Special Collection: Trump Administration 1.0: Challenges to the Government

Pangea Legal Services v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

3:20-cv-09253 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Dec. 21, 2020

On December 21, 2020, Pangea Legal Services and other legal organizations filed this suit against the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in the U.S. District Court for the Northern D…

COVID-19 Summary: This lawsuit was filed in response to the effects of COVID-19 on deportation procedures. The plaintiffs argued that deportation would expose them to COVID-19 and return them to coun…

D.A.M. v. Barr

1:20-cv-01321 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 28, 2020

Closed Date: Sept. 23, 2021

This case involves a dispute about visa processing. Following a March 20, 2020 decision by the State Department to cease most visa services, President Trump issued Presidential Proclamation 10014 on …

Gomez v. Trump

1:20-cv-01419 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 28, 2020

Closed Date: Sept. 27, 2024

American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists v. United States Food and Drug Administration

8:20-cv-01320 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: May 27, 2020

Closed Date: May 19, 2021

On May 27, 2020, the American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists ("ACOG"), a nonprofit organization representing obstetricians and gynecologists, a New York-based nonprofit advocacy organizatio…

This case was about the allocation of education funding for higher education institutions during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. This case is very similar to another case of the same name fi…

Washington v. DeVos

2:20-cv-00182 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington

Filed Date: May 19, 2020

Closed Date: June 22, 2021

Samma v. United States Department of Defense

1:20-cv-01104 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 28, 2020

Case Ongoing

This case challenged a Department of Defense (DOD) policy, issued during the first Trump administration, that withheld certifications of military service required for naturalization from non-citizens…

New York v. United States Department of Labor

1:20-cv-03020 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: April 14, 2020

Closed Date: Aug. 25, 2020

On April 14, 2020, the State of New York filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The state sued the U.S. Department of Labor and the Secretary of Labor un…

This case is about whether untrained Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents can make asylum determinations in place of trained career Asylum Officers. The district court granted the plaintiffs' m…

A.B. v. Morgan

1:20-cv-00846 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 27, 2020

Case Ongoing

On March 19, 2020, Family Equality, True Colors United, and Services & Advocacy for LGBT Elders (SAGE) filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Plaintiffs sued the…

Family Equality v. Azar

1:20-cv-02403 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: March 19, 2020

Case Ongoing

On February 28, 2020, a noncitizen placed in a federal immigration detention facility and denied bond or release while awaiting immigration hearings filed this class-action suit in the United States …

Velesaca v. Decker

1:20-cv-01803 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Feb. 28, 2020

Case Ongoing

On February 15, 2019, President Trump issued an executive order, Proclamation 9844, declaring a national emergency concerning the southern border of the United States. Following Proclamation 9844, Si…

Sierra Club v. Trump

4:20-cv-01494 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Feb. 28, 2020

Case Ongoing

Planned Parenthood of Maryland, Inc. v. Azar

1:20-cv-00361 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Feb. 11, 2020

Case Ongoing

This is a case about the government’s adoption of the separate billing rule, which reinterpreted the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and required health insurance plans on the individual marketplace to sen…

This class-action lawsuit concerns the Trump administration’s decision to block New York residents from participating in the Global Entry program, allegedly in retaliation for the state’s Green Light…

Lewis-McCoy v. Wolf

1:20-cv-01142 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Feb. 10, 2020

Case Ongoing

On January 15, 2020, six individual plaintiffs, along with the Tahirih Justice Center and Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Col…

U.T. v. Barr

1:20-cv-00116 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Jan. 15, 2020

Case Ongoing

ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Page v. Trump

1:20-cv-00104 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Jan. 15, 2020

Closed Date: Jan. 29, 2021

This case concerns the constitutionality of the District of Columbia’s lack of congressional representation. On January 15, 2020, a resident of the District of Columbia, filed a pro se lawsuit in the…

The Trump Administration implemented an immigration policy from 2017 to 2018, which called for the separation of immigrant families at the U.S.-Mexico border. Two immigrant parents filed this lawsui…

A.P.F. v. United States

2:20-cv-00065 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Jan. 10, 2020

Case Ongoing

Make the Road New York v. Pompeo

1:19-cv-11633 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Dec. 19, 2019

Case Ongoing

This case is one of several brought nationwide by States, counties, and nonprofit organizations challenging the Trump administration's revised, final public charge rule, which expands the types of pr…

Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center v. Trump

3:19-cv-02051 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: Dec. 18, 2019

Case Ongoing

On December 18, 2019, six immigration legal service providers filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon, alleging that the federal government had manipulated the immigr…

Freedom for Immigrants v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

2:19-cv-10424 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Dec. 10, 2019

Case Ongoing

On December 10, 2019, Freedom for Immigrants, a nonprofit organization that supports persons held in immigration detention facilities, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central Di…

On December 5, 2019, Doc Society and the International Documentary Associate, U.S.-based documentary film organizations that host screenings and discussions with international partners, filed this la…

Doc Society v. Pompeo

1:19-cv-03632 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Dec. 5, 2019

Case Ongoing

This is a case challenging the Trump Administration’s oversight of the 2020 census. In the years prior to the census, the government cancelled planned field tests for census operating procedures in 2…

1:19-cv-10917 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Nov. 26, 2019

Closed Date: April 15, 2020

Committee on Oversight and Reform v. Barr

1:19-cv-03557 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Nov. 26, 2019

Case Ongoing

This is a case about the Trump Administration’s refusal to comply with the House Oversight and Reform Committee’s subpoenas for documents related to its investigation into the Trump Administration’s …

This case is one of several federal cases challenging the Trump Administration’s ongoing attempts to reduce Medicaid eligibility under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The case arose from federal an…

Young v. Azar

1:19-cv-03526 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Nov. 22, 2019

Case Ongoing

On November 21, 2019, three refugee resettlement agencies filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, challenging the Trump Administration's recent Executive Order, "E…

HIAS, Inc. v. Trump

8:19-cv-03346 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Nov. 21, 2019

Case Ongoing

This is a case about asylum seekers' right to counsel in refoulment interviews conducted by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services which determine whether an asylum seeker can remain in the United…

Doe v. McAleenan

3:19-cv-02119 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Filed Date: Nov. 5, 2019

Case Ongoing

On October 30, 2019, seven individual plaintiffs and Latino Network filed this putative class-action complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon, challenging President Trump’s Oct…

3:19-cv-01743 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: Oct. 30, 2019

Case Ongoing

City of Seattle v. Department of Homeland Security

3:19-cv-07151 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Oct. 29, 2019

Case Ongoing

This case challenged a policy of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) that made it more difficult for naturalization applicants to obtain fee waiversThe City of Seattle and several n…

Adlerstein v. U.S. Customs and Border Protection

4:19-cv-00500 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Oct. 16, 2019

Case Ongoing

This case involves the effects of the Trump administration’s efforts to increase scrutiny of private United States citizens working on behalf of migrants and refugees along the U.S.-Mexico border. On…

Center for Reproductive Rights v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

1:19-cv-03068 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Oct. 15, 2019

Case Ongoing

The Center for Reproductive Rights, represented by private counsel, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on October 15, 2019. The litigation sought declaratory a…

Connecticut v. Department of Homeland Security

3:19-cv-01597 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: Oct. 10, 2019

Closed Date: Oct. 7, 2022

This is a case regarding the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) interpretation of the Pardon Waiver Clause of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA)(8 U.S.C. §1227). The clause provided that …

Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center v. Wolf

1:19-cv-03640 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Oct. 7, 2019

Case Ongoing

On October 7, 2019, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security implemented two new asylum processes to expedite applicants’ credible fear interviews: the Prompt Asylum Claim Review program and the Huma…

On October 3, 2019, noncitizen children and their parents filed this class action in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, challenging the Trump Administration's separation of asylum s…

A.I.I.L. v. Sessions

4:19-cv-00481 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Oct. 3, 2019

Case Ongoing

Mayor and City Council of Baltimore v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

8:19-cv-02851 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Sept. 27, 2019

Case Ongoing

New York v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

1:19-cv-08876 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Sept. 25, 2019

Case Ongoing

On September 25, 2019, the State of New York and the Kings County District Attorney filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against U.S. Immigration and Cu…

E.B. v. U.S. Department of State

1:19-cv-02856 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Sept. 24, 2019

Case Ongoing

This is a case challenging a 2019 immigration rule requiring individuals to have a valid passport before entering a lottery to win the opportunity to apply for a visa. The Immigration and Nationality…

Cook County, Illinois v. Wolf

1:19-cv-06334 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Sept. 23, 2019

Closed Date: March 12, 2021

Centro Presente, Inc. v. McAleenan

1:19-cv-02840 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Sept. 20, 2019

Case Ongoing

On September 20, 2019, two nonprofit organizations, alongside nine individuals (six of whom were also representing their minor children) filed this lawsuit against the Secretary of the Department of …

On September 19, 2019, five asylum-seeking parents, on their own behalf and on behalf of their minor children, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. The plaintiff…

