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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

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…
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Latif v. U.S. Department of Justice

3:10-cv-00750 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: June 30, 2010

Closed Date: Dec. 16, 2019

On June 30, 2010, this suit was filed by a group of Americans denied boarding onto international flights into the United States because of their inclusion on the "No Fly List." The suit was filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon. The complaint named as defendants the U.S. Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Terrorist Screening Center, which created the list. Represented by the American Civil Liberties Union, the plaintiffs alleged violations of t…
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Mohamed v. Holder

1:11-cv-00050 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: Jan. 18, 2011

The plaintiff was a naturalized U.S. Citizen denied boarding to a flight from Kuwait to the United States because of his alleged inclusion on the No Fly List. On January 18, 2011, he filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia against the Department of Homeland Security ("DHS"), the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"), the Transportation and Security Administration ("TSA"), and the Terrorist Screening Center ("TSC"), which created and maintained the No Fl…
NATIONAL SECURITY
Ibrahim v. Department of Homeland Security

3:06-cv-00545 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Jan. 27, 2006

On January 27, 2006, a Muslim woman, represented by pro bono counsel, filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against multiple state and federal agencies, alleging Section 1983 claims, state law tort claims, and several constitutional claims based on the inclusion of her name on government terrorist watchlists, including the No Fly List. The federal government filed a motion to dismiss based on lack of subject matter jurisdiction, claiming that jurisdi…
NATIONAL SECURITY
Tanvir v. Holder

1:13-cv-06951 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Oct. 1, 2013

On October 1, 2013, an American Muslim man who was repeatedly denied boarding flights in the United States because of his alleged inclusion on the federal No Fly List, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), and the Terrorist Screening Center (TSC), which created and maintained the No Fly List. On Apri…
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Fikre v. FBI

3:13-cv-00899 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: May 30, 2013

The plaintiff in this federal lawsuit was a naturalized U.S. Citizen. He was denied boarding to a flight from the United Arab Emirates ("UAE") to the United States because of his alleged inclusion on the No Fly List. He filed the lawsuit on May 30, 2013, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon, against the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"), the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Department of Justice, and the Terrorist Screening Center ("TSC"), which created and maintained…
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Green v. Transportation Security Administration

2:04-cv-00763 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: April 6, 2004

Closed Date: 2005

On April 6, 2004, travelers who claimed that they were identified by the "No-Fly List" merely because their names were identical or similar to names on the No-Fly List filed a class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington under the Declaratory Judgment Act against the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The plaintiffs, represented by the ACLU and private counsel, asked the court for declaratory and …
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Gill v. Department of Justice

3:14-cv-03120 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: July 10, 2014

Closed Date: April 29, 2019

On July 10, 2014, five U.S. citizens who had their information entered into counterterrorism databases and were subjected to law enforcement scrutiny and interrogation, filed this lawsuit against the Department of Justice ("DOJ") and the Program Manager of the Information Sharing Environment ("PM-ISE"). Plaintiffs challenged the legality of a domestic surveillance program, and sought declaratory and injunctive relief. They brought suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Cal…
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Human Rights Watch v. Drug Enforcement Administration

2:15-cv-02573 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: April 7, 2015

Closed Date: 2015

On April 7, 2015, Human Rights Watch (HRW), a non-partisan, non-profit human rights organization, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. The plaintiff sued under the Administrative Procedures Act against the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The plaintiff, represented by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief claiming that a mass surveillance progr…
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Poitras v. Department of Homeland Security

1:15-cv-01091 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: July 13, 2015

Closed Date: April 11, 2019

On July 13, 2015, Laura Poitras, a documentary film-maker and journalist who focused on post-9/11 United States, filed this suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Poitras alleged that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the U.S. Department of Justice, and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence improperly withheld documents requested under FOIA relating to the systematic, targeted treatment experienced by the p…