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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
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 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, the plaintiff sued U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The plaintiff, a nonprofit organization promoting immigrants' rights, sought information on the defendants' use of mobile biometric devic…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Emami v. Nielsen

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

Filed Date: March 13, 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 accompanied the ban, which was purportedly instated to prevent the EOs from arbitrarily denying people entry into the country. Twenty six individuals who had been denied a travel visa, or whose relatives had been denied a travel visa as a result of the EOs, filed this putative class action lawsuit i…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
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

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, Syria and Yemen. The complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington (in Seattle). Plaintiffs were represented by the Northwest Immigrants Rights Project, the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild, and the American Immigration Council. The…
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
Codner v. Choate

1:20-cv-01050 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: April 14, 2020

COVID-19 Summary: This is a habeas action filed by immigrants in detention at the Aurora Contract Detention Facility in Colorado seeking release from detention in light of COVID-19. The plaintiffs alleged that they were particularly vulnerable to the virus due to underlying medical conditions. The court denied the TRO and dismissed the petition for habeas corpus on May 27. The plaintiffs appealed to the Tenth Circuit, but the plaintiffs later moved to dismiss the appeal. The Tenth Circuit dismi…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Dada v. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

2:20-cv-01093 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Filed Date: April 1, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This is an action brought by immigrant detainees particularly susceptible to a serious COVID-19 infection in Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi, alleging unconstitutional conditions of confinement and requesting release due to COVID-19. The case was dismissed on April 6 for lack of jurisdiction. On April 1, 2020, seventeen immigrant detainees, who are are highly vulnerable to serious injury and death if they contract COVID-19, filed this action in the U.S. District Court for …
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Toure v. Hott

1:20-cv-00395 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: April 9, 2020

COVID-19: This is a habeas action filed by nine immigration detainees confined in the Caroline and Farmville Detention Centers, seeking either writs of habeas corpus for each petitioner, or in the alternative, injunctive relief. The petitioners alleged that they were particularly vulnerable to the virus, either due to medical conditions or their age. The plaintiffs' TRO was denied on April 29. The decision was appealed, but the plaintiffs later dismissed the appeal and the underlying district c…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Coreas v. Bounds

8:20-cv-00780 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: March 24, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This is a habeas action filed by immigration detainees in ICE facilities in Maryland, seeking release from detention. The detainees claimed their underlying medical conditions made them particularly vulnerable to serious illness or death from COVID-19. The court granted preliminary injunctions on April 30 and May 7, ordering the release of several detainees. Additionally, on September 18, the court granted the petitioner's motion for class certification. The court denied a mot…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Alvarez v. LaRose

3:20-cv-00782 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Filed Date: April 25, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This is a habeas action brought by detainees in the Otay Mesa Detention Center, seeking release due to COVID-19. The plaintiffs' request for a preliminary injunction was denied on June 7, 2020. The plaintiffs appealed, but withdrew the appeal several months later. In the meantime, the court denied the defendant's motion to dismiss and the parties began the discovery process, prior to a stay in July 2021. On April 25, 2020 detainees held in the Otay Mesa Detention Center (OMDC)…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Tamayo Espinoza v. Witte

5:20-cv-00106 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: April 16, 2020

COVID-19 Summary: This is a habeas action brought by seven medically vulnerable detainees in Mississippi. They sought release from detention because their underlying medical conditions made them particularly vulnerable to COVID-19, which they alleged made their detention unconstitutional. The court denied a temporary restraining order on June 3, 2020. On April 16, 2020, seven medically vulnerable civil immigration detainees held in the Adams County Detention Center brought this suit in the U.S.…