C.M. v. United States

2:19-cv-05217 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Sept. 19, 2019

Closed Date: Oct. 22, 2024

Casa de Maryland v. Trump

8:19-cv-02715 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Sept. 16, 2019

Case Ongoing

La Unión Del Pueblo Entero v. Trump

8:19-cv-02710 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Sept. 13, 2019

Closed Date: April 2, 2021

This case challenged President Trump’s Executive Order 13880 directing the Census Bureau to collect citizenship data from administrative records and distribute that data to states in connection with …

Irish International Immigrant Center, Inc. v. Cuccinelli

1:19-cv-11880 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Sept. 5, 2019

Closed Date: June 15, 2021

This case addressed the termination of an immigration program granting deferred action to seriously ill individuals.The Irish International Immigrant Center (a.k.a. the Rian Immigration Center) filed…

Make the Road New York v. Cuccinelli

1:19-cv-07993 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Aug. 27, 2019

Case Ongoing

This is a case challenging the Trump Administration’s reinterpretation of the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) “public charge” rule (“the Rule”). On August 27, 2019, Make the Road New York, A…

State of New York v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

1:19-cv-07777 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Aug. 21, 2019

Closed Date: March 6, 2023

La Clinica de la Raza v. Trump

4:19-cv-04980 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Aug. 16, 2019

Case Ongoing

State of California v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

4:19-cv-04975 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Aug. 16, 2019

Closed Date: Jan. 30, 2023

State of Washington v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

4:19-cv-05210 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington

Filed Date: Aug. 14, 2019

Closed Date: March 1, 2023

This case is one of several brought nationwide by states, counties, and non-profit organizations challenging the Trump administration's revised, final public charge rule, which expands the types of p…

City and County of San Francisco v. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

4:19-cv-04717 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Aug. 13, 2019

Case Ongoing

Make the Road New York v. Wolf

1:19-cv-02369 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Aug. 6, 2019

Closed Date: June 3, 2022

This case concerns the Trump Administration’s decision to expand “expedited removal,” under which low-level Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) immigration officers were allowed to summarily depo…

On July 22, 2019, fourteen Iranian American families represented by a private immigration lawyer filed a complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief and for a writ of mandamus in the U.S. Distric…

Darchini v. Pompeo

8:19-cv-01417 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: July 22, 2019

Closed Date: April 6, 2021

East Bay Sanctuary Covenant v. Barr

4:19-cv-04073 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: July 16, 2019

Case Ongoing

Case challenging a Trump administration policy narrowing eligibility qualifications for asylum seekers.

Capital Area Immigrants' Rights (CAIR) Coalition v. Trump; I.A. v. Barr

1:19-cv-02117 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: July 16, 2019

Case Ongoing

This Clearinghouse entry describes two consolidated lawsuits challenging the Trump Administration's new asylum rule, which reversed longstanding asylum laws that allow individuals to seek asylum in t…

Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project v. Barr

1:19-cv-06443 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: July 11, 2019

Closed Date: Nov. 21, 2019

On July 11, 2019, a group of organizations dedicated to helping immigrant families and children including Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project, Central American Resource Center – LA, Immigrant Defenders La…

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

On July 1, 2019, four unaccompanied children seeking asylum in the United States filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. The plaintiffs sued the Department of Home…

On June 25, 2019, five asylum seekers from Angola, Cuba, and El Salvador filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. The plaintiffs sued the Department of Hom…

Kiakombua v. McAleenan

1:19-cv-01872 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: June 25, 2019

Case Ongoing

County of Santa Clara v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

3:19-cv-02916 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: May 28, 2019

Case Ongoing

On May 28, 2019, the County of Santa Clara, CA and various healthcare providers sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Cal…

State of Illinois v. Barr

1:19-cv-03461 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: May 23, 2019

Closed Date: April 8, 2021

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.) On May 23, 2019, the State of Illinois filed this lawsuit against the Attorney General of the United States in the United States District Cour…

National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association v. Azar

1:19-cv-05435 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: May 21, 2019

Case Ongoing

This suit consolidates a number of challenges to a rule from the Federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that allows healthcare providers to refuse medical treatment or services that co…

On April 29, 2019, the Middlesex County District Attorney, Suffolk County District Attorney, Committee for Public Counsel Services (“CPCS”), and the Chelsea Collaborative, Inc., filed this lawsuit in…

Ryan v. ICE

1:19-cv-11003 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: April 29, 2019

Case Ongoing

Mayor and City Council of Baltimore v. Azar

1:19-cv-01103 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: April 12, 2019

Closed Date: June 16, 2021

This is a case that challenged a Final Rule adopted by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) during the Trump-Pence administration. The Rule imposed restrictions on organizations re…

U.S. House of Representatives v. Mnuchin

1:19-cv-00969 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 5, 2019

Case Ongoing

On April 5, 2019, the United States House of Representatives, represented by their general counsel, filed this lawsuit against the Secretary of the Treasury, the Department of the Treasury, the Actin…

Family Planning Association of Maine v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

1:19-cv-00100 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maine

Filed Date: March 6, 2019

Closed Date: Oct. 15, 2021

This is a case about the Trump Administration's Compliance with Statutory Program Integrity Requirements, 84 Fed. Reg. 7,714 (the “Rule”), published by the United States Department of Health and Huma…

State of Washington v. Azar

1:19-cv-03040 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington

Filed Date: March 5, 2019

Closed Date: June 11, 2021

On March 5, 2019, the State of Washington filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for viola…

On February 21, 2019, a former Yemeni diplomat filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia. The plaintiff sued President Donald Trump, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, an…

Muthana v. Pompeo

1:19-cv-00445 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 21, 2019

Case Ongoing

This case challenged President Trump's use of presidential emergency powers to allocate funds to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. On February 20, 2019, El Paso County of Texas and Border Netwo…

El Paso County v. Trump

3:19-cv-00066 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: Feb. 20, 2019

Case Ongoing

In 2018, President Trump repeatedly requested Congress appropriate 5.7 billion dollars for the construction of a southern border wall. On February 14th, 2019, Congress denied this request and appropr…

Sierra Club v. Trump

4:19-cv-00892 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Feb. 19, 2019

Case Ongoing

State of California v. Trump

4:19-cv-00872 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Feb. 18, 2019

Closed Date: Aug. 2, 2023

In 2018, President Donald Trump asked Congress to appropriate $5.7 billion for construction of a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. On February 14, 2019, Congress denied that request and instead appropr…

Center for Biological Diversity v. Trump

1:19-cv-00408 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 16, 2019

Case Ongoing

This case addresses the expansion of the southern border wall, a major controversy during the Trump presidency.On February 16, 2019, three non-profit organizations that defend wildlife and habitats a…

Throughout his campaign and presidency, Donald Trump advocated for the construction of a wall along the southern border of the United States. In 2018, President Trump requested that Congress appropri…

Alvarez v. Trump

1:19-cv-00404 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 15, 2019

Closed Date: April 23, 2019

Innovation Law Lab v. Nielsen

3:19-cv-00807 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Feb. 14, 2019

Case Ongoing

On February 14, 2019, a group of asylum seekers from Central America and several legal organizations filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The plainti…

On February 10, 2019, a group of beneficiaries of Temporary Protected Status (“TPS”) from Honduras and Nepal and their U.S.-citizen children filed this class action in the U.S. District Court for the…

Bhattarai v. Nielsen

3:19-cv-00731 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Feb. 10, 2019

Case Ongoing

CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)

In the Matter of the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ Execution Protocol Cases

1:19-mc-00145 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Jan. 22, 2019

Case Ongoing

In July 2019, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), in conjunction with the Bureau of Prisons, announced plans to resume federal capital punishment after a nearly twenty-year hiatus. The Fed…

On December 3, 2018, the Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights Coalition (CAIR Coalition), the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES), and two individual asylum seeking file…

S.M.S.R. v. Trump

1:18-cv-02838 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Dec. 3, 2018

Closed Date: Dec. 3, 2023

Mayor and City Council of Baltimore v. Trump

1:18-cv-03636 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Nov. 28, 2018

Case Ongoing

This case is one of several brought nationwide by States, counties, and nonprofit organizations challenging the Trump administration's revised public charge rule, which expands the types of programs …

CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)

Barroca v. Bureau of Prisons

1:18-cv-02740 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Nov. 26, 2018

Closed Date: 2019

On November 26, 2018, a group of federal prisoners and advocacy groups filed this lawsuit against the Federal Bureau of Prisons (“BOP”) and its director, in the U.S. District Court for the District o…

On November 20, 2018, a group of asylum seekers challenged the federal government’s latest asylum policy, which prohibited people who enter the United States along the southern border somewhere other…

O.A. v. Trump

1:18-cv-02718 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Nov. 20, 2018

Closed Date: Dec. 3, 2023

Electronic Privacy Information Center v. United States Dep't of Commerce

1:18-cv-02711 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Nov. 20, 2018

Closed Date: April 27, 2020

On November 20, 2018, the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), an independent non-profit research center dedicated to privacy and civil liberties issues, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. Distr…

On November 19, 2018, three U.S. Senators, Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), and Mazie Hirono (D-HI), filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia. Th…

Blumenthal v. Whitaker

1:18-cv-02664 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Nov. 19, 2018

Closed Date: Feb. 19, 2019

Cable News Network v. Trump

1:18-cv-02610 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Nov. 13, 2018

Closed Date: 2018

On November 13, 2018, Cable News Network, Inc. (“CNN”) and CNN’s chief White House correspondent, Abilio James “Jim” Acosta, filed this suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. T…

East Bay Sanctuary Covenant v. Trump

4:18-cv-06810 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Nov. 9, 2018

Case Ongoing

On November 9, 2018, several nonprofit organizations filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, challenging a Trump Administration asylum policy that prohi…

This case is a response to efforts by the Trump administration to strip law enforcement funding from “sanctuary” cities and states. The State of Oregon and the City of Portland filed this lawsuit in …

Oregon v. Trump

6:18-cv-01959 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: Nov. 9, 2018

Case Ongoing

Case challenging delays in the release of detained immigrant children resulting from unwarranted fingerprint checks.

