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SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Frankel v. Regents of The University of California

2:24-cv-04702 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: June 5, 2024

Closed Date: July 18, 2025

This is a case about speech and religious freedom on college campuses. On June 5, 2024, a group of Jewish students at UCLA sued the Regents of the University of California and other university officials in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California based on the university's alleged failure to protect Jewish students, faculty, and staff during on-campus protests. The plaintiffs brought claims under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act; 42 U.S.C. § 1985 (conspiracy to interfere wi…

Settled: Case Closed

Appeal Pending

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Climate United Fund v. Citibank

1:25-cv-00698 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 8, 2025

This case challenged the freezing of federal grant funds meant for green infrastructure projects. On March 8, 2025, the Climate United Fund filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against Citibank, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the EPA Administrator. Plaintiffs sought injunctive and declaratory relief, claiming that the defendants unlawfully blocked access to grant funds that had already been awarded and disbursed. The case was assigned to Judg…

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Reversed

DISABILITY RIGHTS
Day v. District of Columbia

1:10-cv-02250 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Dec. 23, 2010

The plaintiffs, institutionalized individuals in the District of Columbia with disabilities, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on December 23, 2010. The complaint alleged that the District of Columbia had policies and procedures that force the unnecessary institutionalization of people with disabilities who could live in the community with appropriate services. The plaintiffs claimed that these policies, which erected barriers to receiving long-term care…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
United States v. Dugan

2:25-cr-00089 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: April 24, 2025

This case was a highly unusual federal criminal prosecution of a sitting state court judge—who was alleged by the Trump Administration to have interfered with an immigration arrest. On April 24, 2025, a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Wisconsin indicted Wisconsin Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan on two counts: (1) obstruction of a federal administrative proceeding under 18 U.S.C. § 1505, and (2) concealment of a person from arrest under 18 U.S.C. § 1071. The case was assigned to U.S. Di…

Case Is Ongoing

EDUCATION
San Francisco Unified School District v. AmeriCorps

3:25-cv-02425 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: March 10, 2025

In early 2025, the Trump Administration published a series of Executive Orders aimed at reshaping federal policy, particularly concerning Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives. These included Executive Order 14151, "Ending Radical And Wasteful Government DEI Programs And Preferencing," Executive Order 14168, "Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism And Restoring Biological Truth To The Federal Government," Executive Order 14173, "Ending Illegal Discrimination And Restoring M…

Preliminary Injunction Granted

PRISON CONDITIONS
Dobbey v. Weilding

1:13-cv-01068 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Feb. 8, 2013

Closed Date: April 29, 2025

This case was originally filed in 2013. The original plaintiff, Lester Dobbey, was an inmate in the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections in the Stateville Correctional Center. On February 8, 2013, the original plaintiff filed a pro se complaint in the Northern District of Illinois (in Chicago) against employees at Stateville Correctional Center. He brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment Violations. Specifically, the original plaintiff complaine…

Settled: Case Closed

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
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
Eggers v. Evnen

4:22-cv-03089 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska

Filed Date: May 16, 2022

Closed Date: Oct. 13, 2022

This case is about Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana (“NMM”), an incorporated nonprofit entity and a ballot campaign committee, and a paid contractor, volunteer, and sponsor of NMM, seeking to enjoin Nebraska Secretary of State from enforcing the unconstitutional multicounty signature distribution requirement of Article III, Section 2 of the Nebraska Constitution. On May 16, 2022, the plaintiffs commenced this civil rights action in the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska u…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
White v. Sweeney

3:19-cv-03181 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois

Filed Date: July 31, 2019

Closed Date: Aug. 26, 2021

This is a case about alleged civil rights violations stemming from an arrest related to a stolen vehicle title. On July 13, 2019, an individual filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois, Springfield Division. The individual sued a Rochester, Illinois Police Officer and the Illinois Secretary of State Police Investigator under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for deprivation of rights. The individual, appearing pro se, sought unspecified money damages. The individual cla…