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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
J.G.G. v. Trump

1:25-cv-00766 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 15, 2025

Case Ongoing

This case is one of several lawsuits challenging the Trump administration’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to detain and deport noncitizens without due process. You can see all of the cases here. This case challenged the Trump Administration’s authority to invoke the Alien Enemies Act to circumvent removal procedures and order the immediate removal of Venezuelan nationals from the United States. On March 15, 2025, five detained Venezuelan nationals filed this class action lawsuit in the District …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Palmigiano v. Garrahy

1:74-cv-00172 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: July 16, 1974

Closed Date: Feb. 19, 2014

On 01/11/2007, six inmates in the "awaiting trial" section of the Adult Correctional Institutions of Rhode Island (ACI) filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. §1983 against the Rhode Island Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island. The plaintiffs, represented in part by the National Prison Project of the American Civil Liberties Union, asked the Court for declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging that their constitutional rights had been violated because …
EDUCATION
Doe v. Horne

4:23-cv-00185 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: April 17, 2023

Case Ongoing

This is a case challenging an Arizona statute (A.R.S. § 15-120.02) that excludes transgender girls from participating in school-based sports teams that align with their gender identity. On April 17, 2023, the plaintiffs — school-aged transgender teens who were denied participation on several girls' school sports teams due to their assigned sex at birth — filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona against the state's Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Arizona Inters…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Chimenti v. Pennsylvania Department of Corrections

2:15-cv-03333 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: June 12, 2015

Closed Date: Oct. 18, 2022

On June 12, 2015, three individuals incarcerated and suffering from complications due to Hepatitis C viral infections filed this class action suit in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The plaintiffs sued the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming violations of the Eighth Amendment, and of Article I § 13 of the Pennsylvania Constitution. Represented by private counsel and the PA Institutional Law Project, the plaintiffs alleged that th…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Caballero v. New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision

9:20-cv-01470 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

Filed Date: Dec. 2, 2020

Case Ongoing

This is a class action lawsuit alleging that the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) intentionally denied all people with moderate mental health disorders from having the opportunity to complete a program that would have made them eligible for early release.  The plaintiff, a formerly incarcerated individual out on parole, filed a complaint on December 2, 2020 against the DOCCS, alleging that the plaintiff was forced to spend nine extra months in prison be…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Thompson v. Trump

1:21-cv-00400 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 16, 2021

Case Ongoing

This is a case about the violent insurrection and disruption of Congress on January 6, 2021, while Congress approved the results of the Electoral College in order to elect the next President and Vice President of the United States. On February 16, 2021, a member of the United States House of Representatives, in his personal capacity, filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Represented by private counsel and the NAACP, the plaintiff sued the President…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Darren Patterson Christian Academy v. Roy

1:23-cv-01557 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: June 20, 2023

Case Ongoing

On June 21, 2023, Darren Pattern Christian Academy (Plaintiff), a private Christian school, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado against the Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Early Childhood and the Director of Colorado’s Universal Preschool Program (defendants) in their official capacities. The plaintiff challenged the nondiscrimination rules of the Colorado Department of Early Childhood’s Universal Preschool Program (UPK). The plaintiff cla…
HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
West Alabama Women's Center v. Miller

2:15-cv-00497 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: July 10, 2015

Closed Date: Sept. 20, 2019

On July 10, 2015, the West Alabama Women’s Center, its Medical Director, and a physician it employed (collectively, the “Clinic”), sued Alabama's State Health Officer (“SHO”) in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. Represented by the ACLU, the Clinic challenged an Alabama statute that required every physician who performed an abortion at a licensed abortion clinic to have staff privileges at a local hospital or, alternatively, that the clinic have a written agree…
NATIONAL SECURITY
Wikimedia Foundation v. National Security Agency

1:15-cv-00662 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: March 10, 2015

Closed Date: Feb. 21, 2023

On March 10, 2015, a collective of organizations interested in privacy, led by the Wikimedia Foundation, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for District of Maryland. The plaintiffs sued the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Department of Justice under the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. §§ 701 et seq. The plaintiffs, represented by attorneys from the ACLU and private counsel, asked the court to declare “Upstream Surveillance” by the government to be unconstitutional, and …
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Association of American Universities v. Department of Health & Human Services

1:25-cv-10346 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Feb. 10, 2025

Case Ongoing

This case challenges the Trump Administration's policy change slashing indirect cost reimbursements for projects funded by the National Institutes of Health. On February 10, 2025, the Association of American Universities (AAU), American Council on Education (ACE), Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU), and thirteen universities (listed at the end of this summary) filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts against the Department of Health a…