Duchitanga v. Lloyd

1:18-cv-10332 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Nov. 6, 2018

Closed Date: July 28, 2022

On November 1, 2018, a group of citizens from Honduras who had been traveling with their children to the United States to seek asylum filed this putative class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Cou…

Pineda v. Trump

1:18-cv-02534 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Nov. 1, 2018

Closed Date: 2019

Guilford College v. Nielsen

1:18-cv-00891 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina

Filed Date: Oct. 23, 2018

Closed Date: Aug. 3, 2020

On August 9, 2018, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) changed its longstanding policy for determining unlawful presence of students and exchange visitors. Under the old po…

Leopold v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

1:18-cv-02415 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Oct. 22, 2018

Case Ongoing

On October 22, 2018, media site Buzzfeed and one of its reporters brought this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia against the U.S. Department of Homeland Securit…

ACLU of Southern California v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

2:18-cv-08917 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Oct. 16, 2018

Closed Date: Feb. 26, 2020

On October 16, 2018, the ACLU of Southern California filed this lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. The plaint…

PEN American Center. v. Trump

1:18-cv-09433 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Oct. 16, 2018

Case Ongoing

On October 16, 2018, PEN America, Inc. brought this lawsuit against President Donald Trump in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiff, an organization representin…

City of Chicago v. Sessions III

1:18-cv-06859 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Oct. 12, 2018

Case Ongoing

This case is a response to efforts by the Trump Administration to strip law enforcement funding from “sanctuary” cities and states unless their governments agree to participate in federal immigration…

This is a case about a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request concerning the Department of Justice's role in requesting to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census. On December 12, 2018, the …

NAACP v. DOJ

1:18-cv-09363 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Oct. 12, 2018

Case Ongoing

ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Williams v. State of New Jersey

2:18-cv-14458 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: Sept. 27, 2018

Closed Date: Oct. 11, 2018

This case alleged that the plaintiff’s right to vote was taken away unconstitutionally. On September 27, 2018, a self-represented plaintiff filed this case in the United States District Court of New …

This case arose out of the detention and separation of the named child plaintiffs from their parents upon their entry into the United States. These detentions and separations were part of the broader…

K.O. v. Sessions

4:18-cv-40149 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Sept. 5, 2018

Case Ongoing

This case is about when the government must provide bond hearings to certain noncitizens in prolonged immigration detention who are contesting their deportation. The plaintiff in this case was a nonc…

Arteaga-Martinez v. Doll

1:18-cv-01742 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Sept. 4, 2018

Closed Date: Aug. 16, 2023

Muslim Advocates v. U.S. Department of Justice

1:18-cv-01967 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Aug. 23, 2018

Case Ongoing

On August 23, 2018, Muslim Advocates filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia against the United States Department of Justice [DOJ] and United States Immigra…

State of California v. Sessions

3:18-cv-05169 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Aug. 23, 2018

Case Ongoing

This case is another response to efforts by the Trump Administration to strip law enforcement funding from states and certain local jurisdictions unless their governments agree to participate in fede…

City of Los Angeles v. Sessions III

2:18-cv-07347 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Aug. 22, 2018

Closed Date: Jan. 14, 2021

This case is a response to actions taken by the Department of Justice (DOJ) following litigation in the 2017 case, City of Los Angeles v. Sessions. On August 22, 2018, the City of Los Angeles filed t…

City and County of San Francisco v. Sessions III

3:18-cv-05146 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Aug. 22, 2018

Case Ongoing

This case is another response to efforts by the Trump Administration to strip certain law enforcement funding from "sanctuary" cities and states unless their governments agree to participate in feder…

On August 17, 2018, 29 parents who were forcibly separated from their children by the federal government filed this lawsuit in U.S. District Court of District Columbia. The plaintiffs sued the Depart…

Dora v. Sessions

1:18-cv-01938 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Aug. 17, 2018

Closed Date: Feb. 5, 2019

Title XIX of the Social Security Act (SSA) has provided medical care assistance to certain vulnerable populations under a cooperative federal-state arrangement, approved by the Secretary of Health an…

Gresham v. Azar

1:18-cv-01900 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Aug. 14, 2018

Case Ongoing

This class action lawsuit challenged changes during the Trump administration to the operation of Special Immigrant Juveniles (SIJ) Status program. SIJ Status provides a pathway to lawful permanent r…

J.L. v. Cissna

5:18-cv-04914 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Aug. 14, 2018

Closed Date: March 3, 2022

City of Providence v. Sessions

1:18-cv-00437 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: Aug. 9, 2018

Closed Date: March 31, 2021

Case challenging DOJ's policy of conditioning federal funding on compliance with immigration-related conditions.

This case is a response to the Attorney General's decision in Matter of A-B-, issued in June 2018, and updated guidelines for asylum officers the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a month …

Grace v. Sessions

1:18-cv-01853 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Aug. 7, 2018

Case Ongoing

City of Columbus v. Trump

1:18-cv-02364 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Aug. 2, 2018

Case Ongoing

On August 2, 2018, various cities and city officials across the country and one married couple from Charlottesville, Virginia, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryla…

ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Fels v. Mcconnell

1:18-cv-05284 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Aug. 2, 2018

Closed Date: Dec. 12, 2018

This is a case alleging grievances against President Trump's fitness for the presidency due to his financial records. Plaintiff, a pro se litigant, filed a case in the Federal District Court for the …

On August 1, 2018, six non-citizens detained at the Federal Correctional Institution Medium II, also called Victorville, filed this putative class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Ce…

Teneng v. Trump

5:18-cv-01609 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Aug. 1, 2018

Pars Equality Center v. Pompeo

18-cv-07818 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: July 31, 2018

Case Ongoing

On July 31, 2018, two nonprofit organizations and fifteen individuals filed this class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, challenging the Trump Administ…

Campaign Legal Center v. DOJ

1:18-cv-01771 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: July 30, 2018

Case Ongoing

This is a case concerning the addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 United States census. On July 30, 2018, the Campaign Legal Center (CLC), a nonprofit aimed at increasing access to democra…

On July 27, 2018, a group of parents (filing under pseudonyms) filed this class action lawsuit on behalf of their minor migrant children in the District of Columbia. The plaintiffs sued the US Depart…

M.M.M. v. Sessions

3:18-cv-01832 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Filed Date: July 27, 2018

Case Ongoing

This case concerns U.S. immigration and family reunification policies. A group of Honduran and Guatemalan minors, guardians, and sponsors filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court fo…

J.E.C.M. v. Lloyd

1:18-cv-00903 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: July 20, 2018

Closed Date: Sept. 5, 2023

Center for Reproductive Rights v. U.S. Department of Health & Human Services

1:18-cv-01688 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: July 19, 2018

Closed Date: Oct. 12, 2021

On July 19, 2018, the Center For Reproductive Rights and the National Women’s Law Center filed a complaint in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The plaintiffs sued the U.S. Department…

State of New York v. U.S. Department of Justice

1:18-cv-06471 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: July 18, 2018

Case Ongoing

This case deals with the Trump Administration's effort to require state police departments to cooperate in immigration enforcement, which was part of the implementation of Executive Order 13768, whic…

City of New York v. Sessions

1:18-cv-06474 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: July 18, 2018

Closed Date: May 3, 2021

On July 18, 2018, the City of New York filed a complaint against the Attorney General of the U.S. and the Department of the Justice in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. T…

City of Evanston v. Sessions

1:18-cv-04853 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: July 16, 2018

Case Ongoing

On July 16, 2018, the City of Evanston, Illinois, along with the U.S. Conference of Mayors, filed this lawsuit against the United States Department of Justice. The plaintiffs sought to enjoin the DO…

N.T.C. v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

3:18-cv-01626 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Filed Date: July 16, 2018

Case Ongoing

On July 16, 2018, a group of minor children who recently came to the United States filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiffs sued th…

On July 12, 2018, three mothers seeking asylum in the United States filed this putative class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California on behalf of all those s…

Ms. J.P. v. Sessions

2:18-cv-06081 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: July 12, 2018

Case Ongoing

DISABILITY RIGHTS

Council of Parents Attorneys and Advocates (COPAA) v. DeVos

1:18-cv-01636 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: July 12, 2018

Closed Date: May 4, 2021

On July 12, 2018, the Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates (COPAA) filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. COPAA sued the U.S. Department of Education under t…

American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

3:18-cv-04105 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: July 10, 2018

Case Ongoing

In December 2017, the ACLU of Northern California submitted a request to the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement seeking documents related to the agency's use of a…

J.S.R. v. Sessions / V.F.B. v. Sessions

3:18-cv-01106 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: July 2, 2018

Closed Date: Aug. 29, 2018

This lawsuit grew out of the Trump Administration's family separation policy, by which kids were separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border. On July 2, 2018, two children from Central Ame…

Class action of children in Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) custody challenging the conditions of their detainment.

