Filed Date: Sept. 20, 2017
Closed Date: April 18, 2019
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This suit, filed on September 20, 2017, challenged President Trump's authorization of the construction of a border wall at the U.S.-Mexico border. The plaintiffs sued the federal government for failing to comply with existing laws and taking actions beyond the scope of its authority. President Trump issued Executive Order (EO) 13767 on Jan. 25, 2017; it directed DHS to "allocate all sources of Federal funds for the planning, designing and construction of a physical wall along the southern border." The EO cites as its authority the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRIRA). According to the complaint, IIRIRA "allows the Secretary of DHS to waive any law he or she deems necessary to expeditiously construct reinforced fencing authorized under that section." The complaint asserted that DHS twice attempted to exercise this waiver on Aug. 2 and Sept. 12, 2017 with respect to portions of the California border pursuant to the EO. According to the complaint, DHS seeks to enforce the EO through the "construction of a Border Wall, which includes but is not limited to the construction of prototype walls and fences, the construction of barriers and roads that are not in areas of high illegal entry, the construction of barriers that are not in areas where the fencing would be most practical and effective, and the replacement of existing walls and fencing along the United States-Mexico border."
In so doing, the complaint argued that DHS violated the National Environmental Policy Act, the Administrative Procedure Act, and the Coastal Zone Management Act. The plaintiffs sought injunctive and declaratory relief. The complaint further argued that the IIRIRA waiver provision is "limited to the installation of 'additional barriers and roads...in areas of high illegal entry,'" and does not authorize replacement of existing barriers and roads, construction of temporary prototype walls, or the construction of barriers and roads in areas that are not "of high illegal entry into the United States." Accordingly, the plaintiffs sought declaration that the IIRIRA waiver provision does not apply to DHS' proposed activities pursuant to the EO, that the two California waivers do not comply with the IIRIRA waiver provision, and that both the California waivers and the IIRIRA provision itself violate Fifth Amendment due process, the separation of powers doctrine, and the Tenth Amendment.
One plaintiff is the People of California, represented by the Attorney General. The suit sought to protect in particular California's natural resources, sovereign interests in enacting and enforcing state laws, and economic interests in trade and tourism with Mexico as well as property near the border. The other plaintiff is the California Coastal Commission, which is a state agency that implements the Coastal Zone Management Act in California.
The case was assigned to Judge Thomas J. Whelan, then reassigned to Judge Gonzalo P. Curiel on Oct. 5. The case was consolidated with two other cases on Oct. 24. The lead case, which will contain all future updates, is here. Since there was a final judgment, the case is now closed.
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Abernathy, Terri J (California)
Addington, Gregory W. (California)
Albert, Eric D. (California)
Alexander, Keith S (California)
Alexander, Keith S (California)
Curiel, Gonzalo Paul (California)
Major, Barbara L. (California)
Whelan, Thomas J. (California)
Abernathy, Terri J (California)
Addington, Gregory W. (California)
Alexander, Keith S (California)
Alexander, Keith S (California)
Allen, Julie Jackson (California)
Altman, Stephen D (California)
Altman, Elizabeth (California)
Altmeyer, Helen Campbell (California)
Appenteng, Jeannice Williams (California)
Appenteng, Jeannice Williams (California)
Applegate, Daniel A. (California)
Armijo, Rumaldo R (California)
Armstrong, Samuel D. (California)
Atkinson, Harold O. (California)
Atkinson, Harold O. (California)
Attorney, Noticing 2255 (California)
Auchterlonie, Jennifer D (California)
Auerhan, Arnold M. (California)
Barinova, Valeria (California)
Barnett, Thomas O. (California)
Bartlett, Anastasia D. (California)
Bauman, Stephanie Coon (California)
Bedig, Laurel Anne (California)
Bennett, Jared C. (California)
Bennett, Jared C. (California)
Berger, Michael N. (California)
Bernstein, Bruce D. (California)
