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United States v. King County Washington

2:20-cv-00203 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Feb. 10, 2020

Closed Date: March 20, 2023

On February 10, 2020, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. The DOJ sued King County, Washington and its Executive under 28 U.S.C. § 2201 and the Airline Deregulation Act (ADA) and sought declaratory and injunctive relief. The case was assigned to Judge Robert J. Bryan.  On April 23, 2019, the King County Executive signed King County Executive Order PFC-7-1-EO ("Airport EO"), prohibiting the transporta…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Coronel v. Decker

1:20-cv-02472 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: March 20, 2020

Closed Date: Jan. 17, 2023

COVID-19 Summary: In this case, federal district judge Allison Nathan (SDNY) granted emergency relief on March 27, 2020, requiring ICE to release seven at-risk detainees from immigration detention in light of the grave threat posed by congregate detention during the COVID-19 pandemic. On March 20, 2020, seven persons held in civil immigration detention centers in the New York City area -- who because of serious and chronic medical conditions face a significant risk of severe illness or death i…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Duchitanga v. Lloyd

1:18-cv-10332 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Nov. 6, 2018

Case Ongoing

This is a case about delays in the release of detained immigrant children to their families resulting from new policies and practices that subjected parents and others to unwarranted fingerprint checks. According to the complaint, family members had to wait months to receive a fingerprint appointment and then several more months for the results. These delays resulted in a dramatic spike in the amount of time children spent in government custody.  On November 6, 2018, several detained immigrant …
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Southern Poverty Law Center v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

1:18-cv-00760 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 4, 2018

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: On May 7, 2020, in this access-to-counsel suit, the plaintiffs sought a temporary restraining order in response to COVID-19, directing the defendants to remove access barriers and ameliorate dangerously punitive conditions at the detention facilities at issue, such as providing detainees with access to free and private phone calls. They claimed that the defendants had restricted access to legal visitations due to COVID-19, but failed to accommodate remote communications. The c…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
NetChoice LLC v. Paxton

1:21-cv-00840 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: Sept. 22, 2021

Case Ongoing

Two trade associations filed suit against Ken Paxton, the Attorney General of Texas, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas on September 22, 2021. Represented by private counsel, they challenged a Texas state law, H.B. 20, that placed restrictions on social media platforms with over 50 million active users in the United States within one calendar month. They targeted two sections: section 2, which implemented detailed disclosure and moderation requirements, and section 7, …
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Hamama v. Adducci

2:17-cv-11910 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: June 15, 2017

Case Ongoing

Petitioners in this class action/habeas petition are Iraqi nationals—many, perhaps most, Chaldean Christian—who have resided in the United States for many years. They have been subject to final orders of removal for years, but the U.S. government permitted them to reside in the community under orders of supervision. In early 2017, political negotiation by the Trump administration with Iraq (related to Iraq's desire to be taken off the Trump Executive Order travel-ban list) led to Iraq’s agreeme…
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
League of Independent Fitness Facilities and Trainers, Inc. v. Whitmer

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

Filed Date: May 22, 2020

Closed Date: March 3, 2021

COVID-19 Summary: This lawsuit was filed against the state of Michigan by 22 individual companies operating fitness businesses in Michigan and an organization representing over 150 fitness facilities in the state to enjoin executive orders that caused their facilities to remain closed. The court granted a preliminary injunction on June 19. On appeal, the Sixth Circuit stayed the lower court's injunction on June 24. Due to the case being mooted, after the governor's orders were struck down, the …
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Velesaca v. Decker

1:20-cv-01803 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Feb. 28, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This case was initially filed in February 2020 to address the absence of bond hearings for ICE detainees in New York. Then on March 16, 2020, in light of the grave threat posed by congregate detention during the coronavirus pandemic, plaintiffs sought emergency relief: individualized determinations assessing whether detention is necessary in light of flight risk/public safety, and releases where it is not. On March 31, the Court issued an order granting this relief and enjoini…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Arriaga Reyes v. Decker

2:20-cv-03600 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: April 2, 2020

Case Ongoing

This is a case about five men, aged 33 to 59 with underlying medical conditions, detained in United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody who petitioned for immediate release based on their vulnerability to serious COVID-19 infection. On April 2, 2020, the plaintiffs filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, but the case was transferred to the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey after the court conclu…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Heredia Mons v.McAleenan

1:19-cv-01593 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 30, 2019

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: A class of asylum seekers detained by the New Orleans ICE Field Office filed an emergency motion for a preliminary injunction, requesting that defendants be compelled to conduct individual parole reviews for every detainee and to consider the risk of COVID-19 to them in determining their eligibility for parole. On April 21, 2020, the court denied the motion for preliminary injunction. On May 30, 2019, asylum seekers detained under the jurisdiction of the New Orleans ICE Field…