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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…
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 narro…
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

COVID-19 Summary: This constitutional action was filed on July 29, 2020 by inmates in Tulare County in California seeking improved safety and health conditions in light of COVID-19. The court granted part of the plaintiffs' temporary restraining order and provisional class certification on September 2, 2020. However, on December 23, 2020 the court denied class certification and entry of a preliminary injunction. On July 29, 2020, plaintiffs, four incarcerated individuals in custody of the Tula…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Coalition on Homelessness v. City and County of San Francisco

4:22-cv-05502 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 27, 2022

Case Ongoing

This case is a challenge to San Francisco’s policies regarding homelessness. The plaintiffs, several homeless individuals and an advocacy organization allege that San Francisco has enacted anti-homelessness ordinances and statutes that criminalize the unhoused population of the city, despite lack of access to shelter beds. The plaintiffs claim that in its efforts to “solve” the homelessness crisis, the City did not invest in adequate shelter to meet the needs of its unhoused population. Instead…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Perry v. Schwarzenegger

3:09-cv-02292 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: May 22, 2009

Case Ongoing

On May 22, 2009, two same-sex couples who had been denied marriage licenses in California filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the State of California in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, San Francisco Division. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging a Fourteenth Amendment violation. Specifically, the plaintiffs claimed that California, by amending its constitution in 2008 to once a…
POLICING
Chang v. County of Siskiyou

2:22-cv-01378 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: Aug. 3, 2022

Case Ongoing

On August 3, 2022, four plaintiffs seeking to represent the thousands of Hmong and Asian residents of Siskiyou County, California, filed a putative class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. They were represented by the ACLU of Northern California, the Asian Americans Advancing Justice — Asian Law Caucus, and private counsel. Magistrate Judge Deborah Barnes was assigned to the case.  The plaintiffs sued Siskiyou County and its sheriff under …
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
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 plaintiffs sued the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). The plaintiffs, represented by the ACLU, the Southern Poverty Law Center, and the Center for Gender & Refugee Studies, sought declaratory and injunctiv…
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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