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NATIONAL SECURITY
American Oversight v. Hegseth

1:25-cv-00883 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 25, 2025

This case challenges high-level federal officials' use of encrypted, auto-deleting messaging apps to conduct national security business, raising serious record-keeping and transparency concerns.  On March 25, 2025, American Oversight filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against the Secretary of Defense, the Director of National Intelligence, the Director of the CIA, and several other senior federal figures. The plaintiffs challenged the defendants’ use of t…

Preliminary Injunction Granted

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Sheetz, Inc.

3:24-cv-00231 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: April 17, 2024

This case challenged the alleged refusal of Sheetz, a regional convenience store chain, to hire persons based on their criminal records, thereby disparately impacting Black, Native American, and multiracial applicants. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) found that 14.5% of Black applicants did not pass Sheetz’ screening and were thus rejected by Sheetz. This rate was 13% for Native applicants and 13.5% for multiracial applicants—but less than 8% for white applicants. The EEOC al…

Case Is Ongoing

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
America First Legal Foundation v. U.S. Government Accountability Office

1:25-cv-00662 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 6, 2025

This case, brought by the America First Legal Foundation (AFL), challenges a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) denial by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). The case was filed on March 6, 2025, in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia by AFL, a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting the rule of law and government transparency. Plaintiff brought suit against the GAO under FOIA, 5 U.S.C. § 552.  The dispute arose after Plaintiff submitted a FOIA request…

Case Is Ongoing

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
American Oversight v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

1:25-cv-02390 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: July 24, 2025

This case challenges DHS’s failure to respond to Freedom of Information Act requests related to the Executive Order’s revival of the Alien Registration Act. On his first day of his second term, President Trump signed Executive Order 14159, titled “Protecting the American People Against Invasion,” directing the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to ensure that all previously unregistered non-citizens comply with the Alien Registration Act of 1940, also known as the Smith…

Case Is Ongoing

DISABILITY RIGHTS
Pecunas v. Pennsylvania Department of Transportation

1:11-cv-00016 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Jan. 20, 2011

On January 20, 2011, Voices for Independence, a non-profit disability advocacy group, and a class of disabled individuals, filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, against Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), and Millcreek Township. The Plaintiffs alleged that the pedestrian walkways, sidewalks, and intersections in Millcreek Township were not in compliance with the accessibility mandates of Title II of the Americans with Disa…

Class Action Complaint for Civil and Declaratory Relief

Pecunas v. Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and Millcreek Township

Jan. 20, 2011

Motion to Approve Consent Decree and Partial Settlement Among Defendant Millcreek Township, PA and Plaintiffs [Consent Decree and Partial Settlement Attached]

Pecunas v. Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and Millcreek Township

Oct. 4, 2011

Order [Granting Motion to Approve Consent Decree]

Pecunas v. Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and Millcreek Township

Oct. 12, 2011

Joint Motion to Approve Joint Partial Settlement Among All Parties

Pecunas v. Pennsylvania Department of Transportation

Nov. 21, 2016

Fifth Consent Decree and Partial Settlement Among Defendant Millcreek Township and Plaintiffs

Pecunas v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Transportation

Nov. 30, 2017

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CHILD WELFARE
Jonathan R. v. Justice

3:19-cv-00710 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia

Filed Date: Sept. 30, 2019

This is a case about the administration of child welfare.  On September 30, 2019, twelve named plaintiffs, all children in the custody of West Virginia's Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR), brought a class action complaint against the Governor of West Virginia Jim Justice, as well as the Cabinet Secretary for the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), the Deputy Secretary for the West Virginia DHHS, and the Commissioner for Bureau of Children and Families (BC…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Benjamin v. Oliver

1:25-cv-04470 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: Aug. 8, 2025

This is an ongoing case challenging Georgia state law, SB185, a law that prohibits the provision of hormone therapy and other forms of healthcare for gender dysphoria in GA state prisons.  On August 8, 2025, five transgender people incarcerated in Georgia filed a complaint on behalf of themselves and all individuals incarcerated in the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) who were seeking or receiving gender dysphoria treatment. The plaintiffs sued the Commissioner of GDC, the Assistant Comm…

Case Is Ongoing

POLICING
Wilkins v. City of Chicago

1:23-cv-04072 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: June 26, 2023

This is a case about the Chicago Police Department’s (CPD) alleged pattern and practice of race-based and discriminatory police practices in traffic stops conducted since 2016. On June 26, 2023, five plaintiffs who had been repeatedly stopped by CPD officers, on what they claimed was limited suspicion, filed this putative class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The plaintiffs alleged unlawful race and national origin discrimination in violation of …
EDUCATION
American Educational Research Association v. U.S. Department of Education

8:25-cv-01230 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: April 14, 2025

Several lawsuits have been brought challenging the Trump administration’s attempt to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education. This case is one; the others can be found here. This case challenges the Trump Administration’s dismantling of the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), a research division within the U.S. Department of Education responsible for gathering and analyzing educational data. 2025 WL 160986. On April 14, 2025, the American Educational Research Association (AERA) and the So…

Preliminary Injunction Denied

POLICING
United States of America v. County of Los Angeles

2:15-cv-03174 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: April 28, 2015

The U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Civil Rights Division initiated a civil investigation of the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department on August 19, 2011. The investigation focused on allegations of unconstitutional conduct by deputies at two stations located in the Antelope Valley cities of Lancaster and Palmdale, California. The DOJ proceeded under the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994,42 U.S.C. § 14141 (Section 14141), and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,42 U.S.C. …