L.R. (Lucas R.) v. Azar

2:18-cv-05741 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: June 29, 2018

Case Ongoing

Muslim Advocates v. U.S. Department of State

1:18-cv-01546 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: June 28, 2018

Case Ongoing

On June 28, 2018, Muslim Advocates and the Center for Constitutional Rights (non-profit legal advocacy organizations) filed this complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia agai…

American Immigration Council v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

1:18-cv-01531 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: June 27, 2018

Case Ongoing

On June 27, 2018, the American Immigration Council filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The plaintiff sued the U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement ("ICE"), t…

Gonzalez-Garcia v. Sessions

1:18-cv-11340 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: June 27, 2018

Closed Date: 2018

On June 27, 2018, a refugee from Guatemala filed this lawsuit on behalf of herself and her daughter in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts against the Attorney General …

State of Washington v. United States of America

2:18-cv-00939 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: June 26, 2018

Case Ongoing

This case involved a challenge to the Trump Administration's immigration policies concerning asylum and family separation.On June 26, 2018, a coalition of states filed this complaint in the U.S. Dist…

Irish 4 Reproductive Health v. United States Department of Health and Human Services

3:18-cv-00491 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana

Filed Date: June 26, 2018

Case Ongoing

The suit challenged a settlement agreement between the Trump Administration and the University of Notre Dame to deny students, employees, and their dependents insurance coverage of contraceptive care…

Padilla v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

2:18-cv-00928 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: June 25, 2018

Case Ongoing

On June 25, 2018, three plaintiffs filed this class-action lawsuit challenging the federal government's forcible separation of minor children from their parents, as well as its practice of prolonging…

Buzzfeed Inc. v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

1:18-cv-01501 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: June 25, 2018

Case Ongoing

On June 25, 2018, Buzzfeed and Loevy & Loevy brought this Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) suit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its component agency, Immigration and Custo…

This case arose in response to President Trump's 2018 family separation policy. On April 6, 2018, the U.S. Attorney General announced a “zero-tolerance” immigration policy, which criminally prosecute…

M.G.U. v. Nielsen

1:18-cv-01458 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: June 20, 2018

Closed Date: July 19, 2019

Applicants and beneficiaries of the Central American Minors (CAM) parole program filed this class-action lawsuit on June 13, 2018, challenging the Trump Administration's termination of the program an…

S.A. v. Trump

3:18-cv-03539 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: June 13, 2018

Case Ongoing

Afghan and Iraqi Allies v. Pompeo

1:18-cv-01388 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: June 12, 2018

Case Ongoing

Background After long delays in the processing of their Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) applications, a group of Afghans and Iraqis who worked for the U.S. government to support U.S. missions in their h…

Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

3:18-cv-03359 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: June 7, 2018

Closed Date: Aug. 10, 2020

On June 7, 2018, attorneys from the Immigrants' Rights Clinic at Stanford Law School alongside the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild filed this lawsuit against the U.S. Depar…

This class action lawsuit challenged a U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) change to qualifications for the Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) program during the Trump administratio…

R.F M. v. Nielsen

1:18-cv-05068 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: June 7, 2018

Closed Date: June 1, 2022

La Unión Del Pueblo Entero v. Ross

8:18-cv-01570 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: May 31, 2018

Closed Date: Oct. 16, 2020

This case is one of many challenging the Census Bureau's decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census.This lawsuit was filed on May 31, 2018, in the U.S. District Court for the District …

American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

3:18-cv-03050 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: May 23, 2018

Closed Date: Feb. 26, 2019

On May 23, 2018 the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California (ACLU-NC) filed this lawsuit against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) under the Freedom of Information Act (FOI…

FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE

National Fair Housing Alliance v. Carson

1:18-cv-01076 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 8, 2018

Closed Date: Aug. 26, 2019

On May 8, 2018, National Fair Housing Alliance, Texas Low Income Housing Information Services, and Texas Appleseed filed this lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD…

American Civil Liberties Union of Maine Foundation v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

2:18-cv-00182 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maine

Filed Date: May 8, 2018

Closed Date: Dec. 9, 2020

This is one of a pair of lawsuits filed by state affiliates of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), each relating to two separate Freedom of Information Act requests seeking agency records on i…

Judicial Watch, Inc. v. United States DOJ

1:18-cv-01050 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 3, 2018

Closed Date: 2018

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) requires the government to obtain a warrant from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) before it may conduct any domestic electronic surv…

Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin, Inc. v. Azar

1:18-cv-01035 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 2, 2018

Closed Date: Jan. 29, 2020

On May 2, 2018, a group of regional Planned Parenthood organizations, represented by WilmerHale, filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against the Secretary of the…

American Civil Liberties Union of Maine Foundation v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

2:18-cv-00176 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maine

Filed Date: May 1, 2018

Closed Date: July 15, 2019

Council on American-Islamic Relations - Chicago v. U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services

1:18-cv-03097 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: May 1, 2018

Closed Date: June 28, 2019

On May 1, 2018, the Council on American-Islamic Relations - Chicago (CAIR-Chicago) filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The case was assigned to Judge …

State of Texas v. Nielsen

1:18-cv-00068 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: May 1, 2018

Case Ongoing

On May 1, 2018, Texas, Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Nebraska, South Carolina, and West Virginia brought actions for declaratory and injunctive relief against the United States and various federal im…

On April 18, 2018, a group of five unnamed plaintiffs filed this class action lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Califor…

Doe 1 v. McAleenan

5:18-cv-02349 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: April 18, 2018

Closed Date: Feb. 10, 2023

The U.S. Census Bureau, a division of the U.S. Department of Commerce, conducts a census every ten years. The census surveys the number of persons in each household and, in the process, gathers certa…

San Jose v. Ross

3:18-cv-02279 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: April 17, 2018

Closed Date: Dec. 31, 2020

Arab American Institute v. Office of Management and Budget

1:18-cv-00871 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 13, 2018

Case Ongoing

On April 13, 2018, the Arab American Institute (“AAI”) sued the Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) under the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”), 5 U.S.C. § 552, in the U.S. District Court for t…

Kravitz v. United States Department of Commerce

8:18-cv-01041 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: April 11, 2018

Closed Date: June 20, 2021

This case challenged a Trump Administration decision by the United States Census Bureau to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census. This lawsuit was filed on April 11, 2018 in the U.S. District…

Muslim Advocates v. U.S. Department of Justice

3:18-cv-02137 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: April 9, 2018

Closed Date: Sept. 16, 2019

This suit, filed on April 9, 2018, challenged a report created and issued by defendants the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Executive Order 13780:…

Electronic Privacy Information Center v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

1:18-cv-00797 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 9, 2018

Closed Date: June 23, 2020

On April 9, 2018, the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) filed this complaint against defendant U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). E…

City and County of San Francisco v. Sessions

4:18-cv-02068 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: April 5, 2018

Closed Date: May 20, 2019

City Attorneys from the City and County of San Francisco (the City) filed this suit on April 5, 2018, challenging the Department of Justice's (DOJ) bulk rescission of documents that provided guidance…

State of New York v. U.S. Department of Commerce

1:18-cv-02921 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: April 3, 2018

Closed Date: Dec. 31, 2020

This was a legal challenge brought by an alliance of states, counties, and municipalities to the Trump Administration’s proposed addition of a question about citizenship status to the 2020 U.S. Censu…

NAACP v. Bureau of the Census

8:18-cv-00891 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: March 28, 2018

Closed Date: April 16, 2020

On March 28, 2018 the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and Prince George’s County, Maryland filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Marylan…

Human Rights Watch v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

4:18-cv-01842 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: March 26, 2018

Case Ongoing

On March 26, 2018, Human Rights Watch filed this lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) under the Freedom of Informat…

On March 26, 2018, the State of California filed this claim against the Secretary of Commerce and the U.S. Census Bureau in the U.S. District Court of Northern California. It challenged the defendant…

