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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Yi v. Board of Elections

8:16-cv-00662 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: March 7, 2016

Closed Date: April 19, 2016

On March 7, 2016, the plaintiff filed a complaint pro se in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland against the Board of Elections at Montgomery County, the Democratic National Committee, the Republican National Committee, the Maryland Democratic Party and the Maryland Republic Party. The plaintiff claimed that the use of digital voting machines in various state and national elections violated the Fifteenth Amendment because the Fifteenth Amendment does not permit use of digital vo…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
The Democratic Party of Georgia v. Crittenden

1:18-cv-05181 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: Nov. 11, 2018

Closed Date: Jan. 14, 2019

On November 11, 2018, The Democratic Party of Georgia, Inc., and AFG Group Inc., a nonprofit doing business as Stacey Abrams for Governor, filed a class action complaint against (1) the Secretary of State for Georgia, (2) members of the Gwinnett County Board of Registration and Elections, (3) members of the DeKalb County Board of Registration and Elections, and (4) a class of defendants comprised of superintendents and boards of elections for each of the 159 counties in Georgia.  The complaint …

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Manship v. Virginia Board of Elections

3:16-cv-00884 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: Nov. 2, 2016

Closed Date: May 20, 2017

This is a case about the validity of Electronic Voting Systems for use in casting and tallying election ballots. On November 2, 2016, an individual who was an investigative reporter, Virgina voter, and Navy Special Duty Cryptology Disabled Veteran, filed an emergency motion for order for injunctive and declaratory relief and verified class action complaint pro se in the Eastern District of Virgina on behalf of himself and all Virginia voters. This motion was brought against the Virginal Board o…

Preliminary Injunction Denied

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

1:25-cv-00943 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 31, 2025

This case was filed on March 31, 2025, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, challenging an interim final rule (IFR) issued by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The IFR established a new, mandatory registration regime for noncitizens aged 14 and older who had been in the U.S. for at least 30 days but were not yet registered under the current system. The rule required them to submit personal information, fingerprints, and biometric data through a new online system. Th…

Preliminary Injunction Denied

Appellate Stay of Trial Court Relief Denied

PRISON CONDITIONS
Amos v. Hall

4:20-cv-00007 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: Jan. 14, 2020

Closed Date: Jan. 13, 2023

On January 14, 2020, this putative class action lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi on behalf of prisoners at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman, Mississippi. The suit arose after the publication of an open letter dated January 9 from Jay-Z to Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant, decrying the conditions at state correctional facilities. The plaintiffs were represented by lawyers affiliated with Team ROC, the social justice wing of the J…

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
New Mexico v. Musk

1:25-cv-00429 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 13, 2025

This lawsuit challenges Elon Musk’s role in the second Trump administration, asserting that he performed significant governmental duties without official nomination by the President or confirmation by the Senate. On February 13, 2025, fourteen states—New Mexico, Arizona, Michigan, California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington—represented by their respective attorneys general, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Cou…

Temporary Restraining Order Denied

Appellate Stay of Trial Court Relief Granted

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Ozturk v. Noem

1:25-cv-01203 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 19, 2025

Closed Date: June 20, 2025

This case challenges the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) decision to terminate the F-1 student visa status of multiple plaintiffs by deactivating their Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) records based on criminal record checks. On April 10, 2025, Harun Ozturk and several other international students filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against DHS Secretary Kristi Noem. Represented by private counsel, the plaintiffs sought …

Temporary Restraining Order Denied

EDUCATION
American Educational Research Association v. U.S. Department of Education

8:25-cv-01230 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: April 14, 2025

This case challenges the Trump Administration’s dismantling of the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), a research division within the U.S. Department of Education responsible for gathering and analyzing educational data. On April 14, 2025, the American Educational Research Association (AERA) and the Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness (SREE) filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. They are represented by the Democracy Forward Foundation. The named de…

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

SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Rhode Island Latino Arts v. National Endowment for the Arts

1:25-cv-00079 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: March 6, 2025

This case challenged the prohibition on federal funding of art programs that promoted “gender ideology” and required all funding applicants to certify their understanding that “federal funds shall not be used to promote gender ideology.” On March 6, 2025, four nonprofit arts organizations—Rhode Island Latino Arts, National Queer Theater, The Theater Offensive, and Theatre Communications Group—filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island against the Nation…

Preliminary Injunction Denied