LGBTQ" and "transgender" from government website.

Preliminary Injunction Granted
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York v. U.S. Department of Agriculture

1:25-cv-01529 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Feb. 24, 2025

Case Ongoing

Environmental organizations challenge USDA's unpublishing of its climate-changed-focused webpages.

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO v. Social Security Administration

1:25-cv-00596 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Feb. 21, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to access to Social Security Administration data by DOGE.

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Supreme Court Stay of Trial Court Relief Granted

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Center for Taxpayer Rights v. Internal Revenue Service

1:25-cv-00457 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 17, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to DOGE and ICE access to IRS taxpayer data without statutory authorization.

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending
PRIVACY
Am. Fed. of Labor and Cong. of Indus. Org. (AFL-CIO) v. Dept. of Labor

1:25-cv-00339 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 5, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to DOGE access to sensitive federal agency data under Privacy Act and APA.

Case Is Ongoing
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Doctors for America v. Office of Personnel Management

1:25-cv-00322 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 4, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to Office of Personnel Management (OPM) order directing federal agencies to remove or modify webpages and datasets.

Administrative Matter Ongoing