California v. Ross

3:18-cv-01865 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: March 26, 2018

Closed Date: Dec. 31, 2020

New York Immigration Coalition v. U.S. Department of Commerce

1:18-cv-05025 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: March 26, 2018

Closed Date: Dec. 31, 2020

On March 26, 2018, the Secretary of Commerce ordered that the 2020 Census add a question about citizenship for the first time since 1950. On June 6, 2018, the New York Immigration Coalition, Casa, th…

CASA de Maryland v. Trump

8:18-cv-00845 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: March 23, 2018

Case Ongoing

On Mar. 23, 2018, three Temporary Protected Status (TPS) recipients from El Salvador, as well as the immigrants' rights organization Casa de Maryland which has many Salvadorian members, filed this la…

This class action suit, filed on March 15, 2018, sought to enjoin the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from detaining asylum seekers in order to deter other potential migrants from seeking …

Damus v. Nielsen

1:18-cv-00578 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 15, 2018

Case Ongoing

This is one of many legal challenges to the series of Trump's executive orders (EOs) known collectively as the "Travel Ban" or "Muslim Ban." This suit in particular challenged the waiver system that …

Emami v. Nielsen

3:18-cv-01587 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: March 13, 2018

Case Ongoing

On March 12, 2018, a group of U.S. children, their non-citizen parents, and other non-citizen adults filed this class action lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The plaint…

Ramos v. Nielsen

3:18-cv-01554 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: March 12, 2018

Case Ongoing

N.Y. Times Co. v. United States DOJ

1:18-cv-02054 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: March 7, 2018

Closed Date: 2018

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

Case challenging US government family separation policy reaches settlement

On February 22, 2018, four noncitizens, on behalf of a proposed class of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) recipients, filed this lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its…

Moreno v. Nielsen

1:18-cv-01135 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: Feb. 22, 2018

Closed Date: June 9, 2021

On Feb. 22, 2018, eight Temporary Protected Status (TPS) recipients from El Salvador and Haiti, as well as the Massachusetts immigrants' rights organization Centro Presente, filed this lawsuit. Repre…

Centro Presente v. Trump

1:18-cv-10340 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Feb. 22, 2018

Case Ongoing

On February 22, 2018, four Vietnamese refugees filed this habeas petition and class action lawsuit challenging U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for allegedly arbitrarily and unlawfully …

Trinh v. Homan

8:18-cv-00316 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Feb. 22, 2018

Closed Date: Oct. 7, 2021

Democracy Forward Foundation v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

1:18-cv-00375 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 20, 2018

Case Ongoing

On Feb. 20, 2018, the Democracy Forward Foundation filed this lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Represented by its own counse…

State of California v. U.S. Department of Justice

3:18-cv-00805 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Feb. 7, 2018

Closed Date: Aug. 13, 2019

The State of California filed this suit on February 7, 2018, seeking to compel the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to produce records under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The State sought re…

City of West Palm Beach v. United States Attorney General

9:18-cv-80131 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Filed Date: Feb. 6, 2018

Closed Date: March 29, 2019

This action, filed on February 6, 2018, challenged the Department of Justice's "sanctuary city" policy tying federal funding to immigration enforcement. The plaintiff, the city of West Palm Beach, F…

EDUCATION

SurvJustice Inc. v. Devos

3:18-cv-00535 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Jan. 25, 2018

Closed Date: Oct. 26, 2023

On January 25, 2018, SurvJustice, Equal Rights Advocates, and Victim Rights Law Center filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. These three nonp…

National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

1:18-cv-00659 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Jan. 25, 2018

Closed Date: April 23, 2019

On Jan. 25, 2018, the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild (NIPNLG) and a law professor brought this Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) suit against the U.S. Department of Homela…

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

1:18-cv-00239 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Jan. 24, 2018

Case Ongoing

On Jan. 24, 2018, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF) filed this lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. Represented by …

Center for Investigative Reporting v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

4:18-cv-00044 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Jan. 3, 2018

Closed Date: 2019

On Jan. 3, 2018, the Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR) brought this suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Represented by its own counsel, plaintiff sued the …

Center for Investigative Reporting v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

3:17-cv-07204 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Dec. 19, 2017

Closed Date: Sept. 18, 2018

On Dec. 19, 2017, the Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR) and one of its journalists brought this suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Represented by its own …

Electronic Privacy Information Center v. U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement

1:17-cv-02684 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Dec. 15, 2017

This Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) complaint was filed on Dec. 15, 2017. The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) sued Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for records pertaining to …

National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

1:17-cv-02596 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Dec. 5, 2017

Closed Date: Sept. 18, 2020

On December 5, 2017, the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild (NIPNLG) brought this suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Represented by private counsel,…

Government Accountability Project v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

1:17-cv-02518 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Nov. 21, 2017

Closed Date: 2020

On Nov. 21, 2017, the organization Government Accountability Project brought this suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Represented by the civil rights law firm Loevy & Lovey,…

National Women's Law Center v. OMB

1:17-cv-02458 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Nov. 15, 2017

Closed Date: Feb. 22, 2022

On November 15, 2017, the National Women’s Law Center and the Labor Counsel for Latin American Advancement filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The case was ass…

National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

1:17-cv-02448 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Nov. 13, 2017

Closed Date: Nov. 9, 2020

On November 13, 2017, several organizations (National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild (NIPNLG), Mijente Support Committee, and Detention Watch Network) brought this lawsuit in the U…

Jewish Family Service of Seattle v. Trump

2:17-cv-01707 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Nov. 13, 2017

Closed Date: Nov. 13, 2019

This action challenged the Trump Administration's third attempt to suspend the United States Refugee Admissions Program (the "USRAP"), a program administered by a consortium of federal agencies and n…

Trustees of Princeton University v. U.S.

1:17-cv-02325 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Nov. 3, 2017

Case Ongoing

This lawsuit, brought on November 3, 2017 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, challenged President Trump’s revocation of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program…

Protect Democracy Project v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

1:17-cv-02202 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Oct. 24, 2017

Case Ongoing

On Oct. 24, 2017, the Protect Democracy Project filed this lawsuit under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. According to the complaint, pla…

FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE

Open Communities Alliance v. Carson

1:17-cv-02192 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Oct. 23, 2017

Closed Date: Aug. 15, 2018

The background to this case concerns a policy known as the Small Area Fair Market Rent (“FMR”) rule that was set to go into effect on January 1, 2018, after years of advocacy, research, and public de…

Immigrant Legal Resource Center v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

4:17-cv-06029 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Oct. 20, 2017

Case Ongoing

This FOIA suit was filed on October 20, 2017. The Immigrant Legal Resource Center ("ILRC") sought to compel the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE") to release records related to…

Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

1:17-cv-12022 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Oct. 17, 2017

Closed Date: Oct. 4, 2019

On Oct. 17, 2017, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the District of Columbia, and the States of California, Hawai'i, Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, New York, Oregon, and Washington filed this lawsuit in …

Protect Democracy Project v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

1:17-cv-02118 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Oct. 13, 2017

Case Ongoing

On October 13, 2017, the Protect Democracy Project filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. According to the complaint, plaintiff is a nonprofit organization with a…

On October 11, 2017, the Attorney General of Pennsylvania brought this suit in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The case is a challenge to administrative rules promulgated by the federal governm…

Commonwealth v. Trump

2:17-cv-04540 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Oct. 11, 2017

Case Ongoing

County of Santa Clara v. Trump

3:17-cv-05813 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Oct. 10, 2017

Case Ongoing

This lawsuit, brought on October 10, 2017, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, challenged President Trump's revocation of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)…

State of Washington v. Trump

2:17-cv-01510 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Oct. 9, 2017

Closed Date: 2018

On October 9, 2017, the State of Washington filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. The State sued the President of the United States, the U.S. Departmen…

This lawsuit was filed on October 6, 2017 over Section 2 of President Trump’s Sep. 24, 2017 Proclamation ("Executive Order #3" or "EO-3") barring travel to the United States from six Muslim-majority …

Zakzok v. Trump

1:17-cv-02969 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Oct. 6, 2017

Case Ongoing

American Civil Liberties Union v. Wright

4:17-cv-05772 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Oct. 6, 2017

Closed Date: Nov. 2, 2018

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) required that health insurance plans include contraception coverage without a copay. This lawsuit challenged an Interim Final Regulation (IFR) promulgated by the Trump a…

Casa De Maryland v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

8:17-cv-02942 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Oct. 5, 2017

Case Ongoing

This lawsuit, brought on October 5, 2017, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, challenged President Trump's revocation of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program…

Muslim Advocates v. U.S. Department of State

1:17-cv-02080 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Oct. 5, 2017

Case Ongoing

On Oct. 5, 2017, the organizations Muslim Advocates, Southern Poverty Law Center, and Americans United for Separation of Church and State, brought this suit in the U.S. District Court for the Distric…

