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D.B.U. v. Trump

1:25-cv-01163 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: April 12, 2025

This is one of several class action challenges to the Trump Administration's use of the Alien Enemies Act ("AEA") to circumvent removal procedures and deport Venezuelan nationals without due process. You can see all of the cases here. On April 12, 2025, two Venezuelan men filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus and a class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado. They named as respondents President Donald J. Trump, the Department of Justice, the Depart…

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Global Health Council v. Trump

1:25-cv-00402 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 11, 2025

This case challenged the Trump Administration's authority to suspend nearly all congressionally-appropriated foreign assistance funding and dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).  On February 11, 2025, the Global Health Council and several non-profit organizations filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against President Donald J. Trump, the U.S. State Department of State, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and USAID. Represen…

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Reversed

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Newsom v. Trump

3:25-cv-04870 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: June 9, 2025

This case challenged the federal deployment of the California National Guard to protect federal property and immigration officials from protesters in Los Angeles and the surrounding area. On June 9, 2025, Governor Gavin Newsom and the State of California filed suit in the Northern District of North California, challenging recent actions by President Trump in deploying the National Guard in the Los Angeles area. On June 6, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers carried out multiple e…

Injunction Granted

Appellate Stay of Trial Court Relief Granted

ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Smith v. The State of Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles

1:15-cv-00625 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama

Filed Date: Dec. 11, 2015

Closed Date: April 26, 2018

On December 11, 2015, a pro se individual filed suit against the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles, alleging that it discriminated against him due to his race and denied restoration of his voting rights. The lawsuit was filed in the Southern District of Alabama and assigned to Judge William H. Steele. The pro se plaintiff originally sued the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles under the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the 14th Amendment and the 15th Amendment. The plaintiff sought to have his vo…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
De La Fuente v. Kemp

1:16-00256 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: Jan. 28, 2016

Closed Date: April 22, 2016

On January 28, 2016, an individual who sought to be a Democratic candidate for the presidency, and three individuals, filed a suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia Atlanta Division against the Georgia Secretary of State (Defendant GSS) and The Democratic Party of Georgia (Defendant DPG) alleging that the  denial of candidate plaintiff’s request to include plaintiff’s name on the ballot for the Democratic candidates in the State of Georgia’s 2016 Presidential Prima…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Miller v. Dunkerton

3:16-cv-00724 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: May 13, 2016

Closed Date: March 21, 2017

On April 27, 2016, Plaintiff, a voter in Brookfield, Connecticut, filed this lawsuit in the Connecticut Superior Court against the Republican Registrar of Voters for the Town of Brookfield, Connecticut after not being re-enrolled on the town Republican Party voter rolls. Plaintiff alleged that her constitutional rights were violated, including her right to due process of law and her right to freedom of association.   The following month, on May 13, Defendant removed the case to the District of …
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Mondy v. Messina

2:17-cv-00104 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas

Filed Date: June 14, 2017

Closed Date: Aug. 25, 2017

This case is about whether plaintiffs have standing to bring--and federal courts have jurisdiction to hear--claims regarding a city council's repeal of an initiated ordinance in alleged violation of state law. On June 14, 2017, the plaintiff filed this putative class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas on behalf of himself and all similarly situated citizens of the City of Helena-West Helena, Arkansas. Represented by private counsel, the plaintiff sued…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Lenhardt v. Democratic Party HQ

5:21-cv-04001 | U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas

Filed Date: Jan. 19, 2021

This case involved allegations that certain individual politicians and the Democratic National Committee violated federal election campaign and consumer protection laws by sending campaign-related automated text messages to the plaintiff. On January 19, 2021, a pro se plaintiff filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Kansas. The plaintiff named as defendants certain individual politicians and “Democratic Party HQ” (later corrected on the docket as “Democratic …
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Robinson v. District of Columbia Board of Elections

1:20-cv-01364 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 21, 2020

Closed Date: June 30, 2020

This was a case about the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on polling in Ward 8.  Specifically, the Complaint alleged that the Washington, D.C. Board of Elections closed many polling locations, encouraged mail-in voting, and provided information for receiving mail-in ballots almost solely through mailed correspondence, which disproportionately affected African American voters.   On May 21, 2020, two Ward 8 residents filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.  Bot…

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Murawski v. New York State Board Of Elections

1:17-cv-06859 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Sept. 8, 2017

Closed Date: March 16, 2018

This case involves allegations that the ballot access procedures developed by the New York State Board of Elections (NYSBE) the New York City Board of Elections (NYCBE) and the New York City Campaign Finance Board (NYCFB) are arbitrary and capricious and therefore violate the constitutional rights of the people of New York and those who seek to run for office, in particular those who are not part of a major political party. On September 8, 2017, a pro se voting rights advocate and attempted may…