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EDUCATION
Victim Rights Law Center v. U.S. Department of Education

1:25-cv-11042 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: April 21, 2025

This case challenged the reduction-in-force (RIF) of the Office of Civil Rights by the Department of Education. On March 11, 2025, the Department of Education announced a massive RIF that reduced its workforce by almost half, including more than half of the workforce in the Office of Civil Rights (OCR). The Department also closed seven of OCR's twelve regional offices, terminating all employees who worked in those offices. On April 21, 2025, Victim Rights Law Center, a nonprofit organization se…

Preliminary Injunction Granted, but Stayed

Appeal Pending

EDUCATION
Grabowski v. Arizona Board of Regents

4:19-cv-00460 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Sept. 16, 2019

This case involves allegations of discrimination based on sexual orientation within college athletics. On September 16, 2019, a student athlete at the University of Arizona filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, claiming he was subjected to bullying by his teammates due to their perception that he was gay. Despite informing the university about the harassment, the plaintiff contended that the school failed to take any action. Further, the plaintiff was subseq…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Nuziard v. Minority Business Development Agency

4:23-cv-00278 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: March 20, 2023

Closed Date: July 22, 2024

On March 20, 2023, three individual white business owners filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Fort Worth Division under the Equal Protection clause of the U.S. Constitution and the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. § 706). Named defendants included President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (“President Biden”), Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo (“Secretary Raimondo”), and the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA). They claimed that the defendant…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
D.V.D. v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

1:25-cv-10676 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: March 23, 2025

This class action challenges Department of Homeland Security (DHS) deportations of noncitizens to countries that are not their designated country of removal, without first providing an opportunity for the noncitizen to demonstrate fear of persecution, torture, and even death in the chosen third country. Four anonymous class plaintiffs, all noncitizens from Central America currently residing in Massachusetts, filed this lawsuit on March 23, 2025, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Ma…

Preliminary Injunction Granted, but Stayed

Supreme Court Stay of Trial Court Relief Granted

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

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Perlmutter v. Blanche

1:25-cv-01659 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 22, 2025

This lawsuit challenged President Trump’s removal of Shira Perlmutter as Register of Copyrights and Director of the U.S. Copyright Office and the installation of Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche as acting Librarian of Congress. On May 22, 2025, Shira Perlmutter filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against Todd Blanche, Paul Perkins (purported acting Register), Sergio Gor (Director, White House Presidential Personnel Office), Trent Morse (Deputy Director, White …

Preliminary Injunction Denied

Reversed

ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
The Democratic Party of Georgia v. Crittenden

1:18-cv-05181 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: Nov. 11, 2018

Closed Date: Jan. 14, 2019

On November 11, 2018, The Democratic Party of Georgia, Inc., and AFG Group Inc., a nonprofit doing business as Stacey Abrams for Governor, filed a class action complaint against (1) the Secretary of State for Georgia, (2) members of the Gwinnett County Board of Registration and Elections, (3) members of the DeKalb County Board of Registration and Elections, and (4) a class of defendants comprised of superintendents and boards of elections for each of the 159 counties in Georgia.  The complaint …

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Voting Rights Defense Project v. Padilla

3:16-cv-02739 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: May 20, 2016

Closed Date: April 13, 2017

On 20 May 2016, the Voting Rights Defense Project, the American Independent Party and two individuals in their capacity as eligible California voters brought an action in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against: the Secretary of State of California, the chief of Alameda County Registrar of Voters and the Director of the San Francisco Board of Elections, seeking declaratory and injunctive relief to protect the voting rights of no-party-preference (“NPP”) voters in…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Fair Fight Action v. Raffensperger

1:18-cv-05391 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: Nov. 27, 2018

Closed Date: Sept. 30, 2022

Two voter-rights advocacy organizations and four religious non-profit organizations brought actions against the Georgia Secretary of State, the State Election Board, and members of the State Election Board alleging constitutional violations and violations of the Voting Rights Act.  The original complaint was filed on November 27, 2018, by the two voter-rights groups.  The complaint was amended twice.  The four religious non-profit organizations joined as plaintiffs as part of the first amendmen…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
De Luca v. North Carolina State Board of Elections et al

5:16-cv-00913 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina

Filed Date: Nov. 21, 2016

Closed Date: Dec. 21, 2016

On November 21, 2016, the CEO of the Civitas Institute filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina seeking declaratory and injunctive relief restraining the North Carolina State Board of Elections (the “Board”), the chief state election official of the Board and five members of the Board (collectively, the “State Defendants”) from counting and certifying votes cast in the November 2016 general election via same-day registration (“SDR”) until all SDR b…