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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
National TPS Alliance v. Noem

3:25-cv-01766 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Feb. 19, 2025

Case Ongoing

On February 19, 2025, the National TPS Alliance (NTPSA) and Venezuelans with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) status filed this lawsuit against the United States of America, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and DHS Secretary Noem in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The Plaintiffs challenged Secretary Noem’s decisions to (1) vacate the January 17, 2025 extension of TPS for Venezuelans through October 2, 2026; and (2) terminate TPS for the Venezuela​…
HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Robinson v. Dignity Health

4:16-cv-03035 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: June 6, 2016

Closed Date: April 28, 2017

This case is about discrimination by an employer whose healthcare plan for its employees did not provide coverage for gender dysphoria. On June 6, 2016 a transgender man (who was an operating room nurse) filed suit against his employer, Dignity Health (a hospital), challenging the exclusion of transition-related care from the employer’s health insurance plan. Represented by the ACLU, the plaintiff filed his lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, where the ca…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Saravia v. Sessions

3:17-cv-03615 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: June 22, 2017

Case Ongoing

This case, filed on June 22, 2017, was brought by a parent on behalf of her minor child for wrongful incarceration by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The complaint alleged that the child, A.H., was released into the plaintiff's custody but that a few years later, ICE arrested and detained him without cause. Represented by the ACLU of Northern California, the ACLU Immigrants' Rights Project, and the private law firm Cooley LLP, the plaintiff argued that the government violated th…

Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus

June 22, 2017

First Amended Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus and Class Action Complaint for Injunctive and Declaratory Relief

Aug. 11, 2017

Order Granting the Motion for Preliminary Injunction, the Motion for Provisional Class Certification; Granting in Part and Denying in Part the Federal Defendants' Motion to Dismiss; Granting in Full the Non-Federal Defendants' Motions to Dismiss

Nov. 20, 2017

Order Granting The Motion For Preliminary Injunction; Granting The Motion For Provisional Class Certification; Granting In Part And Denying In Part The Federal Defendants' Motion To Dismiss; Granting In Full The Non–Federal Defendants' Motions To Dismiss

Nov. 20, 2017

Order Granting in Part Plaintiffs' Emergency Application for Relief

Nov. 27, 2017

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NATIONAL SECURITY
First Unitarian Church of Los Angeles v. National Security Agency

4:13-cv-03287 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 10, 2013

Closed Date: Dec. 14, 2023

On September 10, 2013, organizations, associations, and advocacy groups, their staffs, and their members who subscribed to major American telecommunication companies filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against the National Security Agency ("NSA"), the Department of Justice, and the United States of America. The plaintiffs, represented by the Electronic Frontier Foundation and private counsel, sought an injunction permanently enjoining the United…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Kuang v. United States Department of Defense

4:18-cv-03698 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: June 21, 2018

Closed Date: May 3, 2021

On June 21, 2018, plaintiffs—lawful permanent residents ("LPRs")—filed a class action complaint against the U.S. Department of Defense (“DOD”) in the Northern District of California. Represented by private counsel as well as the ACLU Foundations of Northern and Southern California, the plaintiffs alleged that a new DOD policy—promulgated via a memo on October 13—unfairly targeted LPRs and unlawfully prevented them from serving in the nation’s military. The DOD policy noted that LPRs could not b…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
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

This case is about the ability of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to issue new guidelines on asylum application procedures and whether DHS is allowed to issue a rule that asylum seekers must first apply for asylum in another country before applying in the U.S. On July 16, 2019, four advocacy organizations — the East Bay Sanctuary Covenant, Al Otro Lado, Innovation Law Lab, and the Central American Resource Center — challenged a new asylum policy of the Trump administration narrow…
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
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 appropriated only $1.375 billion. Although President Trump signed this appropriations bill, he simultaneously declared a national emergency under the National Emergencies Act, and directed the Departments of Defense, Homeland Security, and the Treasury to reallocate military and other funds in order to bui…
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
Garland v. Gonzalez (Aleman Gonzalez v. Sessions)

3:18-cv-01869 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: May 27, 2018

Case Ongoing

On March 27, 2018, immigrant detainees who had been held for more than six months without a bond hearing during the pendency of their removal proceedings petitioned the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California for a writ of habeas corpus; they also sought declaratory relief, injunctive relief, and class certification. Represented by Centro Legal de la Raza, the ACLU of California, and private counsel, the plaintiffs brought this class action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331, 224…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Criswell v. Boudreaux

1:20-cv-01048 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: July 29, 2020

Closed Date: April 13, 2022

On July 29, 2020, plaintiffs, four incarcerated individuals in custody of the Tulare County Sheriff's Office and criminal defense advocacy nonprofit, California Attorneys for Criminal Justice, filed this case against Sheriff Michael Boudreaux in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California. The plaintiffs alleged that the Sheriff's Office violated the First, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution and California Civil Code § 52.1(b), known as the "B…