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Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington v. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

1:25-cv-01020 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 4, 2025

Case Ongoing

In this case, non-profit organization Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) challenged the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) April 1, 2025 closure of its Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) office and the CDC’s non-compliance with CREW’s subsequent FOIA requests for expedited processing. The FOIA requests sought, per CREW’s complaint, “records regarding the agency’s staff reductions and other matters of significant public interest”—including an ongoing,…
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington v. U.S. DOGE Service

1:25-cv-00511 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 20, 2025

Case Ongoing

This case is a FOIA request to Trump Administration regarding the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and its activities. On February 20, 2025, the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, naming Elon Musk, DOGE, the Office of Management and Budget, the National Archives and Records Administration, and their corresponding agency heads as Defendants. Plaintiff alleged that Defendants wrongfull…
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
American Oversight v. U.S. Department of Government Efficiency

1:25-cv-01251 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 23, 2025

Case Ongoing

This case challenged the Trump Administration’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) practice of using ephemeral platforms such as Signal and Google Docs to transact official government business, allegedly in contravention of the record-keeping and disclosure requirements of the Federal Records Act (FRA) and the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Plaintiff American Oversight, a nonpartisan nonprofit seeking to advance democracy and transparency by enforcing public rights to go…
NATIONAL SECURITY
CLEAR v. U.S. Customs and Border Protection

1:19-cv-07079 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: Dec. 18, 2019

Closed Date: Aug. 28, 2023

This is a FOIA case wherein plaintiffs sought records from the Customs and Border Protection pertaining to its Tactical Terrorism Response Teams (TTRTs).  On December 12, 2019, Creating Law Enforcement Accountability and Responsibility Project (“CLEAR”), the American Civil Liberties Union (“ACLU”), and the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation (“ACLUF”) sued the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Plaintiffs su…
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Democracy Forward Foundation v. U.S. Marshals Service

1:25-cv-00749 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 14, 2025

Case Ongoing

This is a case about government transparency and the public’s right to access information about possible executive branch interference in the federal judiciary. On March 14, 2025, the Democracy Forward Foundation, a nonprofit organization focused on government accountability, filed this lawsuit against the U.S. Marshals Service ("USMS") in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. The Plaintiff had previously filed several requests under the Freedom of Information Act ("FOI…
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 case challenged various government departments' withholding of records under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). This lawsuit, filed October 4, 2017, sought to compel the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of State (DOS) to release certain records under 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 fro…
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
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Environmental Defense Fund v. U.S. Department of Transportation

1:25-cv-00996 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 3, 2025

Case Ongoing

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.) On April 3, 2025, the Environmental Defense Fund filed this lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Transportation and the U.S. Council on Environmental Equality in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. The Plaintiff brought this lawsuit under the Freedom of Information Act when Defendants failed to respond to its FOIA requests by the statutory deadline. The Plaintiff sought documents and information relating to th…
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Democracy Forward Foundation v. Office of Management and Budget

1:25-cv-00858 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 23, 2025

Case Ongoing

This case challenged a FOIA denial regarding information about federal agencies' reductions in force and reorganization plans. On February 11, 2025, President Trump released an Executive Order, "Implementing the President’s 'Department of Government Efficiency' Workforce Optimization Initiative." This Order directed agencies to eliminate “waste, bloat, and insularity” in their agency by initiating “large-scale reductions in force” (RIFs). This was followed by a memorandum issued by the Office o…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
American Immigration Council v. U.S. Customs and Border Protection

1:19-cv-02965 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Oct. 2, 2019

Closed Date: Oct. 24, 2023

This case is about the transfer of credible fear interviews in the asylum process being transferred from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to U.S. Customs and Border Protection. On October 2, 2019, two immigration related organizations filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The plaintiffs brought this lawsuit seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP),…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
America First Legal Foundation v. U.S. Government Accountability Office

1:25-cv-00662 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 6, 2025

Case Ongoing

This case, brought by the America First Legal Foundation (AFL), challenges a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) denial by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). The case was filed on March 6, 2025, in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia by  AFL, a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting the rule of law and government transparency. Plaintiff brought suit against the GAO, which Plaintiff argued was an executive branch agency subject to FOIA. Plaintiff brou…