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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Suri v. Trump

1:25-cv-00480 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: March 18, 2025

This case concerns the retaliatory detention and attempted deportation of a noncitizen allegedly targeted for his constitutionally protected speech and familial associations. On March 18, 2025, Dr. Badar Khan Suri, an Indian national and Georgetown University postdoctoral scholar, filed a habeas petition in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, challenging his sudden immigration detention by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Represented by the ACLU of Virgi…

Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Perez Parra v. Castro

1:24-cv-00912 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

Filed Date: Sept. 13, 2024

This is a case about three Venezuelan nationals who were detained indefinitely due to diplomatic breakdowns between the United States and Venezuela that made deportation infeasible. On September 13, 2024, the three Venezuelan nationals filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico. They sued the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the United States, and the Otero County Processing Center under th…

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Sanchez Puentes v. Garite

3:25-cv-00127 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: April 16, 2025

Closed Date: June 13, 2025

In this case, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas ordered the release of two Venezuelans, married to each other, whom the government was attempting to deport pursuant to the Alien Enemies Act. The court held that the government had failed to establish that the petitioners were, as alleged, members of Tren de Aragua, and granted habeas relief on that basis on April 25, 2025. 2025 WL 1203179.     The two petitioners in this habeas action entered the United States in October …

Injunction Granted

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
M.A.P.S. v. Garite

3:25-cv-00171 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: May 10, 2025

Closed Date: June 9, 2025

This case is one of several lawsuits challenging the Trump administration’s use of the Alien Enemies Act (AEA) to detain and deport noncitizens without due process. You can see all of the cases here. This case was also certified related to Sanchez Puentes, et al., v. Garite, et al..  Both cases revolved around the use of the AEA to remove noncitizens in Texas and the resolution of the motions pending in either case could impact the other. This petition arises out of the president's peacetime in…

Injunction Granted

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Hoque v. Trump

0:25-cv-01576 | U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

Filed Date: April 18, 2025

This case is one of numerous lawsuits challenging the Trump administration’s abrupt termination of immigration visas—mostly student or work visas—with no notice to the visa-holders and with dubious or no legal basis. You can see all of the cases here. The petitioner, Mohammed Hoque, is a 20-year-old Bangladeshi national who entered the United States on an F-1 student visa. In March, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officers detained Hoque outside his home based on a visa revocation and ter…

Habeas Relief Granted

ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Martin v. Kemp

1:18-cv-04776 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: Oct. 15, 2018

Closed Date: July 24, 2019

This case involved allegations that Georgia state elections officials had arbitrary voting guidelines that disenfranchised honest voters due to minor administrative mistakes during the mail in ballot process. Four Georgia residents and voters filed suit in the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of Georgia on October 15, 2018. Defendants include the Secretary of State of Georgia, members of the State Election Board, members of the Gwinnett County Board of Registration and Elections. Pl…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Williams, Jr. v. Black

3:20-cv-00465 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: March 20, 2020

Closed Date: April 29, 2022

This is a case alleging a false accusation and conspiracy committed by a state trooper, a retail employee, and a district attorney's office against an individual in Pennsylvania.  On March 20, 2020 the individual pro se plaintiff filed a civil rights complaint in United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania while he was an inmate at the State Correctional Institution, Smithfield, PA. The plaintiff alleged violations of his civil rights regarding his 2019 arrest and prose…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
INS v. St. Cyr

3:99-cv-00260 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: April 27, 1999

Closed Date: July 25, 2001

This case was prompted by the enactment of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Responsibility Act of 1996 (“IIRIRA”) and the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (“AEDPA”), which contained comprehensive amendments to the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”). For decades, the INA provided for a discretionary waiver of deportation to allow amelioration of the rigid application of the deportability provisions in the case of legal permanent residents who committed deportable crim…

Docket

Dunbar v. INS

Feb. 12, 1999

Ruling on Petitions for Habeas Corpus

St. Cyr v. INS

Aug. 23, 1999

Opinion

St. Cyr v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

Sept. 1, 2000

Brief of Amici Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Association of Federal Defenders, California Public Defenders Association, Committee for Public Counsel Services of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Cook County Public Defender’s Office, Division of Public Defender Services of the State of Connecticut, Florida Public Defender Association, Los Angeles County Public Defender, National Legal Aid and Defender Association, New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, New York State Defenders Association, Public Defender of Florida’s Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, The Legal Aid Society of the City of New York, Washington Defenders Association in Support of Respondent

INS v. St. Cyr

March 28, 2001

SCOTUS Opinion

Immigration and Naturalization Service v. St. Cyr

June 25, 2001

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Calcano-Martinez v. INS

1:99-cv-10481 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Jan. 29, 1998

Closed Date: July 25, 2001

Three consolidated petitions were prompted by the enactment of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Responsibility Act of 1996 (“IIRIRA”). For decades, the Immigration and Naturalization Act (“INA”) provided for a discretionary waiver of deportation to allow amelioration of the rigid application of the deportability provisions in the case of legal permanent residents who committed deportable criminal offenses. The eligibility waiver criteria were limited to legal permanent residents who had maint…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Malam v. Adducci

5:20-cv-10829 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: March 30, 2020

This case concerns the due process rights of civil immigration detainees with medical vulnerabilities during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. On March 30, 2020, an individual lawful permanent resident, in removal proceedings in Detroit and detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) at the Calhoun County Correctional Facility, filed this emergency habeas petition and complaint in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Represented by pri…