Bickers, Kathleen Louise (California)
Bigelow, Jason M. (California)
Boeshart, Paul D. (California)
Bogden, Daniel G. (California)
Borichewski, Lisca N (California)
Borichewski, Lisca N (California)
Brandon, Susan S. (California)
Brantner, Kelly Kaczka (California)
Brock, Gina Elizabeth (California)
Brown, Richard O.I. (California)
Brown, Geoffrey J.L. (California)
Brown, Aimee Woodward (California)
Burianek, Lisa M. (California)
Burrell, Meredith (California)
Butcher, Daniel Everett (California)
Campbell, Scott J (California)
Campion, Dale Robert (California)
Capers, Robert Lloyd (California)
Carlson, Frances Lee (California)
Carman, Sean Kevin (California)
Castaldi, Lauren Marie (California)
Castaldi, Lauren Marie (California)
Cayaban, Michael P. (California)
Chan, Priscilla To-Yin (California)
Chanoine, Hannah W (California)
Chavis, A. Douglas (California)
Chmelar, Michael J (California)
Chorpening, Jennifer (California)
Clark, Caroline Jane (California)
Clarke, Ellen Rebecca (California)
Clayton, Lindsay Laurie (California)
Cohen, Richard Edward (California)
Cohen, Mary Louise (California)
Coleman, Stacy D. (California)
Coleman, Stacy D. (California)
Coles-Huff, Doris Denise (California)
Cooper, Daniel R. (California)
Corcoran, Thomas F (California)
Cowley, Jason Harris (California)
Cunha, Zachary A. (California)
Daniels, Howard F (California)
Darmstadter, Henry C (California)
Davis, Patricia R. (California)
Davis, Patricia R. (California)
Dimock, Christina Nicole (California)
Dimock, Christina Nicole (California)
DOJ, Michelle Bennett (California)
Dougherty, Burtis M (California)
Dubal, Malisa Chokshi (California)
DuBois, James Joseph (California)
Duchemin, Meredith P (California)
Durham, Jessie Huff (California)
Dworkin, Howard Sheldon (California)
Eichenholtz, Seth D. (California)
Engstrom, Stephen C. (California)
Entwistle, Ann F. (California)
Epperley, Linda A. (California)
Euliss, Richard D. (California)
Ferguson, Edmund M. (California)
Fisher, Douglas M. (California)
Fisher, Douglas M. (California)
Fisherow, W Benjamin (California)
Flannery, Kathleen Marie (California)
Flannery, Kathleen Marie (California)
Fonti, Joseph Alberto (California)
Fonti, Joseph Alberto (California)
Franze-Nakamura, Francis (California)
Gallagher, Mark A. (California)
Gallagher, Erin Healy (California)
Gallagher, Erin Healy (California)
Gardiner, Avery Weld (California)
Genchel, Robin Fierer (California)
Genchel, Robin Fierer (California)
Gianola, John Fulton (California)
Gilman, Andrew C. (California)
Gitlen, Scott Mark (California)
Glaser, Steven Ronald (California)
Glaser, Danica A. (California)
Glober, Bonnie Ames (California)
Goldberg, Arthur R (California)
Goldsmith, William I (California)
Goldsmith, Michael Lawrence (California)
Goodwin, R. Booth (California)
Gov, Angela Givens (California)
GOVT, Kevin Christopher (California)
Granston, Michael D (California)
Granston, Michael D (California)
Groom, Deborah Fennell (California)
Guadagnino, Charles A (California)
Guard, John Matthew (California)
Guthrie, Robert Gay (California)
Habeas, US Attorney (California)
Hall, Jennifer Lynne (California)
Handy, Jeffrey K. (California)
Hanower, Patricia L (California)
Hansen, Jeffrey Michael (California)
Harrington, Quinn Patrick (California)
Harris, Patrick C. (California)
Hebert, Janice E. (California)
Hecker, Elizabeth Parr (California)
Hendry, Melanie Dyani (California)
Hikida, Katherine M (California)
Hoffman, Grayson A (California)
Hollander, Bernard M. (California)
Holton, Dwight C. (California)
Horwitz, Matthew Joseph (California)
Houten, Kathryn E (California)
Howlette, Jordan David (California)
Humphrey, Richard D. (California)
Hurley, Daniel R. (California)
Hurtado, Samuel A. (California)
Iannarone, Liberatore Joseph (California)
Iannarone, Liberatore Joseph (California)
Jackson, E. Fletcher (California)
Jennings, David Reese (California)
Jensen, Michelle D. (California)
Jividen, Betsy Steinfeld (California)
Jones, William H. (California)
JR, Joseph Patrick (California)
Kaminski, Gerald Francis (California)
Kaminski, Gerald Francis (California)
Kamons, Rachael Amy (California)
Kaplan, Robert N. (California)
Kaufman-Cohen, Eric (California)
Keefe, Kerry Jane (California)
Keegan, Ruth Fuess (California)
Kennebrew, Delora (California)
Kenney, Patricia Jean (California)
Kern, Charles Douglas (California)
Kinner, Russell B (California)
Klovers, Christelle (California)
