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American Oversight v. U.S. Department of Efficiency

1:25-cv-00409 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 11, 2025

Case Ongoing

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case). On February 11, 2025, American Oversight, a nonpartisan nonprofit committed to promoting transparency in government filed this lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency and the Office of Management and Budget in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. The Plaintiff brought this action pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act to compel defendants to comply with FOIA requests for communications in…
NATIONAL SECURITY
Council on American-Islamic Relations - Connecticut v. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

3:17-cv-01061 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: June 27, 2017

Closed Date: Sept. 7, 2023

This Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) complaint, filed June 27, 2017, sought to enhance knowledge about discriminatory immigration policy regarding Muslims, Latinos, and other members of groups allegedly disfavored by the Department of State (DOS) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut. The plaintiffs were two non-profit organizations: Council on American-Islamic Relations - Connecticut (CAIR-CT) and Mak…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
American Civil Liberties Union of Maine Foundation v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

2:18-cv-00182 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maine

Filed Date: May 8, 2018

Closed Date: Dec. 9, 2020

This is one of a pair of lawsuits filed by state affiliates of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), each relating to two separate Freedom of Information Act requests seeking agency records on immigration enforcement practices in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. (The other case is American Civil Liberties Union of Maine Foundation v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security.) Both cases were brought in U.S. District Court for the District of Maine; the ACLU sought declaratory and injunctive …
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Campaign Legal Center v. DOJ

1:18-cv-01771 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: July 30, 2018

Case Ongoing

This is a case concerning the addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 United States census. On July 30, 2018, the Campaign Legal Center (CLC), a nonprofit aimed at increasing access to democratic participation, brought this action in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. The CLC sued the Department of Justice (DOJ) under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), § 5 U.S.C. 552. Represented by private and staff counsel, the CLC sought injunctive relief to compel the …
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

1:17-cv-02596 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Dec. 5, 2017

Closed Date: Sept. 18, 2020

On December 5, 2017, the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild (NIPNLG) brought this suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Represented by private counsel, the plaintiff sued U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The plaintiff, a nonprofit organization promoting immigrants' rights, sought information on the defendants' use of mobile biometric devic…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

1:17-cv-02448 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Nov. 13, 2017

Closed Date: Nov. 9, 2020

On November 13, 2017, several organizations (National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild (NIPNLG), Mijente Support Committee, and Detention Watch Network) brought this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Represented by counsel from NIPNLG itself and Public Citizen Litigation Group, the plaintiffs sued U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The plaintiffs are nonprofit organizations promoting immigra…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Knight First Amendment Institute v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

1:17-cv-07572 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Oct. 4, 2017

Case Ongoing

This suit, filed October 4, 2017, sought to compel the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of State (DOS) to release certain records under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting freedom of speech and press, sought "records concerning the exclusion or removal of individuals from the United States based on their speech, beliefs, or associations." The case was filed in…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

3:18-cv-03359 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: June 7, 2018

Closed Date: Aug. 10, 2020

On June 7, 2018, attorneys from the Immigrants' Rights Clinic at Stanford Law School alongside the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild filed this lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the U.S. District Court of Northern California. The plaintiff sought declaratory and injunctive relief under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), claiming that DHS and ICE improperly withheld records related to the Trump adminis…
NATIONAL SECURITY
American Civil Liberties Union of San Diego v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

3:17-cv-00733 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Filed Date: April 12, 2017

Closed Date: July 11, 2019

On Apr. 12, 2017, the ACLU of San Diego and Imperial Counties filed this lawsuit under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). This was one of over a dozen such suits; each aimed to shed light on how U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) implemented President Trump's Jan. 27 and Mar. 6 Executive Orders that banned admission to the U.S. of nationals of Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. Specifically, plaintiffs sought information "concerning CBP’s local implementation of Presi…
NATIONAL SECURITY
James Madison Project (Politico) v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

1:17-cv-00388 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 3, 2017

Closed Date: July 31, 2018

On March 3, 2017, this suit was filed under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) by the James Madison Project and Politico. The suit aimed to shed light on how the Department of Homeland Security implemented President Trump's January 27 Executive Order (EO) 13769, the ban on admission to the U.S. of nationals of Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. Specifically, plaintiffs sought information about how the Department of Homeland Security coordinated with private and commercial ai…