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American Public Health Association v. Office of Management and Budget

1:25-cv-00167 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Jan. 20, 2025

This case challenged the creation and operation of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA). It was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on January 20, 2025 by a collection of nonprofit organizations. They sued the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and the "Department of Government Efficiency" (DOGE). The case was originally assigned to Judge Amy Berman Jackson but on January 28, 2025, was reassigned to Judge Ji…

Consolidated: Docket Closed

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Public Citizen, Inc. v. Trump

1:25-cv-00164 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Jan. 20, 2025

On January 20, 2025, after President Trump signed an executive order to establish the federal "Department of Government Efficiency" (DOGE), two non-profit organizations (Public Citizen, Inc. and State Democracy Defenders Fund) and an organization representing federal government employees (American Federation of Government Employees), filed this lawsuit against Trump and the Office of Management and Budget challenging the legality of DOGE under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA). The case…

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

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Lentini v. Department of Government Efficiency

1:25-cv-00166 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Jan. 20, 2025

This lawsuit challenged the legality of the "Department of Government Efficiency" (DOGE) established by President Donald Trump via executive order on January 20, 2025 and led by Trump-appointees Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy (who has since stepped down). On January 20, 2025, two individual US citizens and a non-profit representing the interests of federal employees (National Security Counselors, Inc.) filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. The plain…

Consolidated: Docket Closed

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Does v. Office of Personnel Management

1:25-cv-00234 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Jan. 27, 2025

This case challenged the Office of Personnel Management’s (OPM) deployment of a government-wide mass email system without first completing and publishing a legally required Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA). On January 27, 2025, seven pseudonymous plaintiffs filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against OPM under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) and the E-Government Act of 2002. The plaintiffs alleged that their personal information was collected and sto…

Temporary Restraining Order Denied

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Center for Biological Diversity v. Office of Management and Budget

1:25-cv-00165 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Jan. 20, 2025

This case challenged the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the U.S. DOGE Service’s (DOGE, formerly the United States Digital Service) failure to disclose presidential transition records under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). On January 20, 2025, the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against OMB, DOGE, the DOGE Temporary Organization (DOGETO), Elon Musk (in his official capacity as head of DOGE), and Amy Gl…

Case Is Ongoing

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Alliance for Retired Americans v. Bessent

1:25-cv-00313 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 3, 2025

On February 3, 2025, federal employee unions brought this case in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against the Department of the Treasury, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Bureau of the Fiscal Service. Represented by the Public Citizen Litigation Group and the State Democracy Defenders Fund, plaintiffs alleged that the Treasury's Bureau of Fiscal Service collected and maintained sensitive personal and financial information about millions of people--including names, Soc…

Preliminary Injunction Denied

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Am. Fed. of Labor and Cong. of Indus. Org. (AFL-CIO) v. Dept. of Labor

1:25-cv-00339 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 5, 2025

This case challenges the legality of the U.S. government's decision to authorize the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency Service (USDS), a new federal entity created by executive order, to access highly sensitive agency-held personal data. On February 5, 2025, the AFL-CIO and a coalition of labor unions and public interest organizations filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Represented by Democracy Forward Foundation, Relman Colfax PLLC and union legal…

Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief

American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations v. Department of Labor

Feb. 5, 2025

Memorandum of Law in Support of Plaintiffs’ Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order

American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) v. Department of Labor

Feb. 5, 2025

Plaintiffs’ Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order

American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) v. Department of Labor

Feb. 5, 2025

Defendants’ Memorandum in Opposition to Plaintiffs’ Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order

American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) v. Department of Labor

Feb. 6, 2025

Memorandum Opinion and Order

American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) v. Department of Labor

Feb. 7, 2025

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Temporary Restraining Order Denied

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University of California Student Association v. Carter

1:25-cv-00354 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 7, 2025

Closed Date: April 16, 2025

This case challenged the Department of Education’s decision to allow the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to access sensitive student financial aid records. When President Trump was inaugurated on January 20, 2025, one of his first acts was the issuance of an executive order establishing a “Department of Government Efficiency.” In the executive order, President Trump renamed the United States Digital Service as the United States DOGE Service (USDS) and ordered the USDS administrator t…

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)

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State of New York v. Trump

1:25-cv-01144 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Feb. 7, 2025

This case challenges allegedly unauthorized access to federal financial systems by associates of the "Department of Government Efficiency." On February 7, 2025, 19 states (led by New York, and including Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Wisconsin) filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiff …

Preliminary Injunction Granted

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National Treasury Employees Union v. Vought

1:25-cv-00380 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 9, 2025

This case challenged the alleged unlawful disclosure of federal employee information by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to operatives affiliated with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). On February 9, 2025, the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against Russell Vought in his official capacity as Acting Director of CFPB. NTEU was represented by in-house union counsel. The case was assigned to Jud…

Case Is Ongoing