Kolluri, Prashant (California)
Korologos, Lisa P. (California)
Korologos, Lisa P. (California)
Kovacev, Robert J (California)
Kramer, J. Robert (California)
Krivonyak, J. Christopher (California)
Krueger, Matthew Dean (California)
Kutcher, Matthew Lawrence (California)
Kwaterski, Laura Schulteis (California)
Lagarde, Andre Jude (California)
Lammens, Philip R. (California)
Langworthy, Nancy Fay (California)
Larkin, William F. (California)
Laroche, Matthew Joseph (California)
Laroche, Matthew Joseph (California)
Larsen, Christian R (California)
Larson, Kari Madrene (California)
Lawrence, Kathleen O'Malley (California)
Lee, Diana Jacobs (California)
Leiderman, Joel David (California)
Lennington, Daniel P (California)
Lennington, Daniel P (California)
Lesperance, Karen Folster (California)
Levesque, Christian (California)
Levingston, Luttrell (California)
Levy, Daniel Walter (California)
Light, Sarah Elizabeth (California)
Linder, Herbert W. (California)
Lindquist, Susan J. (California)
Littleton, Judson Owen (California)
Loeb, Elizabeth Louise (California)
Long, Kenneth Gordon (California)
Lowe, Virginia Cronan (California)
Lowe, Virginia Cronan (California)
Majeed, Sameena Shina (California)
Malawer, Gregg I. (California)
Mantell, Laura D. (California)
Marinelli, Matthew M (California)
Marschall, Carl N (California)
Massey, David Benton (California)
Maurer, Michael Stuart (California)
McClanahan, Cathryn Dawn (California)
McCord, Stacey Elise (California)
McCormack, Timothy P. (California)
McCulloch, Christine J (California)
McEvoy, Lauren Mary (California)
McFadden, Lane M. (California)
McGonigal, Alan G. (California)
McGonigal, Alan G. (California)
Metcalf, N. George (California)
Minzner, Max Justin (California)
Mosteller, Daniel Paul (California)
Mosteller, Daniel Paul (California)
Murphy, Michael D (California)
Naftalis, Benjamin (California)
Nammar, Michael David (California)
Nathanson, John Alexander (California)
Nelson, Anne Elizabeth (California)
Nesler, Robert D. (California)
Nguyen, Jacquelyne M (California)
Nicholson, Richard S. (California)
Nyiendo, Licha M. (California)
O'Brien, Thomas Peter (California)
Office, United States (California)
Orenstein, Karin K. (California)
O'Rourke, Steven R (California)
O'Rourke, Steven R (California)
Ortega, Roberto D (California)
Ostiller, Cathy J (California)
Ostiller, Cathy J (California)
Oswald, Barbara L (California)
Packard, Ronald D. (California)
Parascandola, Christina B. (California)
Parker, Nathaniel B (California)
Patterson, Timothy R. (California)
Paxton, Lauren Mary (California)
Pease, William H. (California)
Pence, Richard M. (California)
Perez, Alfred Juarez (California)
Perros, Nicholas C. (California)
Peterson, Benton Gregory (California)
Phillips, Cristine Irvin (California)
Phillips, Frederick S (California)
Phillips, Heather (California)
Phillips, Debra Teufel (California)
Piropato, Marissa A (California)
Piropato, Marissa A (California)
Podolak, Stephanie (California)
Poliakoff, Steven J (California)
Pomeroy, Richard L. (California)
Price, Thomas Russell (California)
Purcell, Joseph J (California)
Pyle, Michael Thomas (California)
Radice, John Daniel (California)
Reding, Ann Marie (California)
Reilly, Nathan Daniel (California)
Reisenweber, Erin K. (California)
Reisenweber, Erin K. (California)
Roberts, Darwin P (California)
Rosenbaum, Steven H (California)
Russell, Shelley D. (California)
Russell, Bruce T. (California)
Sampson, Colin C. (California)
Sampson, Colin C. (California)
Sandberg, Justin Michael (California)
Sanders, Christopher W. (California)
Santelle, James L (California)
Schachner, Elliot M. (California)
Schachner, Elliot M. (California)
Schnieders, Kathleen Kelly (California)
Schwartz, Richard Adam (California)
Schweiner, Dianne (California)
Sgarlata, AnneMarie (California)
SHEET, PLEASE SEE (California)
SHEET, PLEASE SEE (California)
Silver, Ronald K. (California)
Simmons, Timothy W. (California)
Smith, Shannon S. (California)
Smith, Sharon Denise (California)
Soloveichik, Layaliza K. (California)
Sorrell, Christen (California)
Southwell, Alexander H. (California)
Spina, Thomas Spina (California)
Steinacker, Andrea K (California)
Stoll, Kenneth F. (California)
Stripling, Clarence Daniel (California)
Taylor-Phillips, LaQuita J (California)
Tong, Lawrence L. (California)
Tribuiani, Rinku Talwar (California)
Tuite, Christopher P. (California)
Turner, Serrin Andrew (California)
Underhill, R Michael (California)
