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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
National TPS Alliance v. Noem

3:25-cv-01766 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Feb. 19, 2025

Case Ongoing

On February 19, 2025, the National TPS Alliance (NTPSA) and Venezuelans with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) status filed this lawsuit against the United States of America, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and DHS Secretary Noem in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The Plaintiffs challenged Secretary Noem’s decisions to (1) vacate the January 17, 2025 extension of TPS for Venezuelans through October 2, 2026; and (2) terminate TPS for the Venezuela​…
POLICING
Cottman v. Baltimore Police Department

1:21-cv-00837 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: April 1, 2021

Case Ongoing

This case challenged the Baltimore Police Department (“BPD”) policy and practice of searching, seizing, retaining, and destroying the personal property of victims of violent crimes. On April 1, 2021, three plaintiffs filed this class-action lawsuit against BPD and the City of Baltimore in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. Represented by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and private counsel, the plaintiffs sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that BPD’s pract…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Abrego Garcia v. Noem

8:25-cv-00951 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: March 24, 2025

Case Ongoing

On March 15, 2025, as reported by several news outlets, the second Trump administration deported almost 300 noncitizens—mostly Venezuelan nationals and some Salvadoran nationals—to El Salvador without going through any legal process in front of an immigration judge. Upon arrival, they were sent to the country’s mega-prison, the Terrorism Confinement Center or CECOT. This lawsuit challenged the deportation of one of the Salvadoran nationals, who had actually won protection from removal several y…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Orr v. Trump

1:25-cv-10313 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Feb. 7, 2025

Case Ongoing

Transgender and nonbinary Americans sued the Trump Administration over its changes to existing passport policy, which required new passports issued by the State Department to reflect applicants’ sex assigned at birth. President Trump’s Executive Order 14168 directed the Secretary of State to “implement changes to require that government-issued identification documents, including passports, visas, and Global Entry cards, accurately reflect the holder’s sex” as defined within the order. Under thi…
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 …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Caballero v. New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision

9:20-cv-01470 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

Filed Date: Dec. 2, 2020

Case Ongoing

This is a class action lawsuit alleging that the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) intentionally denied all people with moderate mental health disorders from having the opportunity to complete a program that would have made them eligible for early release.  The plaintiff, a formerly incarcerated individual out on parole, filed a complaint on December 2, 2020 against the DOCCS, alleging that the plaintiff was forced to spend nine extra months in prison be…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Doe v. Delaware County

5:22-cv-01405 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: April 8, 2022

Closed Date: March 5, 2024

This is a case about the exclusion of an inmate from programs due to his HIV positive status.  On April 8, 2022, a named plaintiff, represented by LAMBDA Legal and the AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania, filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The plaintiff filed suit against Delaware County, the GEO Group, a private for-profit correctional management company that operates George W. Hill Correctional Facility (GWHC), and multiple staff members at GWHC inclu…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
A.S.R. v. Trump

3:25-cv-00113 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: April 15, 2025

Case Ongoing

This case is one of several lawsuits challenging the Trump administration’s use of the Alien Enemies Act (AEA), 50 U.S.C. §21,  to detain and deport noncitizens without due process. You can see all of the cases here. In March 2025, President Trump issued Proclamation No. 10903, 90 Fed. Reg. 13034, invoking the AEA to detain and remove Venezuelan nationals "who are members of TdA" [a gang, Tren de Aragua] (the Proclamation). In J.G.G. v. Trump, twelve detainees and a putative class sought injunc…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Williams v. Harry

1:23-cv-00037 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Feb. 17, 2023

Case Ongoing

This case challenged a Pennsylvania prison policy which said that faith-based religious groups could not purchase food items from outside vendors for religious feasts.  The plaintiff, a prisoner at Pennsylvania State Correctional Institution- Albion (SCIA) who proceeded in forma pauperis, filed a motion for a temporary restraining order and a preliminary injunction in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on February 17, 2023. The plaintiff sought to prevent the actin…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Chicago Women in Trades v. Trump

1:25-cv-02005 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Feb. 26, 2025

Case Ongoing

This case challenged Trump’s Executive Orders 14151 and 14173, which aimed to eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs. The plaintiffs were the Chicago Women in Trades (CWIT), a nonprofit organization that supports women entering skilled trades. They filed suit on February 26, 2025 in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against President Donald Trump, the U.S. Department of Labor, the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, the U.S. Department o…