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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
L.M.-M. v. Cuccinelli

1:19-cv-02676 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: Sept. 6, 2019

Closed Date: Aug. 18, 2021

On September 6, 2019, a legal services provider and seven individuals detained at the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The individual plaintiffs, along with the Refugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services (RAICES), challenged new directives that the government issued at two detention…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Benavides v. Gartland

5:20-cv-00046 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia

Filed Date: April 8, 2020

Closed Date: Nov. 18, 2020

COVID-19 Summary: This is a habeas and injunctive action brought on behalf of immigration detainees in the Folkston ICE Processing Center. The detainees requested release, arguing that continuing detention would violate their constitutional rights because they suffered from underlying medical conditions that made them especially vulnerable to COVID-19. The court refused to issue preliminary relief, and the plaintiffs voluntarily dismissed the case in August 2020. The parties filed certain redac…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Arias v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

0:07-cv-01959 | U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

Filed Date: April 19, 2007

Closed Date: Feb. 2, 2010

On April 19, 2007, a group of Latino plaintiffs filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, challenging a series of raids by immigration agents of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Division ("ICE") and local police officials in and around Willmar, Minnesota, between April 10 - 14, 2007. The plaintiffs sued ICE, the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”), and various ICE and DHS officials and officers in their official capacity (“United States defendant…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
People of the State of California v. United States of America

3:17-cv-01911 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 20, 2017

Case Ongoing

This suit, filed on September 20, 2017, challenged President Trump's authorization of the construction of a border wall at the U.S.-Mexico border. The plaintiffs sued the federal government for failing to comply with existing laws and taking actions beyond the scope of its authority. President Trump issued Executive Order (EO) 13767 on Jan. 25, 2017; it directed DHS to "allocate all sources of Federal funds for the planning, designing and construction of a physical wall along the southern borde…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
A.B. v. Morgan

1:20-cv-00846 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 27, 2020

Case Ongoing

This case is about whether untrained Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents can make asylum determinations in place of trained career Asylum Officers. The district court granted the plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction and preliminarily enjoined the defendants from permitting CBP agents to conduct asylum interviews or make credible fear determinations pending a ruling on the merits in this case. Plaintiffs File Complaint Challenging "Credible Fear" Interviews by CBPOn March 27, 2…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Dent v. Sessions

2:10-cv-02673 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Dec. 14, 2010

Closed Date: April 1, 2019

On June 26, 2009, a Lawful Permanent Resident detained by the Department of Homeland Security ("DHS") filed this lawsuit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The plaintiff, represented by private counsel, sought review under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") affirming his removal order. The plaintiff argued that the order was wrong as a matter of law and violated his constitutional rights.Specifically, the plaintiff claimed that the adminis…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Center for Biological Diversity v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

3:17-cv-01215 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Filed Date: June 15, 2017

Closed Date: April 18, 2019

On June 15, 2017, the Center for Biological Diversity brought this lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its component Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Plaintiff filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California and the case was assigned to Judge Gonzalo P. Curiel (whom Trump had previously disparaged in an unrelated case). The case combined several different challenges to the Trump Administration's planned border wall, and sought declaratory…

Second Amended Complaint For Declaratory and Injunctive Relief

Center for Biological Diversity v. DHS

Sept. 6, 2017

Memorandum of Points and Authorities In Support of Motion to Dismiss Second Amended Complaint

Center for Biological Diversity v. DHS

Oct. 6, 2017

Memorandum in Support of Motion for Summary Judgment by Plaintiffs People of the State of California and the California Coastal Commission

In re: Border Infrastructure Environmental Litigation

Nov. 22, 2017

Memorandum of Points and Authorities in Support of Plaintiffs Defenders of Wildlife, Animal Legal Defense Fund, and Sierra Club's Motion for Summary Judgment

In re: Border Infrastructure Environmental Litigation

Nov. 22, 2017

Plaintiff Center for Biological Diversity's Memorandum of Points and Authorities in Support of Cross Motion for Summary Judgment and in Opposition to Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment

In re: Border Infrastructure Environmental Litigation

Nov. 22, 2017

see 13 additional documents
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Catholic Social Services v. Ashcroft

2:86-cv-01343 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: Nov. 12, 1986

Closed Date: Aug. 29, 2014

On Nov. 12, 1986, Catholic Social Services filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, challenging the Immigration and Naturalization Service's ("INS") interpretation of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 ("IRCA"). This case was one of three "late amnesty cases" filed in the federal courts in California against the INS. The other two case were Zambrano v. INS, S-88-455 EJG (E.D.Cal.) [IM-CA-0008 of this collection] and LULAC v…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Defenders of Wildlife v. Duke

3:17-cv-01873 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 14, 2017

Case Ongoing

This suit, filed on Sept. 14, 2017, challenged President Trump's authorization of the construction of a border wall at the U.S.-Mexico border. Plaintiffs, environmental advocacy organizations (Defenders of Wildlife, the Sierra Club, and the Animal Legal Defense Fund), sued the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for failing to comply with existing laws and for taking actions beyond the scope of its authority. Plaintiffs filed their complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern Di…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Trollinger v. Tyson Foods, Inc.

4:02-cv-00023 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee

Filed Date: April 2, 2002

Closed Date: Oct. 20, 2008

In December 2001, a federal grand jury returned a 36-count indictment against Tyson Foods, Inc., the world's largest poultry processor, and several individuals, charging the defendants with conspiring to smuggle undocumented aliens into the U.S. and employing them at Tyson's chicken processing plants throughout the country. Shortly after the criminal indictment, plaintiffs filed a nationwide class action in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee against Tyson and several…