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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
President and Fellows of Harvard College v. United States Department of Homeland Security

1:25-cv-11472 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: May 23, 2025

Case Ongoing

On May 23, 2025, Harvard University filed this lawsuit in the District of Massachusetts challenging the Department of Homeland Security's cancellation, on May 22, of Harvard's ability to enroll F-1 students through the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP), or employ J-1 nonimmigrants under the Exchange Visitor Program (EVP). Other defendants are the Departments of Justice and State, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and various heads of those agencies. The complaint alleged that …

Preliminary Injunction Granted

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Harris County, Texas v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

1:25-cv-01058 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 8, 2025

This case challenges the Trump Administration’s freezing of $10.5 million in federal grant funding to Harris County, Texas for its refugee resettlement programs.  On January 27, 2025, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a memorandum directing all federal agencies, including the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), to pause all activities related to the obligation and disbursement of federal financial assistance. OMB rescinded the memorandum on January 29, 2025, but the fe…

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)

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

Case Ongoing

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

SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Mahmoud Khalil v. Joyce

2:25-cv-01963 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: March 9, 2025

Case Ongoing

This case is one of numerous lawsuits challenging the Trump administration’s abrupt termination of immigration visas—mostly student or work visas—with no notice to the visa-holders and with dubious or no legal basis. You can see all of the cases here. This case challenges the detention and attempted deportation of student activist Mahmoud Khalil, a leader of the campus protests against the war in Gaza at Columbia University throughout the spring of 2024. Khalil was a lawful permanent resident o…

Preliminary Injunction Denied

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump

1:25-cv-01248 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 22, 2025

Case Ongoing

This case challenges President Trump’s imposition of tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). On April 22, 2025, two educational toy manufacturers—Learning Resources, Inc. and hand2mind, Inc.—filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against President Trump and key federal government officials from various departments. Represented by private counsel, the plaintiffs sought declaratory and injunctive relief, arguing that IEEPA does no…

Preliminary Injunction Granted, but Stayed

Appeal Pending

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
National Treasury Employees Union v. Trump

1:25-cv-00420 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 12, 2025

Case Ongoing

This case challenged the Trump Administration's attempt to shrink the workforce in several federal agencies. On February 12, 2025, the National Treasury Employees Union; National Federation of Federal Employees, AFL-CIO; International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, AFL-CIO; International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, AFL-CIO; and International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America filed this lawsuit in the U.S.…

Temporary Restraining Order Denied

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
Daou v. Noem

8:25-cv-00976 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Filed Date: April 17, 2025

Case Ongoing

This case is one of numerous lawsuits challenging the Trump administration’s abrupt termination of immigration visas—mostly student or work visas—with no notice to the visa-holders and with dubious or no legal basis. You can see all of the cases here. (This summary is temporary, while we research the case.) On April 17, 2025, an international student—attending school on an F-1 visa--filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida against the Secretary o…

Temporary Restraining Order Granted

JAIL CONDITIONS
Saddozai v. Davis

5:18-cv-05558 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 11, 2018

Case Ongoing

This case involved allegations of excessive force by a correctional officer. On September 11, 2018, a prisoner in San Quentin State Prison filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California against a correctional officer in San Quentin State Prison under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Originally filing pro se, the plaintiff alleged that he was attacked by other incarcerated individuals when the defendant correctional officer intervened by shooting the plaintiff se…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Abrego Garcia v. Noem

8:25-cv-00951 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: March 24, 2025

Case Ongoing

On March 15, 2025, as reported by several news outlets, the second Trump administration deported almost 300 noncitizens—mostly Venezuelan nationals and some Salvadoran nationals—to El Salvador without going through any legal process in front of an immigration judge. Upon arrival, they were sent to the country’s mega-prison, the Terrorism Confinement Center or CECOT. This lawsuit challenged the deportation of one of the Salvadoran nationals, who had actually won protection from removal several y…

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appellate Stay of Trial Court Relief Denied

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
United States v. Maryland Department of State Police

1:24-cv-02862 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Oct. 2, 2024

Closed Date: March 3, 2025

On October 2, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed this lawsuit against the Maryland Department of State Police (MDSP) in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, alleging that MDSP’s employment screening process violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by systematically excluding Black and female applicants from hiring for the entry-level Trooper jobs. Specifically, the DOJ alleged that since at least 2017, the MDSP had engaged in a pattern or practice of uni…

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)