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LABOR RIGHTS
American Center for International Labor Solidarity v. Chavez-Deremer

1:25-cv-01128 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 15, 2025

Case Ongoing

This case challenged the U.S. Department of Labor’s decision to terminate all international cooperative agreements administered by the Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB). On April 15, 2025, represented by Public Citizen Litigation Group, three nonprofit organizations—the American Center for International Labor Solidarity (Solidarity Center), the American Institutes for Research (AIR), and the Global March Against Child Labour—filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Distr…

Case Is Ongoing

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
J.O.P. v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

8:19-cv-01944 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: July 1, 2019

Case Ongoing

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 Homeland Security (DHS) and the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA). The plaintiffs, represented by Goodwin Proctor LLP, Kids in Need of Defense, the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, and Public Counsel sought declaratory and injunctive relief…

Injunction Granted

Appellate Stay of Trial Court Relief Denied

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
H.I.D.R. v. Trump

1:25-cv-00060 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: April 18, 2025

Case Ongoing

This is one of several class action challenges to the Trump Administration's use of the Alien Enemies Act ("AEA") to circumvent removal procedures and deport Venezuelan nationals without due process. The AEA is a wartime measure that authorizes the removal of citizens from countries with whom the United States is at war. On March 15, 2025, President Trump issued a proclamation declaring that the United States was “under invasion” by Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan gang and designated foreign terro…

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending

DISABILITY RIGHTS
Powers v. McDonough

2:22-cv-08357 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Nov. 15, 2022

Case Ongoing

This is a class-action lawsuit against the Department of Veterans' Affairs for allegedly failing to provide sufficient housing to veterans in L.A. County. On November 15, 2022, fourteen unhoused veterans with severe disabilities sued VA Secretary Denis Richard McDonough as well as several senior VA officials for the Los Angeles region in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. Represented by the public interest law firm Public Counsel, the plaintiffs sued under the Rehab…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
United States v. Harrison

5:22-cr-00328 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma

Filed Date: Aug. 17, 2022

Case Ongoing

This case concerns the possession of a firearm by those who use substances made unlawful under the Controlled Substances Act.  On May 20, 2022, an officer of the Lawton, Oklahoma police department pulled over Jared Michael Harrison for failing to stop at a red light. When Harrison rolled down his window, the officer alleged to have smelled marijuana. After another officer arrived, the two officers searched Harrison’s car in which they found a loaded revolver on the floorboard and an array of ma…
EDUCATION
Valeria v. Davis

3:98-cv-02252 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: June 3, 1998

Closed Date: Feb. 25, 2003

This lawsuit challenged California's Proposition 227, approved by voters in 1998, which concerned how students with limited English proficiency (LEP) were taught in the state's public schools. Proposition 227 changed the state's policy so that instead of having bilingual education programs, where LEP students were taught various subjects in their home language, schools would instead teach English to LEP students and teach other subjects in English. The plaintiffs, who were LEP students, filed a…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
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 U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. The plaintiff sued the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Represented by the organization Public Counsel, and by private attorneys including constitutional scholars Laurence Tribe and Erwin Chemerinsky, he sought a writ of habeas c…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Diaz-Calderon v. BARR

2:20-cv-11235 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: May 18, 2020

Closed Date: Feb. 16, 2022

On May 18, 2022, a Guatemalan native filed an emergency petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan challenging his prolonged detention as a violation of his Due Process rights. Plaintiff also filed an emergency motion seeking a temporary restraining order preventing his imminent deportation. The Clearinghouse was unable to obtain copies of either document as they were filed under seal. All relevant case information was obtained from the …
EDUCATION
Gary B. v. Snyder

2:16-cv-13292 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Sept. 13, 2016

Case Ongoing

On September 13, 2016, seven school children, represented by a California public interest law firm, filed this class action suit against Michigan Governor Rick Snyder and state education officials in the Eastern District of Michigan under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The plaintiffs alleged that the state denied students their constitutional right to literacy. Background The plaintiffs were students at five of Detroit’s lowest performing schools: Hamilton Academy, Experiencia Preparatory Academy, Medicine …
NATIONAL SECURITY
In Re: Guantanamo Bay Detainee Litigation

1:08-mc-00442 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: July 2, 2008

Case Ongoing

After the U.S. opened a military prison at Guantanamo Bay in January 2002, hundreds of the 780 men detained as enemy combatants filed petitions for writs of habeas corpus in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The detainees alleged that the President of the United States, the Secretary of the Department of Defense, and high-ranking army officials failed to provide evidence that the detainees were enemy combatants, and also failed to advance any justification for the arrest, in…