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Elev8 Baltimore, Inc. v. Corporation for National and Community Service

1:25-cv-01458 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: May 5, 2025

This case challenged the alleged dismantling of AmeriCorps by the defendants through program closures, funding withdrawals, and staff layoffs. AmeriCorps is the federal agency administering national service and volunteer programs. AmeriCorps is run by a Board of Directors and a Chief Executive Officer. AmeriCorps’ Board members and its CEO are all appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. AmeriCorps comprises multiple statutorily required programs, five of which are …

Preliminary Injunction Granted

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Rural Development Innovations Limited v. Marocco

1:25-cv-01631 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 21, 2025

This case challenged the Trump Administration's attempt to dismantle the United States African Development Foundation (USADF). On May 21, 2025, two former employees of the United States African Development Foundation and a consulting firm that frequently partnered with USADF filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia against the purported acting chair of USADF, several cabinet secretaries and agency heads, and President Donald Trump. They challenged the …

Preliminary Injunction Granted

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Perkins Coie LLP v. U.S. Department of Justice

1:25-cv-00716 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 11, 2025

This case challenged President Trump's executive order targeting a powerhouse law firm for its historic association with progressive causes and clients. On March 11, 2025, Perkins Coie LLP, an international law firm based out of Seattle, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Plaintiff named the United States of America, the U.S. Department of Justice, the Federal Communications Commission, the Office of Management and Budget, the Equal Employment Opportunit…

Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Harper v. Bessent

1:25-cv-01294 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 28, 2025

This case challenged the Trump Administration's removal of two members of the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA). On April 28, 2025, NCUA Chairman Todd Harper and board member Tanya Otsuka filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against the Secretary of the Treasury, the Executive Director of the NCUA, the new Chairman of the NCUA, the Deputy Assistant to President Trump, and President Trump himself. Todd Harper was appointed for a partial term to the NCUA du…

Judgment for Plaintiff

Appellate Stay of Trial Court Relief Granted

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Wilcox v. Trump

1:25-cv-00334 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 5, 2025

This is a challenge to the second Trump administration's termination of Gwynne Wilcox, the Chair of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). (To see the Clearinghouse's collection of civil-service-related legal challenges to the second Trump administration, click here.) The plaintiff in this case was fired on January 27, 2025 by President Trump from her positions as Chair and member of the National Labor Relations Board, even though her term was not set to expire until 2028.  She filed this l…

Injunction Granted

Supreme Court Stay of Trial Court Relief Granted

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Harris v. Bessent

1:25-cv-00412 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 11, 2025

This case challenged the Trump Administration's termination of a member of the Merit Systems Protection Board. On February 11, 2025, Cathy Harris, a duly appointed/confirmed Member of the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. She sued President Trump, the Secretary of Treasury, the Acting Chairman of the Merit System Protection Board, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and Director and Deputy …

Injunction Granted

Supreme Court Stay of Trial Court Relief Granted

SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Chasin v. District of Columbia

1:05-cv-01792 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Sept. 9, 2005

This case was one of two that challenged D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department (DC Fire) rules prohibiting beards and long hair under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA).  The plaintiffs, a group of DC Fire employees with religious convictions prohibiting them from shaving their beards, brought this lawsuit against the District of Columbia in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on September 9, 2005. The plaintiffs challenged a DC Fire rule which required …

Injunction Granted

Reversed

SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Potter v. District of Columbia

1:01-cv-01189 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 30, 2001

This case challenged the District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department’s (D.C. Fire’s) grooming policy. The policy sets restrictions on the hair and facial hair of employees. Specifically, it sets restrictions on hair and facial hair length and requires that hair and facial hair be groomed in accordance with the policy.  On May 30, 2001, a group of firefighters in D.C. Fire brought this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Seeking declaratory an…

Settled: Implementation Ongoing

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Dellinger v. Bessent

1:25-cv-00385 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 10, 2025

Closed Date: March 27, 2025

This is a challenge to the second Trump administration's purported firing of Hampton Dellinger, the head of the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC), communicated through a one-sentence email that made no attempt to comply with the for-cause removal requirement. (To see the Clearinghouse's collection of civil-service-related legal challenges to actions by the second Trump administration, click here.) On February 10, 2025, Dellinger filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District …

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)

Appeal Dismissed

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Grundmann v. Trump

1:25-cv-00425 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 13, 2025

This case challenged President Trump's removal of an individual from her position at the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA). The plaintiff here was Chair of the FLRA, appointed to a five-year term by President Biden and confirmed by the U.S. Senate in May 2022. On February 10, 2025, she received a one-sentence email from the Trump Administration stating that her position at the FLRA was “terminated, effective immediately,” with no context or reasoning for the firing. Her termination occur…

Injunction Granted

Appellate Stay of Trial Court Relief Granted