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Hassan v. City of New York

2:12-cv-03401 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: June 6, 2012

Closed Date: 2018

On June 6, 2012, several individuals and organizations affiliated with New Jersey's Muslim community filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the City of New York. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel and the public interest organization Muslim Advocates, alleged they had been subjected to illegal surveillance (in New Jersey) by the New York City Police Department solely because of their religion. The case was assigne…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
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 Trump’s March 6, 2017, Executive Order barring legal immigrants and refugees from seven majority-Muslim countries from entering the US and barring Syrian refugees indefinitely. The March 6 order was the second of four 2017 executive orders issued by President Trump that placed restrictions on peopl…

Notice of Designation of Related Civil Cases Pending in This or Any Other United States Court

Universal Muslim Association of America v. Trump

March 24, 2017

Plaintiffs' Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction

Universal Muslim Association of America v. Trump

March 27, 2017

Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief

Universal Muslim Association of America v. Trump

March 27, 2017

Defendants' Memorandum of Law in Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction

Universal Muslim Association of America v. Trump

April 10, 2017

Declaration of David J. Weiner in Support of Plaintiffs' Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief and Motion for Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction

Universal Muslim Association of America v. Trump

April 11, 2017

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NATIONAL SECURITY
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 the government's border searches of electronic devices in the possession of individuals from one of the seven nations targeted by President Donald Trump’s Jan. 27, 2017 Executive Order (EO), known as the Muslim Ban, as well as individuals that Customs and Border Protection agents perceived to be Mu…
NATIONAL SECURITY
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 electronic devices in the possession of persons from the seven Muslim-majority countries covered by President Trump's Jan. 27 and Mar. 6 Executive Orders (Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen). Plaintiff additionally aimed to learn about the government's border searches of electronic devices in…

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
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

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 Advocates and private counsel, the Brennan Center sued the Department of State (DOS) under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The Brennan Center is an organization with a mission "to advance effective national security policies that respect the rule of law and constitutional values." They sought info…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
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 indefinitely restricting travel from Chad, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Syria, Venezuela and Yemen. Otherwise known as EO-3, the proclamation was the President's third attempt to restrict travel from particular countries. The first attempt was by and Executive Order (EO) issued in January 2017…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
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

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 District of Columbia. Plaintiffs sued the Department of State (DOS), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the latter's component U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Plaintiffs are nonprofit organizations promoting civil rights and civil liberties. Ac…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
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. In 2017, the State Department approved the visas just as President Trump issued Executive Order 13780 (EO-2), which barred Syrian nationals from entering the United States. Following President Trump’s order, a series of legal challenges ensued, some of them ultimately making their way to the Suprem…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
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: Protecting the Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the United States required this report, known as the Initial Section 11 Report. Muslim Advocates—a nonprofit organization—filed the complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, arguing that the report was biase…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
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

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 against the U.S. State Department, the Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection, and the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service, raising claims under the Freedom of Information Act. The plaintiffs sought injunctive relief, asking the court to compel the defendants to immediately …