Inland Empire Immigrant Youth Collective v. Duke

5:17-cv-02048 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Oct. 5, 2017

Case Ongoing

On Oct. 5, 2017, the Inland Empire Immigrant Youth Collective and one of its members sued the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its components U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (…

Knight First Amendment Institute v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

1:17-cv-07572 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Oct. 4, 2017

Case Ongoing

This suit, filed October 4, 2017, sought to compel the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of State (DOS) to release certain records under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). …

Brennan Center for Justice v. U.S. Department of State

1:17-cv-07520 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Oct. 2, 2017

Case Ongoing

On October 2, 2017, the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law brought this suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Represented by Muslim Advoc…

Iranian Alliances Across Borders v. Trump

8:17-cv-02921 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Oct. 2, 2017

Closed Date: Aug. 31, 2020

On October 2, 2017, the group Iranian Alliances Across Borders filed this complaint on behalf of a group of plaintiffs of Iranian descent. The suit challenged President Trump's Sept. 24 Proclamation …

City of Los Angeles v. Sessions

2:17-cv-07215 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 29, 2017

Case Ongoing

This action, filed by the City of Los Angeles, California on Sept. 29, 2017, challenged the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)'s imposition of immigration-related conditions on federal funding to the c…

EDUCATION

New York Times Company v. U.S. Department of Justice

1:17-cv-07439 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Sept. 28, 2017

Closed Date: 2018

On September 28, 2017, the New York Times Company filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiff sued the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the …

Doe v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

1:17-cv-02005 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Sept. 28, 2017

Closed Date: Feb. 15, 2018

This case arose from a Syrian family's attempts to obtain immigration visas. In 2004, one of the family members filed a petition for an immigrant visa on behalf of her sister and her sister’s family.…

Devitri [later Antouw] v. Cronen

1:17-cv-11842 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Sept. 25, 2017

Closed Date: May 6, 2019

On Sept. 25, 2017, a group of Christian Indonesian nationals living in the United States filed this lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), including its component Boston and …

People of the State of California v. United States of America

3:17-cv-01911 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 20, 2017

Closed Date: April 18, 2019

This suit, filed on September 20, 2017, challenged President Trump's authorization of the construction of a border wall at the U.S.-Mexico border. The plaintiffs sued the federal government for faili…

Garcia v. United States of America

3:17-cv-05380 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 18, 2017

Case Ongoing

This suit, brought on September 18, 2017 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, challenged President Trump's revocation of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DAC…

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People v. Trump

1:17-cv-01907 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Sept. 18, 2017

Case Ongoing

In 2012, the Obama administration created the DACA program through policy statements by the Department of Homeland Security. The program offered work permits—and temporary protection from deportation…

City of San Jose v. Trump

3:17-cv-05329 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 14, 2017

Case Ongoing

This suit, brought on September 14, 2017, challenged President Trump's revocation of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). The plaintiff was the City of San Jose, and it argued that the resc…

Defenders of Wildlife v. Duke

3:17-cv-01873 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 14, 2017

Closed Date: April 5, 2019

This suit, filed on Sept. 14, 2017, challenged President Trump's authorization of the construction of a border wall at the U.S.-Mexico border. Plaintiffs, environmental advocacy organizations (Defend…

Sierra Club v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

4:17-cv-05273 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 12, 2017

Case Ongoing

On September 12, 2017, the Sierra Club sued the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its component, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Th…

State of California v. Department of Homeland Security

3:17-cv-05235 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 11, 2017

Case Ongoing

On September 11, 2017, several states initiated this action in the District Court for the Northern District of California, challenging President Trump’s attempted revocation of Deferred Action for Ch…

Gonzalez Torres v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

3:17-cv-01840 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 11, 2017

Case Ongoing

On September 11, 2017, an individual recipient of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (“DACA”) program filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California. He…

Regents of University of California v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

3:17-cv-05211 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 8, 2017

Case Ongoing

On June 18, 2020, the Supreme Court upheld the 9th Circuit's decision in this case that the Trump Administration acted unlawfully when it rescinded DACA, because its reasons for rescission were insuf…

State of New York v. Trump

1:17-cv-05228 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: Sept. 6, 2017

Case Ongoing

Sixteen states, led by the State of New York, filed this lawsuit against the federal government on September 6, 2017, in response to a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) memorandum issued on Septe…

On September 5, 2017, three named and two anonymous transgender service members and a transgender rights nonprofit filed this lawsuit against the President of the United States, the Secretary of Defe…

Stockman v. Trump

5:17-cv-01799 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 5, 2017

Closed Date: Aug. 23, 2021

City of Philadelphia v. Sessions

2:17-cv-03894 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Aug. 30, 2017

Case Ongoing

This lawsuit, filed by the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Aug. 30, 2017, challenged U.S. Attorney General Sessions' imposition of immigration-related conditions on federal funding to the city…

On August 25, 2017, then-President Donald Trump issued a formal memorandum directing the United States military to prohibit transgender people from serving in the military and authorizing the militar…

Karnoski v. Trump

2:17-cv-01297 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Aug. 28, 2017

Closed Date: Sept. 22, 2021

On August 28, 2017, six transgender individuals currently serving in the United States military filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. The plaintiffs sued…

Stone v. Trump

1:17-cv-02459 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Aug. 28, 2017

Closed Date: Aug. 19, 2021

State of California v. Sessions

3:17-cv-04701 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Aug. 14, 2017

Case Ongoing

On August 14, 2017, the State of California's Attorney General filed this lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), including its component Office of Justice Programs (OJP), in the U.S. D…

City and County of San Francisco v. Sessions

3:17-cv-04642 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Aug. 11, 2017

Case Ongoing

The City and County of San Francisco filed this lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on Aug. 11, 2017, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The plaintif…

On August 9, 2017, five active duty servicemembers in the United States military who openly identified as transgender people filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia…

1:17-cv-01597 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Aug. 9, 2017

Closed Date: Aug. 20, 2021

City of Chicago v. Sessions

1:17-cv-05720 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Aug. 7, 2017

Case Ongoing

This lawsuit, filed by the city of Chicago on August 7, 2017, challenged the federal government's imposition of immigration-related conditions on federal funding to the city. The plaintiff, represent…

A group of diversity visa lottery winners and their family members filed suit in the US District Court for the District of Columbia on August 3, 2017. The defendants included the US Secretary of Stat…

P.K. v. Tillerson

1:17-cv-01533 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Aug. 3, 2017

Case Ongoing

The Protect Democracy Project v. U.S. Department of Justice

1:17-cv-00842 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: July 31, 2017

Closed Date: 2018

On July 31, 2017, plaintiff, the Democracy Project, Inc., filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. The plaintiff sought injunctive relief against defendant…

Abdi v. Duke [later Nielsen]

1:17-cv-00721 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York

Filed Date: July 28, 2017

Case Ongoing

On July 28, 2017, an asylum-seeker who had been held in federal detention for nine months sought habeas corpus in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York. Three weeks later, rep…

NAACP Legal Defense & Education Fund v. Trump

1:17-cv-05427 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: July 18, 2017

Closed Date: 2018

On July 18, 2017, the NAACP Legal Defense & Education Fund (NAACP) filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The NAACP joined with a number of non-profit or…

Common Cause v. Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity

1:17-cv-01398 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: July 14, 2017

Closed Date: 2018

On July 14, 2017, Common Cause, a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting voter's rights, filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. The plaintiffs su…

This case concerns the legality of the government’s treatment of asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border. On July 12, 2017, a group of Honduran and Mexican asylum seekers and Al Otro Lado, a legal s…

Al Otro Lado v. Kelly

3:17-cv-02366 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Filed Date: July 12, 2017

Case Ongoing

Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University v. Trump

1:17-cv-05205 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: July 11, 2017

Case Ongoing

This case addressed First Amendment claims concerning President Donald J. Trump’s blocking of Twitter users from his account.On July 11, 2017, the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia Univers…

On July 10, 2017, the American Civil Liberties Union and American Civil Liberties Union Foundation filed this lawsuit in the U.S District Court for the District of Columbia. The Plaintiffs are non-pr…

ACLU v. Trump

1:17-cv-01351 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: July 10, 2017

Closed Date: July 22, 2020

Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law v. Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity

1:17-cv-01354 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: July 10, 2017

Closed Date: 2018

On July 10, 2017, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (LCCRUL), filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. LCCRUL sued the Presidential Advisory Commiss…

Joyner v. Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity

1:17-cv-22568 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Filed Date: July 10, 2017

Closed Date: 2018

On July 10, 2017, five residents of Florida, the ACLU of Florida, and the Florida Immigrant Coalition, Inc. filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. The cas…

Public Citizen v. U.S. Department of the Army

1:17-cv-01355 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: July 10, 2017

Closed Date: 2017

On July 10, 2017, Public Citizen filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The plaintiff sued the U.S. Department of the Army (Army) under the Privacy Act and, in th…

Electronic Privacy Information Center v. Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity

1:17-cv-01320 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: July 3, 2017

