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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
A.I.I.L. v. Sessions

4:19-cv-00481 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Oct. 3, 2019

Case Ongoing

On October 3, 2019, noncitizen children and their parents filed this class action in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, challenging the Trump Administration's separation of asylum seeker families. The plaintiffs, represented by the ACLU Immigrant Rights Project, sued various personnel from five federal departments: the Department of Justice (DOJ), the White House, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); and the Office …
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
C.M. v. United States

2:19-cv-05217 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Sept. 19, 2019

Case Ongoing

On September 19, 2019, five asylum-seeking parents, on their own behalf and on behalf of their minor children, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. The plaintiffs sued the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, the National Immigrant Justice Center, and the American Immigration Council, sought monetary relief and attorneys fees. The plaintiffs alleged that the United States government caused intentio…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Burgess v. United States

4:17-cv-11218 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: April 18, 2017

Case Ongoing

This group of 1,704 plaintiffs, led by a Flint homeowner, sued the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Federal Tort Claims Act in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan in connection with the Flint water crisis on April 18, 2017. This lawsuit is distinct from the Flint water cases in front of Judge Judith Levy, which were filed against various state actors. The plaintiffs were represented by a variety of Michigan-based small private law firms. They sought $722.…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
K.O. & E. O. v. United States

4:20-cv-12015 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Nov. 9, 2020

Case Ongoing

On November 9, 2020, several asylum-seeking immigrant parents and children forcefully separated upon arrival in the United States filed this putative class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. District Judge Timothy S. Hillman was assigned to the case. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, filed suit under the Federal Torts Claims Act, seeking monetary damages as well as injunctive relief. They alleged the United States government was liable for…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Florida v. U.S.A.

8:21-cv-00541 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Filed Date: March 8, 2021

Closed Date: Feb. 25, 2022

This is a case about President Biden’s Executive Order 13993, which revoked an Executive Order from the previous administration and prompted the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to issue memoranda affecting the U.S. policy of deporting criminal non-citizens who were present in the United States before November 20, 2020. On March 8, 2021, the State of Florida filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Flor…
NATIONAL SECURITY
Page v. Comey

1:20-cv-03460 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: Nov. 27, 2020

Case Ongoing

This case is related to the Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse's coverage of the Carter Page Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrants. For more information on litigation to disclose the warrants that inspired this case, please see this link. For a summary of the warrants and information on ongoing efforts by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) to protect the confidential information in them, see this link. The FISA requires the government to obtain a warrant from…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Anderson v. Cornejo

1:97-cv-07556 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Oct. 27, 1997

Closed Date: Feb. 3, 2006

In this case, African–American women alleged that they were subjected to improper searches at customs in O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois. The case was initially brought by a single plaintiff in October 1997. In May 1998, a class action complaint was filed with 18 named plaintiffs. In 1999, another case was filed by 38 African-American women. Although each case was filed separately, the claims were essentially identical. The plaintiffs alleged that employees of the U.S. Customs…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Trujillo v. Bexar County, Texas et. al

5:16-cv-00855 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: Aug. 26, 2016

Case Ongoing

After being imprisoned in Bexar County Adult Detention Center (BCADA) for about 75 days after his criminal charges were dismissed, an individual filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas August 26, 2016. Bexar County detained the plaintiff, despite the dismissal, of his criminal charges under a Bexar County policy and practice that detains individuals whenever Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents asks them to do so. The plaintiff filed suit agai…
NATIONAL SECURITY
Fazaga v. Federal Bureau of Investigation

8:11-cv-00301 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Feb. 22, 2011

Case Ongoing

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) requires the government to obtain a warrant from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) before it may conduct any domestic electronic surveillance to acquire foreign intelligence information. The warrant applications are made ex parte and must include a sworn statement by a federal officer of the facts and circumstances relied upon to justify the government's belief that the target of surveillance is a foreign power or an agent of a f…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Migrant Justice v. Nielsen

5:18-cv-00192 | U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont

Filed Date: Nov. 14, 2018

Case Ongoing

On November 14, 2018, Migrant Justice, Inc. and four individual members of the organization filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Vermont. The plaintiffs sued the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), and the United States under 42 U.S.C. §1983 and Ex parte Young, 209 U.S. 123 (1908). The plaintiffs, represented by the various public interest organiz…