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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
C.M. v. Noem

2:25-cv-00747 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Filed Date: July 16, 2025

This class action lawsuit challenges conditions at a temporary immigration detention facility known as “Alligator Alcatraz” in the Florida Everglades. Built in June 2025, the facility consists of tents, trailers, chain-link fencing, and barbed wire, with a capacity of at least 3,000 people. It is surrounded by wetlands populated with alligators and venomous snakes. President Trump publicly stated that detainees would “learn how to run away from an alligator if they escape prison,” adding that “…

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending

ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Montana Green Party v. Stapleton

6:18-cv-00087 | U.S. District Court for the District of Montana

Filed Date: Aug. 13, 2018

Closed Date: March 30, 2022

This case involved the State of Montana’s signature requirement for the recognition of a political party, particularly Montana’s per-legislative-district signature requirement. On August 13, 2018, eight residents and registered voters in the State of Montana, along with the Montana Green Party, filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana (Helena). The Defendant is the Secretary of State for the State of Montana. Plaintiffs were represented by private counsel. Plaintiffs ci…
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
American Association of People with Disabilities v. Dudek

1:25-cv-00977 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 2, 2025

This case challenged the Trump Administration’s actions to limit the Social Security Administration’s ability to serve people with disabilities under the guise of bureaucratic “efficiency.” On April 2, 2025, plaintiffs—American Association of People with Disabilities, National Federation of the Blind, DEAF Equality, National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, Massachusetts Senior Action Council, and private individuals—filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Distr…

Preliminary Injunction Denied

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

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

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
OCA-Asian Pacific American Advocates v. Rubio

1:25-cv-00287 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Jan. 30, 2025

This case, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Jan. 30, 2025, is one of several challenging President Trump's effort to narrow birthright citizenship--the Fourteenth Amendment right to U.S. citizenship to individuals born on U.S. soil and "subject to the jurisdiction thereof." You can see all these cases here.  President Trump was sworn in to his second term as President on January 20, 2025, and immediately issued a number of Executive Orders--including Executive Or…

Case Is Ongoing

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
RFE/RL, Inc. v. Lake [Radio Free Europe]

1:25-cv-00799 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 18, 2025

This lawsuit challenged the Trump administration’s withholding of congressionally appropriated funding from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), a private nonprofit journalism organization established by Congress to promote press freedom abroad. On March 18, 2025, RFE/RL filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), Kari Lake (Senior Advisor to USAGM’s acting CEO), and Victor Morales (Acting CEO of USAGM), alleg…

Temporary Restraining Order Granted

Appeal Dismissed

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

ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Public Interest Legal Foundation v. North Carolina State Board

5:19-cv-00248 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina

Filed Date: June 17, 2019

Closed Date: Jan. 31, 2022

This case is about access to voting records maintained by the North Carolina State Board of Elections. On June 17, 2019, the Public Interest Legal Foundation, a public interest organization focused on election integrity, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina. The Foundation sued the North Carolina State Board of Elections under the National Voter Registration Act, 52 U.S.C. § 20507. Represented by private local counsel and their own attorneys, …

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

Reversed

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Abramowitz v. Lake

1:25-cv-00887 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 26, 2025

This case challenged the Trump administration’s effective shutdown of Voice of America (VOA) and its grantee networks following Executive Order 14238, “Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy.” On March 26, 2025, VOA Director Michael Abramowitz and three senior staff filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), Senior Advisor Kari Lake, and Acting CEO Victor Morales. Represented by private counsel, plain…

Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
League of Women Voters of Florida v. Scott

4:16-cv-00633 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida

Filed Date: Oct. 11, 2016

Closed Date: Oct. 12, 2016

On October 11, 2016, League of Women Voters of Florida filed its Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief under the National Voter Registration Act, Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, and the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1988 against the Governor of the State of Florida and the Secretary of State of the State of Florida (the “Defendants”).  Plaintiff sought a preliminary injunction in the US District Court of the Northern Di…