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PRISON CONDITIONS
Lang v. Taylor

4:20-cv-00030 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: Feb. 25, 2020

Closed Date: March 1, 2022

This is a case about conditions in the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman. Parchman is Mississippi's only maximum security prison and houses over 2,600 prisoners. Parchman has long had staffing shortages, leading to what the complaint calls "abhorrent conditions, abuse and constant violence, inadequate health care and mental health care, and overuse of isolation." The case is a "sister case" to, and was eventually consolidated with, Amos v. Hall, (N.D. Miss 4:20-cv-00007), another case …

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Newsom v. Trump

3:25-cv-04870 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: June 9, 2025

Case Ongoing

This case challenged the federal deployment of the California National Guard to protect federal property and immigration officials from protesters in Los Angeles and the surrounding area. On June 9, 2025, Governor Gavin Newsom and the State of California filed suit in the Northern District of North California, challenging recent actions by President Trump in deploying the National Guard in the Los Angeles area. On June 6, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers carried out multiple e…

Temporary Restraining Order Granted

Appellate Stay of Trial Court Relief Granted

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

Case Ongoing

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

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
J.G.G. v. Trump

1:25-cv-00766 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 15, 2025

Case Ongoing

This case is one of several lawsuits challenging the Trump administration’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to detain and deport noncitizens without due process. You can see all of the cases here. This case challenged the Trump Administration’s authority to invoke the Alien Enemies Act to circumvent removal procedures and order the immediate removal of Venezuelan nationals from the United States. On March 15, 2025, five detained Venezuelan nationals filed this class action lawsuit in the District …

Preliminary Injunction Granted

SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
American Association of University Professors - Harvard Faculty Chapter v. U.S. Department Of Justice

1:25-cv-10910 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: April 11, 2025

Case Ongoing

This case challenges President Trump's actions against Harvard, including conditioning federal funds on the University's adoption of programmatic and structural changes based on alleged failures to address antisemitism. (To see the Clearinghouse's collection of legal challenges to actions by the second Trump Administration, click here.) On April 11, 2025, the American Association of University Professors and its Harvard Faculty Chapter filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for …

Case Is Ongoing

FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
Louis v. SafeRent Solutions, LLC

1:22-cv-10800 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: May 25, 2022

Case Ongoing

This case pertains to a tenant-screening algorithm that allegedly reinforced racial and economic discrimination in rental housing access.  On May 25, 2022, the plaintiffs—two Black women who held federally funded housing vouchers—filed this class action lawsuit against SafeRent Solutions, LLC, a tenant-screening company, and Metropolitan Management Group, LLC, a property manager that used SafeRent’s screening services. The Community Action Agency of Somerville (CAAS), a nonprofit that assists l…
EDUCATION
Alabama v. Cardona

7:24-cv-00533 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

Filed Date: April 29, 2024

Case Ongoing

This case is a challenge to the Biden administration's interpretation of Title IX. On April 19, 2024, the administration unveiled its Final Rule, which expanded Title IX's protections against sex discrimination in education. On April 29, 2024, four southern states and several nonprofit organizations focused on free speech, K-12 education and policy issues of concern to women filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama against the U.S. Department of Education.…
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
National Council of Nonprofits v. Office of Management and Budget

1:25-cv-00239 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Jan. 28, 2025

Case Ongoing

This case challenged the Trump Administration's authority to suspend congressionally-appropriated federal financial assistance during a review to ensure that the spending accords with Administration priorities. On January 28, 2025, the National Council of Nonprofits and several other private entities filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The plaintiffs sued the Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) under the Administrative Procedure Act ("APA"). Represent…

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

PRISON CONDITIONS
Holt v. Payne

5:19-cv-00081 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas

Filed Date: March 1, 2019

Case Ongoing

This case concerns allegations of failure to accommodate the religious practices of three Muslim people incarcerated by the Arkansas Department of Corrections (“ADC”) through policies on religious services and headdresses. Represented by CAIR Legal Defense Fund, Plaintiffs filed suit on March 1, 2019, against various named ADC employees in their official and individual capacities in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas. The complaint alleged violations of the First Amend…
HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Brandt v. Rutledge

4:21-cv-00450 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas

Filed Date: May 25, 2021

Case Ongoing

On April 6, 2021, the Arkansas legislature passed H.B. 1570 — the "Save Adolescents from Experimentation” (SAFE) Act — over the governor’s veto. The Safe Act banned healthcare professionals from providing gender transition procedures, including puberty blockers and hormones, to anyone under 18 or from referring anyone under 18 to any healthcare professional for such procedures. Additionally, the SAFE Act prohibited coverage of gender transition procedures for minors by Medicaid or private insur…