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POLICING
Don't Shoot Portland v. City of Portland

3:20-cv-00917 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: June 5, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: On June 5, 2020, a non-profit corporation advocating for social and racial justice and individual citizens filed this class action suit for violations of their First and Fourth Amendment rights. The plaintiffs sought injunctive relief enjoining Portland police from using tear gas. On June 9, 2020 the court granted the temporary restraining order (“TRO”) and enjoined the defendants from using tear gas.  The TRO was expanded to include non-lethal weapons on June 26, 2020 . On Ju…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
State of Texas v. Nielsen

1:18-cv-00068 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: May 1, 2018

Case Ongoing

On May 1, 2018, Texas and six other states brought actions for declaratory and injunctive relief against the United States and various officials in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. The plaintiffs, represented by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas, claimed that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, created by a 2012 executive action by the Obama Administration, violated the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) and the Take Care Clause of the…
POLICING
Plaintiffs #1-21 v. The County of Suffolk

2:15-cv-02431 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: April 29, 2015

Case Ongoing

This is a case about the Suffolk County Police Department’s failure to investigate and eliminate discriminatory patterns and practices such as targeting Latinos for traffic and pedestrian stops, stealing their personal property, and engaging in harassing behavior. On April 29, 2015, the plaintiffs, 20 Latino residents of Suffolk County, New York, filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. The plaintiffs sued the County of Suffolk, the Suffol…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Garcia v. United States of America

3:17-cv-05380 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 18, 2017

Case Ongoing

This suit, brought on September 18, 2017 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, challenged President Trump's revocation of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). The plaintiffs were DACA recipients who sought to enjoin the government from ending the program. Not only did the plaintiffs stand to lose benefits and security they have relied upon, but the plaintiffs argued that the communities in which they reside also stand to lose valuable contributing mem…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Regents of University of California v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

3:17-cv-05211 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 8, 2017

Case Ongoing

On June 18, 2020, the Supreme Court upheld the 9th Circuit's decision in this case that the Trump Administration acted unlawfully when it rescinded DACA, because its reasons for rescission were insufficient. The Regents of the University of California (UC) and Janet Napolitano, in her official capacity as President of the University of California, filed this lawsuit challenging the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) revocation of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA). T…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
State of California v. Department of Homeland Security

3:17-cv-05235 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 11, 2017

Case Ongoing

On September 11, 2017, several states initiated this action in the District Court for the Northern District of California, challenging President Trump’s attempted revocation of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). The plaintiffs alleged that DACA provided invaluable protections to young people across their states and allowed them to pursue education and employment. In turn, DACA recipients have contributed to state economies and the educational experiences of all students in state sch…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
City of San Jose v. Trump

3:17-cv-05329 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 14, 2017

Case Ongoing

This suit, brought on September 14, 2017, challenged President Trump's revocation of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). The plaintiff was the City of San Jose, and it argued that the rescission violated the due process clause of the Fifth Amendment and the Administrative Procedure Act (APA). The City sought a declaration that rescinding DACA was unlawful, and an injunction to halt the rescission and any steps to deport DACA recipients. The background leading up to this case was leng…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
County of Santa Clara v. Trump

3:17-cv-05813 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Oct. 10, 2017

Case Ongoing

This lawsuit, brought on October 10, 2017, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, challenged President Trump's revocation of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). The plaintiffs were Santa Clara County and a labor union representing thousands of county employees, and they sought to enjoin the government from ending the program. Not only did the DACA recipients stand to lose benefits and security they had relied upon, but the plaintiffs argued that their emp…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Cain v. New Orleans

2:15-cv-04479 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Filed Date: Sept. 17, 2015

Case Ongoing

On September 17, 2015, indigent former criminal defendants filed this putative class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. The plaintiffs sued the City of New Orleans, the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court (OPCDC), the court’s judges, judicial administrators, and the city’s sheriff department, all under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The plaintiffs, represented by the Civil Rights Corps and private counsel, sought declaratory, injunctive, and monetary relief, …
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Hawaii v. Trump

1:17-cv-00050 | U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii

Filed Date: Feb. 3, 2017

Closed Date: Oct. 2, 2018

The below summary is a condensed version. The full summary can be found here on the Clearinghouse website. Hawaii Attorney General Douglas S. Chin filed this lawsuit on February 3, 2017 against President Trump’s Jan. 27, 2017 Executive Order (EO-1) barring legal immigrants, visitors, and refugees from seven majority-Muslim countries from entering the US and barring Syrian refugees indefinitely. The State filed a concurrent complaint and motion for a temporary restraining order in the U.S. Distr…