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Power Forward Communities, Inc. v. Citibank

1:25-cv-00762 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 14, 2025

This case was consolidated with Climate United Fund, Coalition for Green Capital, and Power Forward Communities—under Rule 42(a). Climate United Fund v. Citibank (No. 1:25-cv-698) was designated the lead case. For updates after March 20, 2025, please follow the link to the lead case.  This case challenged the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) immediate termination of a $2 billion federal clean energy grant and Citibank’s refusal to release the associated funds. On March 14, 2025, Power Fo…

Consolidated: Docket Closed

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Y-Z-L-H v. Bostock

3:25-cv-00965 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: June 5, 2025

This is a case about the unlawful arrest and detention of a paroled asylum-seeker. On June 5, 2025, a Mexican national filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon. He sued the ICE Seattle Field Office Director, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and its Acting Director, the Department of Homeland Security Secretary, and the Attorney General under 28 U.S.C. § 2241, the Fifth Amendment’s Due Process Clause, and the Administrative Procedure Act. Judge Michael…

Habeas Relief Granted

Appeal Pending

POLICING
United States v. City of Seattle

2:12-cv-01282 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: July 27, 2012

On March 31, 2011, the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Civil Rights Division opened an investigation of the Seattle Police Department (SPD) pursuant to the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (then codified at 42 U.S.C. § 14141; then recodified to 34 U.S.C. § 12601), the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Following a comprehensive investigation, on December 16, 2011, the DOJ announced its findings that SPD engag…
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Thakur v. Trump

3:25-cv-04737 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: June 4, 2025

This case is about the alleged unlawful termination, suspension, or reduction of federal research grants to University of California researchers under a series of executive orders issued by President Trump and directives from the Department of Governmental Ethics (DOGE). On June 4, 2025, a group of University of California researchers, faculty, staff, academic appointees, and employees filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against Pre…

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appellate Stay of Trial Court Relief Denied

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Flores v. Reno

2:85-cv-04544 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: July 11, 1985

Note: We've tagged this case as one challenging President Trump's immigration executive orders because those executive orders and their implementing memoranda, included as "resources," below, touch on many of the matters subject to longstanding court oversight in this case. On July 11, 1985, attorneys from the National Center for Immigrants' Rights, the National Center for Youth Law, and the ACLU Foundation of Southern California represented four minors who filed this class action complaint aga…

Settled: Implementation Ongoing

Appeal Pending

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Oregon Council for the Humanities v. United States DOGE Service

3:25-cv-00829 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: May 15, 2025

This case challenges the alleged illegal termination of grant money for state and jurisdictional humanities councils by the United States DOGE Service. The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) was established by Congress in 1965 with the declaration that "The arts and the humanities belong to all the people of the United States". The goal was to provide funding for research, publication of scholarly works, and the promotion of the humanities. Congress also created a statutory framework t…

Preliminary Injunction Granted

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Association of American Universities v. Department of Energy

1:25-cv-10912 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: April 14, 2025

This case challenged the Trump Administration's Department of Energy (DOE) "policy flash" on April 11, 2025, which set a universal cap on indirect funding costs for institutions of higher education. Previously, the DOE dispersed funds based on both direct and indirect expenses already incurred by the institutions in the research process. Direct costs are those readily traceable to a specific project, while indirect costs are those that support multiple research projects. These indirect costs in…

Judgment for Plaintiff

Appeal Pending

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
National Treasury Employees Union v. Vought

1:25-cv-00381 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 9, 2025

This case challenged the Trump Administration's endeavor to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). On February 7, 2025, Elon Musk posted, “CFPB RIP” on social media. The next day, the Acting Director of the CFPB instructed CFPB staff to “immediately” stop all work and informed the Federal Reserve that the CFPB would not take any additional funding for its operations in the next quarter. This action happened in the larger context of the Trump Administration’s effort to disman…

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Reversed

POLICING
United States v. City of Portland

3:12-cv-02265 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: Dec. 17, 2012

This lawsuit was the culmination of an 18 month-long investigation of the Portland Police Bureau (PPB) by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) pursuant to the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, 42 U.S.C. § 14141. That investigation, which began in June of 2011, was prompted by the high number of PPB officer-involved shootings that involved individuals with mental illness. On September 13, 2012, the DOJ issued a findings letter stating that it found reasonable cause to believ…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
United States v. Oklahoma

5:24-cv-00511 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma

Filed Date: May 21, 2024

This case challenged a state law in Oklahoma criminalizing noncitizen entry and presence in the state. On May 21, 2024, the United States filed suit against the State of Oklahoma, the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety, and both the Governor and Attorney General of Oklahoma (in their official capacities). The case was filed in the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma and assigned to District Judge Bernard M. Jones II.  The complaint explained the Oklahoma law at i…

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending