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EDUCATION
Washington State Association of Head Start and Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program v. Kennedy

2:25-cv-00781 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: April 28, 2025

This lawsuit challenges the Trump Administration’s efforts to dismantle—via mass layoffs and office closures—the Head Start program, a Congressionally-established federal program that provides young children of low-income families “a comprehensive program to meet their emotional, social, health, nutritional and psychological needs.” Since its launch in 1965, Head Start has “successfully improved the educational, health, social, and economic outcomes for families and children, particularly Black…

Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief

Washington State Association of Head Start and Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program v. Kennedy

April 28, 2025

Amended Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief

Washington State Association of Head Start and Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program v. Kennedy

May 13, 2025

Plaintiffs' Motion for a Preliminary Injunction

Washington State Association of Head Start and Early Childhood Assistance and Education Program v. Kennedy Jr.

May 16, 2025

Plaintiffs' Motion for Temporary Restraining Order/To Postpone Effective Date of Agency Action

Washington State Association of Head Start and Early Childhood Assistance and Education Program v. Kennedy

July 21, 2025

Plaintiffs' Motion for Temporary Restraining Order/ To Postpone Effective Date of Agency Action

Washington State Association of Head Start and Early Childhood Assistance and Education Program v. Kennedy

July 21, 2025

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Preliminary Injunction Granted

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
American Oversight v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

1:25-cv-02390 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: July 24, 2025

This case challenges DHS’s failure to respond to Freedom of Information Act requests related to the Executive Order’s revival of the Alien Registration Act. On his first day of his second term, President Trump signed Executive Order 14159, titled “Protecting the American People Against Invasion,” directing the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to ensure that all previously unregistered non-citizens comply with the Alien Registration Act of 1940, also known as the Smith…

Case Is Ongoing

PRISON CONDITIONS
Council v. Ivey

2:23-cv-00712 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: Dec. 12, 2023

This case is about alleged systematic over-detention of people incarcerated by the Alabama Department of Corrections for the purpose of profiting from the practice of “convict leasing.”   On December 12, 2024, ten former and current incarcerated persons, along with three service-worker unions, brought this putative class action lawsuit against a number of Alabama officials and private businesses in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. Named defendants in the laws…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights v. Department of State

1:25-cv-01774 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: June 5, 2025

This case challenged the series of agreements between the Department of State and El Salvador by which El Salvador agreed to accept individuals from the United States and to hold them in detention facilities. This agreement was made on February 3, 2025. Secretary of State Rubio explained that President Bukele of El Salvador “has agreed to accept for deportation any illegal alien in the United States who is a criminal from any nationality, be they MS-13 or Tren de Aragua, and house them in his j…

Case Is Ongoing

ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Frank v. Walker

2:11-cv-01128 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: Dec. 13, 2011

Closed Date: Aug. 14, 2023

On December 13, 2011, registered voters in Wisconsin filed this lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA). Plaintiffs sued the State of Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, and the Division of Motor Vehicles. Plaintiffs, represented by public interest and private counsel, claimed that the voter ID requirement implemented by 2011 Wisconsin Act 23 (Act 23) placed an undue burden on their…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Scott v. Quay

1:19-cv-01075 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: Feb. 22, 2019

Closed Date: Aug. 19, 2024

This case concerns conditions of confinement at the Metropolitan Detention Center (“MDC”) in Brooklyn, New York. On February 22, 2019, two individuals who were in the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (“BOP”) at MDC brought a class action lawsuit against the warden of the MDC in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. The case was assigned to District Judge Margo K. Brodie. Suing under Bivens, the plaintiffs alleged that MDC was plunged into darkness and cold from J…

Settled: Case Closed

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Democracy Forward Foundation v. U.S. Department of Justice

1:25-cv-02597 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Aug. 8, 2025

This case challenged the alleged failure of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) to comply with the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The Democracy Forward Foundation (DFF), a public-oriented non-profit, submitted FOIA requests to the DOJ and FBI seeking records concerning the Trump Administration’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein matter, including internal communications and any related agency reviews. On July 28, 2025, DFF submitted a request for ex…

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
United States of America v. Russell

1:25-cv-02029 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: June 24, 2025

This case was brought by the Trump administration against the District Court of Maryland for automatically issuing a default, temporary stay in habeas immigration petitions. The Trump Administration filed this novel lawsuit on June 24, 2025 which named all 15 active and senior status judges in the district as defendants, as well as the district's court clerk. The suit challenged a standing order issued by Chief Judge George L. Russell III regarding habeas petitions in the district. The recent i…

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

Appeal Pending

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
M.A.P.S. v. Garite

3:25-cv-00171 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: May 10, 2025

This case is one of several lawsuits challenging the Trump administration’s use of the Alien Enemies Act (AEA) to detain and deport noncitizens without due process. You can see all of the cases here. This case was also certified related to Sanchez Puentes, et al., v. Garite, et al..  Both cases revolved around the use of the AEA to remove noncitizens in Texas.  This petition arises out of the president's peacetime invocation of the AEA. The petitioner is a 33-year-old Venezuelan national detain…

Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

PRISON CONDITIONS
Marria v. Broadus

1:97-cv-08297 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Nov. 10, 1997

Closed Date: Sept. 9, 2005

On November 10, 1997, an inmate at the Shawangunk Correctional Facility in Wallkill, New York, filed a pro se lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the First and Fourteenth Amendments, and the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) against the New York State Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiff asked the Court for declaratory and injunctive relief, as well as damages, alleging that his constitutional rights ha…

Judgment for Plaintiff

Appeal Dismissed