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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Doe 1 v. McAleenan

5:18-cv-02349 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: April 18, 2018

Closed Date: Feb. 10, 2023

On April 18, 2018, a group of five unnamed plaintiffs filed this class action lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The plaintiffs sought to represent a class of Iranian refugees and their U.S.-based family members who applied for refugee resettlement through the Vienna, Austria-based Lautenberg-Specter program and were denied. The plaintiffs alleged that they had applied for refugee resettlement through the…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Hamama v. Adducci

2:17-cv-11910 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: June 15, 2017

Case Ongoing

This case concerns a habeas petition and the due process rights of detained Iraqi Americans facing deportation to Iraq. Petitioners in this class action/habeas petition were Iraqi nationals, including many Chaldean Christians, who had resided in the United States for many years. They had been subject to final orders of removal for years, but the U.S. government permitted them to reside in the community under orders of supervision. After the Trump Administration negotiated with Iraq in early 201…
POLICING
Clark v. City of New York

1:18-cv-02334 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: March 16, 2018

Case Ongoing

On March 16, 2018, the nonprofit Turning Point for Women and Families and individuals who were forced to remove their religious head coverings for post-arrest photographs while in the custody of the New York Police Department filed this class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiffs sued the City of New York under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA), § 1983 for violations of plaintiffs’ right to freely exercise…
NATIONAL SECURITY
Elhady v. Piehota

1:16-cv-00375 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: April 6, 2016

Case Ongoing

On April 5, 2016, a group of Muslim-American U.S. citizens represented by the Council on American-Islamic Relations filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (in Alexandria). Judge Anthony J. Trenga was assigned to the case. Defendants included the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), the Transportation Security Administration (“TSA”), and the National Counterterrorism Center (“NCC”). Seeking declaratory and injunctive relief, the plaintiffs alleged …
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. Go Daddy Software Inc

2:04-cv-02062 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Sept. 30, 2004

Closed Date: Dec. 30, 2011

In September 2004, the EEOC district office of Phoenix, Arizona brought this suit against Go Daddy Software, Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. The EEOC claimed that a Muslim male, born in Morocco, was unlawfully discriminated against because of his national origin and religion in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Title I of the Civil Rights Act of 1991. Specifically, the EEOC claimed that Go Daddy retaliated against the plaintiff for reporting…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Afghan and Iraqi Allies v. Pompeo

1:18-cv-01388 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: June 12, 2018

Case Ongoing

Background After long delays in the processing of their Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) applications, a group of Afghans and Iraqis who worked for the U.S. government to support U.S. missions in their home countries, filed this class action challenge against the Departments of State (DOS) and Homeland Security (DHS). The plaintiffs, represented by the International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) and the law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, filed the lawsuit on June 12, 2018, in the U.S.…
NATIONAL SECURITY
In Re: Guantanamo Bay Detainee Litigation

1:08-mc-00442 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: July 2, 2008

Case Ongoing

After the U.S. opened a military prison at Guantanamo Bay in January 2002, hundreds of the 780 men detained as enemy combatants filed petitions for writs of habeas corpus in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The detainees alleged that the President of the United States, the Secretary of the Department of Defense, and high-ranking army officials failed to provide evidence that the detainees were enemy combatants, and also failed to advance any justification for the arrest, in…
POLICING
Handschu v. Special Services Division

1:71-cv-02203 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: May 18, 1971

Case Ongoing

On May 18, 1971, residents of New York City filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiffs sued an intelligence division within the New York Police Department (NYPD), the Special Services Division (SSD), under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for violations of the First, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Ninth, Thirteenth, and Fourteenth Amendments. The plaintiffs, represented by the Center for Constitutional Rights and private counsel, sought class certifi…
NATIONAL SECURITY
Baby Doe v. Piehota

1:16-cv-00373 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: April 5, 2016

Closed Date: Sept. 14, 2017

On April 5, 2016, nineteen American Muslim individuals listed in the Federal Bureau of Investigation's ("FBI") Terrorist Screening Database filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia against the Department of Homeland Security ("DHS"), the FBI, the Transportation Security Administration ("TSA"), and the Terrorist Screening Center ("TSC"). Represented by the Council on American-Islamic Relations and private counsel, the plaintiffs brought this…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Doe v. Trump

2:17-cv-00178 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Feb. 7, 2017

Closed Date: Feb. 3, 2022

This class action challenged President Trump's January 27, 2017, Executive Order (EO-1) which prohibited admission to the US for nationals of Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen. The plaintiffs commenced this lawsuit on February 7, 2017, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. The plaintiffs were represented by the ACLU of Washington and private counsel. On November 29, 2017, this case was consolidated with Jewish Family Service of Seattle v. Trump, No…