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PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
State of California v. United States Department of Agriculture

3:25-cv-06310 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: July 28, 2025

This case challenges the federal government's demand for sensitive personal information on millions of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) applicants and recipients. The federal government claims the data is necessary for program integrity, specifically to detect "overpayments and fraud". On July 28, 2025, a coalition of states and the District of Columbia filed this lawsuit in the Northern District of California against the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), its Secretary, and…

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
State of California v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

3:25-cv-05536 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: July 1, 2025

This case challenged the Trump administration’s disclosure of confidential Medicaid beneficiary data to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for immigration enforcement. On July 1, 2025, twenty-one states and the District of Columbia filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and Secretary Kristi Noem. Th…

Preliminary Injunction Granted

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Goodman v. Lutnick

8:25-cv-02097 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: June 30, 2025

This case challenged the Trump administration’s mass termination of federal probationary employees at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), alleging violations of the Privacy Act. On June 30, 2025, four former NOAA employees—Arianna Goodman, Sarah Scott, Christine Buckel, and Jennifer Raulin—filed this putative class action in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland against high-level officials and agencies including Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, the U…

Case Is Ongoing

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO v. U.S. Office of Personnel Management

1:25-cv-01237 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Feb. 11, 2025

This case, brought by current and former federal employees, challenges the Department of Government Efficiency's (DOGE) access to sensitive data. On February 11, 2025, current and former federal employees and unions acting on their behalf filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against DOGE and its Acting Administrator; the Director of the DOGE Temporary Service, Elon Musk; and the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and its Secretary (…

Case Is Ongoing

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Electronic Privacy Information Center v. U.S. Office of Personnel Management

1:25-cv-00255 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: Feb. 10, 2025

This is a case challenging an alleged mass data breach of federal employee and taxpayer information and the alleged misuse of government information systems. On February 10, 2025, the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), a nonprofit focused on digital privacy, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia against the U.S. Department of the Treasury and its Acting Secretary, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management and its Acting Director, and DOGE. T…

Complaint for Damages, Injunctive, Mandamus, and Declaratory Relief

Electronic Privacy Information Center v. U.S. Office of Personnel Management

Feb. 10, 2025

Memorandum of Law in Support of Plaintiffs’ Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order

Electronic Privacy Information Center v. U.S. Office of Personnel Management

Feb. 13, 2025

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

Electronic Privacy Information Center v. U.S. Office of Personnel Management

Feb. 18, 2025

Memorandum Opinion and Order

Electronic Privacy Information Center v. U.S. Office of Personnel Management

Feb. 21, 2025

Amended Complaint for Damages, Injunctive Relief, and Declaratory Relief

Electronic Privacy Information Center v. U.S. Office of Personnel Management

May 6, 2025

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Preliminary Injunction Denied

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Comans v. Department of Homeland Security

1:25-cv-00624 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 4, 2025

This case challenged the legality of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) February 11, 2025, firing of FEMA's Chief Financial Officer (CFO). (To see the Clearinghouse's collection of civil-service-related legal challenges to actions by the second Trump administration, click here.) On March 4, 2025, the plaintiff sued FEMA and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) after FEMA fired her—without notice—from her position as CFO, even though the plaintiff had no disciplinary hist…

Case Is Ongoing

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Jackson v. Kennedy

1:25-cv-01750 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: June 3, 2025

This case asked for damages due to the termination of thousands of employees at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and its subcomponents on the basis of incomplete or inaccurate personnel records. On June 3, 2025, seven individuals formerly employed by HHS brought a class action in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated (a class action). The plaintiffs sued Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the Secretary of HHS, HHS, …

Case Is Ongoing

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Pallek v. Rollins

1:25-cv-01650 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 22, 2025

This is a challenge to DOGE-led efforts to centralize states' data on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). On March 20, 2025, President Trump signed Executive Order 14243, titled "Stopping Waste, Fraud, and Abuse by Eliminating Information Silos," calling on agencies to "ensure unfettered access to comprehensive data from all state programs." USDA published a letter to SNAP State Agency Directors on May 6, telling them that USDA must retain unfettered access to their comprehens…

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending

ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Democratic National Committee v. Trump

1:25-cv-00952 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 31, 2025

This case challenged President Trump’s March 2025 executive order titled, "Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections" (EO 14248). (To see the Clearinghouse's collection of legal challenges to actions taken by the second Trump Administration, click here.) In relevant part, EO 14248 seeks to make several changes to the rules governing elections. First, it directs the Election Assistance Committee (EAC) to alter the federal voter registration form prescribed by Congress ("Feder…

Consolidated: Docket Closed

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Centro de Trabajadores Unidos v. Bessent

1:25-cv-00677 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 7, 2025

This case concerned protection of taxpayer privacy rights against immigration enforcement policies. On March 7, 2025, Centro de Trabajadores Unidos (CTU) and Immigrant Solidarity DuPage (ISD) filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. The plaintiffs sued the Secretary of the Treasury, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and the Acting IRS Commissioner. Represented by several public interest legal organizations, the plaintiffs sought declaratory and inju…

Preliminary Injunction Denied

Appeal Pending