Closed Date: 2018

On July 3, 2017, the Electronic Privacy Information Center ("EPIC") filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. EPIC sued the Presidential Advisory Commission…

James Madison Project (Daily Beast) v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

1:17-cv-01281 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: June 29, 2017

Closed Date: April 19, 2019

On June 29, 2017, the James Madison Project, Noah Shachtman, and Betsy Woodruff sued the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The James Madison Project (…

Council on American-Islamic Relations - Connecticut v. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

3:17-cv-01061 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: June 27, 2017

Closed Date: Sept. 7, 2023

This Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) complaint, filed June 27, 2017, sought to enhance knowledge about discriminatory immigration policy regarding Muslims, Latinos, and other members of groups alle…

This case concerns a habeas petition and the due process rights of detained Iraqi Americans facing deportation to Iraq. Petitioners in this class action/habeas petition were Iraqi nationals, includin…

Hamama v. Adducci

2:17-cv-11910 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: June 15, 2017

Case Ongoing

Center for Biological Diversity v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

3:17-cv-01215 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Filed Date: June 15, 2017

Closed Date: April 18, 2019

On June 15, 2017, the Center for Biological Diversity brought this lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its component Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Plaintiff filed in…

On June 14, 2017, 196 members of Congress (30 members of the Senate and 166 members of the House of Representatives) filed this lawsuit against President Donald Trump in the United States District Co…

Blumenthal v. Trump

1:17-cv-01154 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: June 14, 2017

Case Ongoing

District of Columbia and Maryland v. Trump

8:17-cv-01596 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: June 12, 2017

Closed Date: May 11, 2021

On June 12, 2017, the District of Columbia (the District) and the State of Maryland (Maryland) filed this lawsuit in The United States District Court for the State of Maryland. The plaintiffs sued th…

Dilley Pro Bono Project v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

1:17-cv-01055 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: June 1, 2017

Closed Date: Feb. 15, 2020

On June 1, 2017, the Dilley Pro Bono Project, an organization that provides pro bono legal representation to individuals seeking asylum, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District…

On May 9, 2017, a Georgia resident filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. In her first amended complaint filed on May 18, 2017, she challenged the U.S. Ci…

Colotl Coyotl v. Kelly

1:17-cv-01670 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: May 9, 2017

Closed Date: 2018

Northwest Immigrant Rights Project (NWIRP) v. Sessions

2:17-cv-00716 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: May 8, 2017

Case Ongoing

On May 8, 2017, the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project (NWIRP) filed this lawsuit against the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) in the U.S. District C…

Freedom From Religion Foundation v. Trump

3:17-cv-00330 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: May 4, 2017

Closed Date: 2017

On May 4, 2017, a nonprofit created "to educate the public on matters of nontheism" (the Freedom From Religion Foundation, FFRF) filed this lawsuit against the U.S. federal government in the U.S. Dis…

California v. Health and Human Services

4:17-cv-05783 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: May 4, 2017

Case Ongoing

On May 4, 2017, President Trump issued an executive order seeking to “restore religious freedom.” The order suggested that federal agencies amend regulations about the preventative care mandate of th…

Muslim Advocates v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

1:17-cv-00820 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 3, 2017

Closed Date: Dec. 5, 2019

On May 3, 2017, Muslim Advocates filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). This suit sought documents related to…

Muslim Advocates v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

1:17-cv-00813 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 2, 2017

Closed Date: March 3, 2021

On May 2, 2017, the non-profit organization Muslim Advocates filed this suit under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The suit aimed to shed light on the government's border searches of electroni…

Protect Democracy Project v. U.S. Department of Justice

1:17-cv-00815 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 2, 2017

On May 2, 2017, the Protect Democracy Project filed this suit under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). According to the complaint, plaintiff is an organization seeking to "protect our democracy f…

Protect Democracy Project v. Office of Management and Budget

1:17-cv-00814 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 2, 2017

On May 2, 2017, the Protect Democracy Project filed this lawsuit under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). According to the complaint, plaintiff is an organization seeking to "protect our democrac…

The Protect Democracy Project v. U.S. Department of Energy

1:17-cv-00779 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 27, 2017

Case Ongoing

When a new President is elected, a “transition team” is formed to begin the process of handing over power from the old administration to the new. As part of this process, members of the transition te…

American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee v. U.S. Customs and Border Protection

1:17-cv-00708 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 18, 2017

Closed Date: July 26, 2019

On April 18, 2017, the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Council (“ADC”) filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The case was assigned to Judge Christopher R. Coop…

American Civil Liberties Union of San Diego v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

3:17-cv-00733 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Filed Date: April 12, 2017

Closed Date: July 11, 2019

On Apr. 12, 2017, the ACLU of San Diego and Imperial Counties filed this lawsuit under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). This was one of over a dozen such suits; each aimed to shed light on how …

American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

1:17-cv-00441 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: April 12, 2017

Closed Date: June 5, 2019

On Apr. 12, 2017, the ACLUs of Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Delaware filed this lawsuit under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Vi…

American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

1:17-cv-02768 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: April 12, 2017

Closed Date: Sept. 3, 2019

On Apr. 12, 2017, the ACLUs of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin filed this lawsuit under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). This…

American Civil Liberties Union of Maine v. U.S. Customs and Border Protection

2:17-cv-00132 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maine

Filed Date: April 12, 2017

Closed Date: March 29, 2019

On Apr. 12, 2017, the ACLUs of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine, under the Freedom o…

ACLU of Michigan v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

5:17-cv-11149 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: April 12, 2017

Closed Date: Sept. 16, 2019

On April 12, 2017, the ACLU of Michigan filed this suit under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). This was one of more than a dozen such suits; each aimed to shed light on how U.S. Customs and Bor…

ACLU of Georgia v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

1:17-cv-01309 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: April 12, 2017

Closed Date: July 31, 2019

On April 12, 2017, the ACLUs of Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and West Virginia filed this suit under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). This was one of more than a dozen such suits; e…

ACLU of Oregon v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

3:17-cv-00575 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: April 12, 2017

Closed Date: 2019

On April 12, 2017, the ACLUs of Oregon, Alaska, Colorado, Idaho, and Wyoming filed this suit under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). This was one of over a dozen such suits; each aimed to shed l…

ACLU of Washington v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

2:17-cv-00562 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: April 12, 2017

Closed Date: Feb. 26, 2019

On April 12, 2017, the ACLUs of Washington, Montana, and North Dakota filed this suit against the United States under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). This was one of over a dozen such suits; e…

ACLU Foundation of Texas v. U.S. Customs and Border Protection

4:17-cv-01128 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: April 12, 2017

Closed Date: Feb. 12, 2019

On April 12, 2017, the ACLU Foundation of Texas filed this suit under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5 U.S.C. § 552). This was one of over a dozen such suits; each aimed to shed light on how …

ACLU of Arizona v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

2:17-cv-01083 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: April 12, 2017

Closed Date: March 31, 2020

On April 12, 2017, the ACLU of Arizona filed this suit under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). This was one of over a dozen aimed at shedding light on how U.S. Customs and Border Protection impl…

American Civil Liberties Union of Florida v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

1:17-cv-21382 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Filed Date: April 12, 2017

Closed Date: July 27, 2019

On Apr. 12, 2017, the ACLU of Florida filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). This was one of over a dozen suc…

ACLU of Southern California v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

2:17-cv-02778 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: April 12, 2017

Closed Date: June 19, 2019

On April 12, 2017, the ACLUs of Southern California and Nevada filed this suit under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). This was one of over a dozen such suits; each aimed to shed light on how U.…

American Civil Liberties Union of Hawai'i v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

4:17-cv-01970 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: April 10, 2017

Case Ongoing

On Apr. 10, 2017, the ACLUs of Hawai'i, Northern California, and Utah filed this suit under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). This was one of over a dozen such suits; each aimed to shed light on…

Currier v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

3:17-cv-01799 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: March 31, 2017

Case Ongoing

On Mar. 31, 2017, plaintiff Cora Currier sued the defendant agencies under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Cora Currier is an employee of First Look Media Works and a staff reporter for The In…

The City of Seattle commenced this lawsuit on March 29, 2017 to challenge President Trump's January 25, 2017 Executive Order (EO), Executive Order 13768. The EO denies federal funding to cities that …

City of Seattle v. Trump

2:17-cv-00497 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: March 29, 2017

Closed Date: Oct. 24, 2018

Knight First Amendment Institute v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

1:17-cv-00548 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 27, 2017

Case Ongoing

On Mar. 27, 2017, the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Plaintiff sued the Department of Homeland Sec…

Universal Muslim Association of America v. Trump

1:17-cv-00537 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 24, 2017

Closed Date: April 1, 2021

On March 24, 2017, the Universal Muslim Association of America (UMAA) and two individual Yemenis filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in a challenge to President…

City of Richmond v. Trump

3:17-cv-01535 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: March 21, 2017

Closed Date: Sept. 25, 2017

On Mar. 21, 2017 the city of Richmond, California filed this action seeking declaratory and injunctive relief in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, challenging President…

New York Times v. U.S. Department of Justice

1:17-cv-01946 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: March 16, 2017

Closed Date: July 30, 2018

On Mar. 16, 2017, the New York Times and its reporter Charlie Savage brought this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)…

James Madison Project (Daily Beast) v. U.S. Department of Justice

1:17-cv-00390 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 3, 2017

Case Ongoing

On Mar. 3, 2017, plaintiffs The James Madison Project and Noah Shachtman sued the defendant agencies under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The James Madison Project (JMP) is an organization es…

Ramirez Medina v. Asher [later U.S. Department of Homeland Security]

2:17-cv-00218 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Feb. 13, 2017

Closed Date: Jan. 23, 2023

On February 13, 2017, a recipient of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) -- and believed to be the first DACA recipient detained under the Trump administration -- filed this lawsuit in the …

Cities of Chelsea and Lawrence v. Trump

1:17-cv-10214 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Feb. 8, 2017

Case Ongoing

This federal lawsuit, filed by the cities of Chelsea and Lawrence, Massachusetts, on Feb. 8, 2017, challenged President Trump’s Jan. 25, 2017 Executive Order 13768, dealing with immigration enforceme…

Pars Equality Center v. Trump

1:17-cv-00255 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 8, 2017

Closed Date: Aug. 9, 2018

This action, filed February 8, 2017, challenged President Trump’s January 27, 2017, Executive Order (EO-1) ban on admission to the US of nationals of Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yeme…

Public Citizen, Inc. v. Trump

1:17-cv-00253 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 8, 2017

Closed Date: Dec. 20, 2019

On February 8, 2017, three organizations—Public Citizen, Inc., Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., and Communications Workers of America—filed this lawsuit against the United States of America, …

This class action challenged President Trump's January 27, 2017, Executive Order (EO-1) which prohibited admission to the US for nationals of Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen. The …

2:17-cv-00178 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Feb. 7, 2017

Closed Date: Feb. 3, 2022

International Refugee Assistance Project (“IRAP”) v. Trump

8:17-cv-00361 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Feb. 7, 2017

Closed Date: Aug. 31, 2020

On February 7, 2017, five immigrant advocacy organizations and fifteen individual immigrants filed this class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland (in Greenbelt). Re…

County of Santa Clara v. Trump

3:17-cv-00574 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Feb. 3, 2017

Closed Date: Aug. 23, 2019

The County of Santa Clara commenced this lawsuit on February 3, 2017 to challenge President Trump's January 25, 2017 Executive Order (EO), Executive Order 13768. The EO denied federal funding to sanc…

This action, filed February 3, 2017, challenged President Trump’s Jan. 27, 2017 Executive Order ban on admission to the U.S. of nationals of Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. Repres…

Zadeh v. Trump

1:17-cv-00243 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 3, 2017

Closed Date: March 8, 2017

The below summary is a condensed version. The full summary can be found here on the Clearinghouse website. Hawaii Attorney General Douglas S. Chin filed this lawsuit on February 3, 2017 against Presi…

Hawaii v. Trump

1:17-cv-00050 | U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii

Filed Date: Feb. 3, 2017

Closed Date: Oct. 2, 2018

This class action was filed on Feb. 2, 2017 in response to President Trump’s January 27, 2017 Executive Order (EO-1) ban on admission to the US of nationals of Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syri…

Al-Mowafak v. Trump

3:17-cv-00557 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Feb. 2, 2017

Closed Date: May 6, 2019

On February 1, 2017, a J-1 visa holder filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, after being prevented from boarding a flight from Frankfurt to Boston on both J…

Asgari v. Trump

1:17-cv-10182 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Feb. 1, 2017

Closed Date: June 1, 2017

This action, filed on February 1, 2017, challenged President Trump’s January 27, 2017, Executive Order (EO-1) ban on admission to the U.S. of nationals of Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and…

Unite Oregon v. Trump

3:17-cv-00179 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: Feb. 1, 2017

Closed Date: March 8, 2019

City and County of San Francisco v. Trump

3:17-cv-00485 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Jan. 31, 2017

Case Ongoing

This lawsuit, filed by the City of San Francisco on January 31, 2017, challenges President Trump’s January 25, 2017 Executive Order on immigration enforcement, which threatened to withhold federal fu…

Arab American Civil Rights League (ACRL) v. Trump

2:17-cv-10310 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Jan. 31, 2017

Closed Date: March 11, 2021

On January 31, 2017, the Arab American Civil Rights League (ACLR) and seven of its individual members filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan (in Detroit). …

Filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California (in Los Angeles) on January 31, 2017, this class action complaint challenged President Trump’s January 27, 2017, Executive Orde…

Mohammed v. Trump

2:17-cv-00786 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Jan. 31, 2017

Closed Date: April 26, 2018

On January 31, 2017, a Syrian family that sought to immigrate to the U.S. filed an emergency petition for a writ of habeas corpus and a civil complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern Dist…

Asali v. DHS

5:17-cv-00447 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Jan. 31, 2017

Closed Date: April 12, 2017

On January 31, 2017, two F-1 student visa holders, represented by the NYU Law School Immigrant Rights Clinic, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York (in Bu…

Azimi v. Trump

1:17-cv-00096 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York

Filed Date: Jan. 31, 2017

Closed Date: Feb. 2, 2017

This action, filed January 31, 2017, challenged President Trump’s January 27, 2017, Executive Order (EO-1) banning nationals of Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen from entering the U…

Al Homssi v. Trump

1:17-cv-00801 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Jan. 31, 2017

Closed Date: Feb. 9, 2017

This lawsuit, filed on January 31, 2017, challenged President Trump’s January 27, 2017, Executive Order (EO-1) that banned non-U.S. citizen nationals of Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Y…

Hagig v. Trump

1:17-cv-00289 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: Jan. 31, 2017

Closed Date: May 3, 2019

This lawsuit filed on January 30, 2017, challenged President Trump’s January 27, 2017, Executive Order (EO-1). EO-1 barred legal immigrants and refugees from seven majority-Muslim countries from ente…

Sarsour v. Trump

1:17-cv-00120 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: Jan. 30, 2017

Closed Date: June 25, 2021

This class action lawsuit, filed January 30, 2017, challenged President Trump’s January 27, 2017, Executive Order (EO-1) ban on admission to the U.S. of nationals of Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan…

Ali v. Trump

2:17-cv-00135 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Jan. 30, 2017

Closed Date: Sept. 21, 2018

Washington & Minnesota v. Trump

2:17-cv-00141 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Jan. 30, 2017

Closed Date: Nov. 9, 2018

Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed this federal lawsuit on January 30, 2017 against President Trump’s January 27, 2017, Executive Order (EO-1) barring legal immigrants and refugees from s…

Tawfeeq v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

1:17-cv-00353 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: Jan. 30, 2017

Closed Date: Aug. 11, 2017

This case was different from many of the other cases in the Travel Ban collection, as it challenged the legality of the executive order as applied to lawful permanent residents, instead of arguing th…

On January 29,2017, two lawful permanent residents (LPRs) of the U.S. initiated this challenge to President Trump's January 27, 2017, Executive Order (EO-1) banning non-U.S. citizen nationals of Iraq…

Azad v. Trump

2:17-cv-00706 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Jan. 29, 2017

Closed Date: Feb. 28, 2017

This lawsuit challenged President Trump’s January 27, 2017 Executive Order (EO-1) barring admission to the U.S. of nationals of Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen. The plain…

Darweesh v. Trump

1:17-cv-00480 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: Jan. 28, 2017

Closed Date: Sept. 21, 2017

On January 28, 2017, two lawful permanent residents (LPRs) of the U.S. who were detained at Boston Logan Airport (Logan) as they were trying to return home to Massachusetts filed this lawsuit in the …

Louhghalam v. Trump

1:17-cv-10154 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Jan. 28, 2017

Closed Date: March 20, 2017

This action, filed on January 28, 2017, in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California (in Los Angeles), challenged President Trump’s January 27, 2017, Executive Order (EO-1) banni…

Vayeghan v. Kelly

2:17-cv-00702 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Jan. 28, 2017

Closed Date: June 27, 2017

On January 28, 2017, lawful permanent residents (LPRs) of the United States, represented by the Legal Aid Justice Center and Mayer Brown, filed this case in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern Di…

Aziz v. Trump

1:17-cv-00116 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: Jan. 28, 2017

Closed Date: June 1, 2017

On January 28, 2017, plaintiffs represented by the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project filed an Emergency Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, and a motion for a temporary restraining order, in respons…

2:17-cv-00126 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Jan. 28, 2017

Closed Date: 2017

"People of the U.S. and State of California" v. Trump

3:17-cv-00451 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Jan. 28, 2017

Closed Date: Dec. 7, 2017

On January 28, 2017, a lawyer filed this action in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Proceeding under California "Private Attorney General" statutes, the action purport…