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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
National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

1:17-cv-02448 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Nov. 13, 2017

Closed Date: Nov. 9, 2020

On November 13, 2017, several organizations (National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild (NIPNLG), Mijente Support Committee, and Detention Watch Network) brought this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Represented by counsel from NIPNLG itself and Public Citizen Litigation Group, the plaintiffs sued U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The plaintiffs are nonprofit organizations promoting immigra…
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 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
Muslim Advocates v. U.S. Department of Justice

1:18-cv-01967 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Aug. 23, 2018

On August 23, 2018, Muslim Advocates filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia against the United States Department of Justice [DOJ] and United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement [ICE]. The complaint alleged that the defendants improperly withheld information in violation of the Freedom of Information Act [FOIA], 5 U.S.C. § 552(a), and sought declaratory and injunctive relief. Muslim Advocates had requested information from both defendants regard…
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

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
National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild v. Executive Office of Immigration Review

1:20-cv-00852 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 30, 2020

Closed Date: June 2, 2020

On March 30, 2020, individuals detained in ICE facilities and several organizations whose members include attorneys representing current and prospective clients detained in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities filed this complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. The plaintiffs sued the Executive Office of Immigration Review (EOIR), ICE, and the directors of those agencies in their official capacities. The plaintiffs claimed that in failing …

Complaint

National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild v. Executive Office of Immigration Review

March 30, 2020

Emergency Motion for Temporary Restraining Order and Request for Hearing and Plaintiffs' Memorandum of Law in Support

National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild v. Executive Office of Immigration Review

April 8, 2020

Defendants' Memorandum of Law in Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion for Temporary Restraining Order

National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild v. Executive Office of Immigration Review

April 13, 2020

Motion for Leave to File Plaintiffs' Supplemental Brief in Support of Emergency Motion for Temporary Restraining Order

National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild v. Executive Office of Immigration Review

April 20, 2020

Plaintiffs' Supplemental Brief in Support of Emergency Motion for Temporary Restraining Order

National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild v. Executive Office of Immigration Review

April 20, 2020

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Dada v. Witte

1:20-cv-00458 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana

Filed Date: April 14, 2020

This case arose out of earlier litigation. in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, which was dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. On April 14, 2020, 16 medically vulnerable immigrant detainees in Louisiana filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana. Represented by the Loyola Law Clinic, the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild, the Center for Constitutional Rights, and private counsel, the petitioners sued …
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
Codner v. Choate

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

Filed Date: April 14, 2020

On April 14, 2020, a group of immigrants in detention filed a lawsuit against Immigrations and Customs Enforcement ("ICE"), the warden of Aurora Contract Detention Facility, and two ICE officials in the U.S. District Court for the District Court of Colorado. Represented by Arnold & Porter, the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild, and the Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network, the petitioners sought writs of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241. The plaintiffs also sou…