Underwood, Sabrina (California)
Valerino, Gary J. (California)
Vanaskie, Thomas K. (California)
Vargas, Jeannette Anne (California)
Venezia, Jill Ondrejko (California)
Venezia, Jill Ondrejko (California)
Viacava, Yolande G. (California)
Viacava, Yolande G. (California)
Wagner, Lynnett M. (California)
Warren, Joseph W.C. (California)
Wendel, Clifford D (California)
Westfall, Fred B. (California)
Westphal, Leslie J. (California)
Wiethe, Donetta Donaldson (California)
Wilcove, Michael N (California)
Wilcove, Michael N (California)
Willing-FLU, Patricia A. (California)
Wilson, Edward Bryan (California)
Wiseman, David B. (California)
Wolverton, Caroline Lewis (California)
Wong, Sherra Tinyi (California)
Woodliff, Steven Christopher (California)
Woodward, Sara D. (California)
Woodward, Thomas Scott (California)
Woodward, Thomas Scott (California)
Woodward, Sara D. (California)
Wright, Philip H. (California)
Yoo, Danny Young-In (California)
Young, William B. (California)
Zevenbergen, Michael James (California)
Aronoff, Peter Max (California)
Atkinson, Theodore W (California)
Attorney, OIL-DCS Trial (California)
AUSA, Michael Sady (California)
Barghaan, Dennis Carl (California)
Barnard, Thomas H (California)
Barnea, Jean-David (California)
Bauer, Jeffrey Michael (California)
Beckenhauer, Eric B (California)
Belsan, Timothy Michael (California)
Bergman, Jacob Max (California)
Berns, Matthew J. (California)
Bettwy, Samuel William (California)
Bingham, Lauren Crowell (California)
Bressler, Steven Y. (California)
Buckingham, Stephen J. (California)
Byars, Michael James (California)
Cha-Kim, Stephen Seungkun (California)
Chaudhury, Arastu Kabeer (California)
Chilakamarri, Varu (California)
Church, Rebecca Grace (California)
Cohen, Rebecca Shapiro (California)
Croley, Steven P. (California)
Davis, Julie Bibb (California)
Defoe, Craig Andrew (California)
Dierberg, Michael James (California)
Dolinger, Samuel Hilliard (California)
Dupre, Brock Darren (California)
Dupre, Brock Darren (California)
Freeborne, Paul Gerald (California)
Fuchs, Siegmund F. (California)
Gardner, Joshua E. (California)
Gardner, Joshua E. (California)
Goldsmith, Aaron S. (California)
Grant, Nicole Patrice (California)
Henson-DOJ, Angie L (California)
Hildebrand, Regan (California)
Hogan, Alexander James (California)
Hollis, Christopher W (California)
Jafek, Timothy Bart (California)
Johnson, Kristin Berger (California)
Jones, Terrence M (California)
Jude, Jennifer Ann (California)
Kabrawala, Ameet B. (California)
Kennedy, Brian G. (California)
Kirschner, Adam D (California)
Kirschner, Adam D (California)
Kuehler, Natalie Nancy (California)
LA-CV, Assistant 2241-194 (California)
Llewellyn, Nicholas P. (California)
McCotter, R. Trent (California)
Nemeroff, Patrick George (California)
Nemeroff, Patrick George (California)
Newton, Emily Sue (California)
Oswald, Craig Arthur (California)
Perez, Elianis N. (California)
Robins, Jeffrey S (California)
Robinson, Stuart Justin (California)
Sheffield, Carlton Frederick (California)
Silverman, Matthew (California)
Singh, Rukhsanah L. (California)
Stevens, Elizabeth J. (California)
Swinton, Nathan Michael (California)
Theis, John Kenneth (California)
Thorp, Galen N. (District of Columbia)
Tosini, Stephen Carl (California)
Tyler, John Russell (California)
Ulrich, Tamara Lynn (California)
Vuong, Sarah Lake (California)
Warner, Eric Paxton (California)
Weintraub, J. Max (California)
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Last updated March 17, 2024, 3:13 a.m.
State / Territory: California
Case Type(s):
Special Collection(s):
Trump Immigration Enforcement Order Challenges
Trump Administration FOIA cases
Key Dates
Filing Date: Sept. 20, 2017
Closing Date: April 18, 2019
Case Ongoing: No
Plaintiffs
Plaintiff Description:
State of California
Plaintiff Type(s):
Public Interest Lawyer: Yes
Filed Pro Se: No
Class Action Sought: No
Class Action Outcome: Not sought
Defendants
Department of Homeland Security (- United States (national) -), Federal
Case Details
Causes of Action:
Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. §§ 551 et seq.
Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRIRA)
Declaratory Judgment Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2201
Constitutional Clause(s):
Federalism (including 10th Amendment)
Available Documents:
Outcome
Prevailing Party: Defendant
Nature of Relief:
Source of Relief:
Issues
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