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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

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

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
United States v. State of Texas

7:25-cv-00055 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: June 4, 2025

This case, brought by the federal government, challenged a Texas law that allowed noncitizens unlawfully present in the U.S. to receive in-state tuition rates. Federal law prohibited unlawfully present "aliens" from being eligible for any postsecondary education benefit that is not equally available to U.S. citizens. 8 U.S.C. § 1623(a). In-state tuition rates were available to certain noncitizens in Texas, but not to U.S. citizens who resided in states other than Texas. On June 4, 2025, the U.S…

Injunction Granted

JAIL CONDITIONS
Jones v. Gusman

2:12-cv-00859 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Filed Date: April 2, 2012

On April 2, 2012, ten prisoners at the Orleans Parish Prison -- the New Orleans Jail (NOJ) -- brought this class action suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana against the Orleans Parish Sheriff, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The plaintiffs, represented by the Southern Poverty Law Center, asked for both declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging that they suffered from abusive and unconstitutional treatment while confined at the NOJ. The case was assigned to Judge Lance…

Injunction Granted

Pending in Supreme Court

ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Bally v. Whitmer

1:20-cv-01088 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan

Filed Date: Nov. 11, 2020

Closed Date: Nov. 16, 2020

This case challenged the certification of Michigan’s presidential electors for the 2020 election, citing various reports of irregularities and fraud in Ingham, Washtenaw, and Wayne counties, all of which voted overwhelming for Joe Biden. On November 11, 2020, three Michigan voters filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan. They sued the Governor of Michigan, the Michigan Board of Canvassers, the Ingham County Board of Canvassers, the Washtenaw County Boa…

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
State of New York v. National Science Foundation

1:25-cv-04452 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: May 28, 2025

Closed Date: Aug. 25, 2025

This case challenges two actions by the Trump Administration’s National Science Foundation (NSF) that sixteen states argue will severely undermine the United States’ leadership in STEM. First, in a policy issued on April 18, 2025, the NSF “announced that it would no longer abide by Congress’s longstanding policy to promote a robust STEM workforce that draws in underrepresented populations.” The Priority Directive stated that the NSF's efforts would not give preference to certain groups over oth…

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)

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

ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Birke v. The 538 Individual Members of the Electoral College

2:16-cv-08432 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Nov. 14, 2016

Closed Date: Jan. 26, 2017

On November 14, 2016, Plaintiff, an individual voter, filed a complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief in the Central District of California. Plaintiff alleged that due to the wide margin between popular votes received by Hillary Clinton and by President-Elect Donald Trump during the 2016 Presidential election, the value of each Clinton vote counted as approximately 0.99 of each Trump vote. Plaintiff stated that under the Fifth Amendment, citizens have a fundamental right to have their v…

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

Appeal Dismissed

ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
American Civil Rights Union v. Rodriguez

7:16-cv-00103 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: March 4, 2016

This is a case about an Election Administrator’s alleged failure to maintain voter lists and produce records and data related to said efforts, as required under federal law. On March 4, 2016, the American Civil Rights Unions filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. The plaintiff sued the Starr County Election Administrator under Section 8 of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (“NVRA”). Represented by counsel, the plaintiff sought declaratory and…

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)

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