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State of Washington v. United States Department of Transportation

2:25-cv-00848 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: May 7, 2025

This case involved a challenge to the Trump administration's effort to freeze federal grants for electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure. On May 7, 2025, seventeen states and the District of Columbia sued the Department of Transportation and various sub-agencies and officials to stop the implementation of Executive Order 14,154, "Terminating the Green New Deal," which directed the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to suspend the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula …

Preliminary Injunction Granted

POLICING
United States v. City of Seattle

2:12-cv-01282 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: July 27, 2012

On March 31, 2011, the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Civil Rights Division opened an investigation of the Seattle Police Department (SPD) pursuant to the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (then codified at 42 U.S.C. § 14141; then recodified to 34 U.S.C. § 12601), the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Following a comprehensive investigation, on December 16, 2011, the DOJ announced its findings that SPD engag…
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
State of Washington v. United States Department of Commerce

2:25-cv-01507 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Aug. 8, 2025

This case challenges the termination of over $9 million in federal funding to Washington State by the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The first grant was for "Tribal Stewards: Cultivating Tribal Leadership & Equity in Natural Resource Stewardship & Climate Resilience" and was awarded to the Washington State Board of Community and Technical Colleges to train a new generation of tribal leaders and co-stewards in natural resource ma…

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PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
State of Washington v. United States Department of Homeland Security

2:25-cv-01401 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: July 25, 2025

This case is about the Trump Administration's termination of the Shelter and Services Program (SSP). After President Trump's second term began, he directed the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to eliminate federal funding from "sanctuary jurisdictions" and terminate grants to organizations supporting "removable or illegal aliens". Following this directive, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) reduced Washington's SSP grant award from over $4 million to zero on February 10, 2…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Ledesma Gonzalez v. Bostock

2:25-cv-01404 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: July 2, 2025

This case is about the detention and out-of-district transfer of a Mexican national during his appeal period, without attorney access. On July 2, 2025, Fernando Ledesma Gonzalez filed this petition for writ of habeas corpus in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon. He sued U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and its Acting Director, the Seattle Field Office Director of ICE/ERO, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its Secretary, and the Attorney General. Th…

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EDUCATION
State of Washington v. United States Department of Education

2:25-cv-01228 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: June 30, 2025

(This summary is temporary while we research the case.)  On June 30, 2025, several states filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington against the U.S. Department of Education and its Secretary. Plaintiffs challenged the Trump Administration's decision to terminate mental health funding to numerous elementary and secondary schools within their jurisdictions (the "Non-Continuation Decision"). They alleged that Defendants violated the Administrative Procedu…

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SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Etienne v. Ferguson

3:25-cv-05461 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: May 29, 2025

This case challenged a Washington state law, SB 5375, which required priests to report any suspected child abuse or neglect disclosed by penitents in confession. Confession is one of the seven sacraments of the Catholic Church and has been an integral part of its theology for two millennia. "Eternal damnation" and automatic excommunication from the Catholic Church await any priest who breaks the confidentiality of confession. Washington's three Catholic dioceses already mandated reporting for s…

Preliminary Injunction Granted

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Mansor v. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services

2:23-cv-00347 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: March 9, 2023

This case is about lawful U.S. immigrants in a Temporary Protected Status receiving their interim employment authorization from the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services. On March 9, 2023, three plaintiffs filed a class action complaint in United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. The plaintiffs brought their claims against United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), and the Director and Deputy Director for the Department of Homeland Secur…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Roe v. Noem

2:25-cv-00743 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: April 23, 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. (This summary is temporary, while we research the case.) On April 23, 2025, this class action lawsuit was filed on behalf of international students—attending school on F-1 visas--in the United States District Court for the Western District of Wash…

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PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Washington State Medical Association v. Kennedy

2:25-cv-00955 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: May 20, 2025

This case challenged the removal of large amounts of public health data from government websites based on Trump administration executive orders concerning "gender ideology" and DEI. On May 20, 2025, nine healthcare organizations filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration, the Healt…

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