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PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
United States v. Trump

1:23-cr-00257 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Aug. 1, 2023

On August 1, 2023, a federal grand jury in the District of Columbia returned a four-count indictment against former President Donald J. Trump. The indictment alleged that Trump knowingly spread false claims of election fraud to create distrust in the 2020 presidential election and attempted to obstruct the lawful transfer of power. The charges included: conspiracy to defraud the United States under 18 U.S.C. § 371 conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding under 18 U.S.C. § 1512(k) conspira…

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)

Reversed

ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Georgia State Conference v. State of Georgia

1:21-cv-05338 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: Dec. 30, 2021

This is a case about redistricting in Georgia.   On December 30, 2021, the Georgia State Conference of the NAACP (NAACP), Georgia Coalition for the People’s Agenda (GCPA), and Galeo Latino Community Development Fund, Inc (GALEO) (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.  Plaintiffs sued the State of Georgia, the Governor of the State of Georgia, and the Secretary of State of Georgia (collectively, “Defendants”) for …

Administrative Stay Granted

ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Stein v. Cortes

2:16-cv-06287 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Dec. 15, 2016

Closed Date: April 29, 2020

On December 5, 2016, plaintiffs, who consisted of the Green Party presidential candidate and a Pennsylvania voter that had voted in the 2016 presidential election (collectively, the “Plaintiffs”), filed a complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief against the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the Commissioner of the Bureau of Commissions, Elections and Legislation of Pennsylvania (collectively, the “Defendants”).  Both Defendants worked for the Pennsylvania Department of St…

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Kluge v. Brownsburg Community School Corporation

1:19-cv-02462 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: June 18, 2019

This case is about a public-school corporation’s policy requiring teachers to call transgender students by their preferred name based on an official database. Brownsburg Community School Corporation (BCSC) established a policy allowing students to change their name in the official student database at the request of the student, their parents, and a health care provider. Once entered, teachers would then be required to call the student by their preferred name. The plaintiff, a Christian teacher …

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Appeal Pending

CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Hernandez v. Houston

4:16-cv-03577 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: Dec. 5, 2016

Closed Date: Dec. 20, 2024

This is a case about Houston police arresting individuals without warrants and detaining them without probable cause. On December 5, 2016, two plaintiffs filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. The plaintiffs on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated sued the City of Houston under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging violations of the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. Represented by private counsel and th…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Sweet v. Cardona

3:19-cv-03674 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: June 25, 2019

This is a case about the government’s inaction in the process of “borrower defenses,” in which the borrowers of federal student loans can request to cancel their loans based on the school’s misconduct. At the time of filing, more than 160,000 former college students are awaiting a decision on their borrower defenses.  On June 25, 2019, seven students filed this class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. The plaintiffs sued the United States…

Appeal Pending

PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS/CONTRACTING
Voe v. Mansfield

1:23-cv-00864 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina

Filed Date: Oct. 11, 2023

This case involves a challenge to a North Carolina law that prohibited providing gender-affirming care to minors.  On August 16, 2023, North Carolina ratified HB 808 which prohibited healthcare professions from providing gender-affirming care to transgender minors. The ban also prohibited the use of state funds to support gender-affirming medical care. On October 11, 2023 several transgender minors, their parents, and medical professionals filed suit in the District of North Carolina against th…

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending

SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Askins v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

3:12-cv-02600 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Filed Date: Oct. 24, 2012

On October 24, 2012, two U.S. citizens detained by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) after taking pictures of ports of entry filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, under 5 U.S.C. § 702, 28 U.S.C. § 2201 and Bivens, against CBP, an agency within the Department of Homeland Security. The plaintiffs, represented by attorneys from the ACLU of San Diego and private counsel, sought injunctive, declaratory, and monetary relief, alleging that CBP's pol…
POLICING
U.S. v. Territory of the Virgin Islands

3:08-cv-00158 | District Court of the Virgin Islands

Filed Date: Dec. 23, 2008

In March 2004, the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Civil Rights Division initiated an investigation of the U.S. Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) pursuant to 42 USC § 14141. On October 5, 2005, the DOJ issued a technical assistance letter to VIPD, making recommendations regarding specific changes to the department's policies regarding use of force, vehicle pursuits, holding cells, misconduct investigations, discipline, supervisory oversight, and training. On December 23, 2008, the DOJ …
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Hamama v. Adducci

2:17-cv-11910 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: June 15, 2017

This case concerns a habeas petition and the due process rights of detained Iraqi Americans facing deportation to Iraq. Petitioners in this class action/habeas petition were Iraqi nationals, including many Chaldean Christians, who had resided in the United States for many years. They had been subject to final orders of removal for years, but the U.S. government permitted them to reside in the community under orders of supervision. After the Trump Administration negotiated with Iraq in early 201…