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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Washington & Minnesota v. Trump

2:17-cv-00141 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Jan. 30, 2017

Closed Date: Nov. 9, 2018

Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed this federal lawsuit on January 30, 2017 against President Trump’s January 27, 2017, Executive Order (EO-1) barring legal immigrants and refugees from seven majority-Muslim countries from entering the U.S. and barring Syrian refugees indefinitely. The State filed a complaint and an emergency motion for a temporary restraining order in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. The State of Minnesota also signed on as a plaintif…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Aziz v. Trump

1:17-cv-00116 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: Jan. 28, 2017

Closed Date: June 1, 2017

On January 28, 2017, lawful permanent residents (LPRs) of the United States, represented by the Legal Aid Justice Center and Mayer Brown, filed this case in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. The plaintiffs brought the action as a petition for writ of habeas corpus and a civil complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief. They simultaneously filed an emergency application for a temporary restraining order (TRO). The plaintiffs were 50 to 60 lawful permanent residen…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Ali v. Trump

2:17-cv-00135 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Jan. 30, 2017

Closed Date: Sept. 21, 2018

This class action lawsuit, filed January 30, 2017, challenged President Trump’s January 27, 2017, Executive Order (EO-1) ban on admission to the U.S. of nationals of Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. The complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington (in Seattle). Plaintiffs were represented by the Northwest Immigrants Rights Project, the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild, and the American Immigration Council. The…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Burgess v. United States

4:17-cv-11218 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: April 18, 2017

Case Ongoing

This group of 1,704 plaintiffs, led by a Flint homeowner, sued the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Federal Tort Claims Act in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan in connection with the Flint water crisis on April 18, 2017. This lawsuit is distinct from the Flint water cases in front of Judge Judith Levy, which were filed against various state actors. The plaintiffs were represented by a variety of Michigan-based small private law firms. They sought $722.…
REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Jackson Women's Inc. v. Amy

3:04-cv-00495 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: June 29, 2004

Closed Date: June 20, 2005

This case challenged a Mississippi law requiring that second-trimester abortions be performed in hospitals or ambulatory surgical centers. On June 29, 2004, Jackson Women’s Health Organization, an abortion provider, filed this lawsuit in the Southern District of Mississippi on behalf of itself and its patients. The Clinic sued the Mississippi State Department of Health, Hinds County, and the state of Mississippi under the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Represented by the Center …
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Swenson v. Bostelmann

3:20-cv-00459 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: May 18, 2020

Closed Date: Jan. 20, 2021

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of December 20, 2020, Action by group of citizens alleging denial of right to vote in 4/7/20 Wisconsin Presidential Primary and Spring Election. Complaint seeks damages and injunctive and declaratory relief to establish reasonable, disability accessible, and constitutionally sufficient voting procedures (including mail voting…
POLICING
Alsaada v. City of Columbus

2:20-cv-03431 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: July 8, 2020

Case Ongoing

Thirteen demonstrators protesting George Floyd's murder filed this lawsuit on July 8, 2020 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio against the city of Columbus, Ohio and various law enforcement officers in their official and individual capacities for the alleged use of excessive force. Represented by private counsel, the plaintiffs brought this suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that police officers used pepper spray and rubber bullets, among other crowd-control methods,…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
L.V.M. v. Lloyd

1:18-cv-01453 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Feb. 16, 2018

Case Ongoing

On February 16, 2018, a minor child detained by the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) filed this putative class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiff sued ORR under the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008, the Administrative Procedure Act, the Declaratory Judgement Act, and petitioned for writs of habeas corpus and mandamus. The plaintiff, an immigrant represented by the New York Civil Liberties Union, alleged th…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Casey A. v. Darline P. Robles

2:10-cv-00192 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Jan. 12, 2010

Case Ongoing

Three people formerly incarcerated at Challenger Memorial Youth Center, a juvenile detention center in Lancaster, California, brought a purported class action on January 12, 2010, in the United States District Court for the Central District of California to challenge the educational services provided at Challenger. The plaintiffs alleged that Challenger provided constitutionally inadequate educational services to incarcerated youths.  The plaintiffs originally brought claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Hawaii v. Trump

1:17-cv-00050 | U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii

Filed Date: Feb. 3, 2017

Closed Date: Oct. 2, 2018

The below summary is a condensed version. The full summary can be found here on the Clearinghouse website. Hawaii Attorney General Douglas S. Chin filed this lawsuit on February 3, 2017 against President Trump’s Jan. 27, 2017 Executive Order (EO-1) barring legal immigrants, visitors, and refugees from seven majority-Muslim countries from entering the US and barring Syrian refugees indefinitely. The State filed a concurrent complaint and motion for a temporary restraining order in the U.S. Distr…