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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Flores v. Reno

2:85-cv-04544 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: July 11, 1985

Note: We've tagged this case as one challenging President Trump's immigration executive orders because those executive orders and their implementing memoranda, included as "resources," below, touch on many of the matters subject to longstanding court oversight in this case. On July 11, 1985, attorneys from the National Center for Immigrants' Rights, the National Center for Youth Law, and the ACLU Foundation of Southern California represented four minors who filed this class action complaint aga…

Settled: Implementation Ongoing

Appeal Pending

SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Widakuswara v. Lake

1:25-cv-01015 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 21, 2025

This case challenges the grant terminations and the placing of journalists on administrative leave from the United States Agency for Global Media. On March 14, 2025, President Trump issued Executive Order 14238 entitled “Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy,” 90 Fed. Reg. 13043, which directed that the "non-statutory components and functions" of the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) "shall be eliminated to the maximum extent consistent with applicable law.”  USAGM is an indepe…

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Neguse v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

1:25-cv-02463 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: July 30, 2025

This case challenges a new policy from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which requires seven days’ advance notice for congressional oversight visits to DHS detention facilities and prohibits visits to certain locations, such as ICE field offices. The lawsuit followed widespread reports of immigration detention overcrowding, food shortages, inadequate medical care, and unsanitary conditions. Since 2019, Congress has enacted p…

Case Is Ongoing

EDUCATION
Council for Opportunity in Education v. U.S. Department of Education

1:25-cv-03514 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Sept. 30, 2025

This case challenged the Trump Administration Department of Education's decision to discontinue grants provided under the Higher Education Act of 1965.  On September 30, 2025, Council for Opportunity in Education (COE) filed suit against U.S. Department of Education (DOE) in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. COE is a membership organization consisting of colleges and non-profits that participate in the federal TRIO program. The TRIO programs were established in the 1960s to help…

Case Is Ongoing

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center v. Noem

1:25-cv-00418 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 12, 2025

This case challenged the denial of counsel to immigrant detainees by the Trump Administration. Plaintiffs alleged that the Administration transferred at least 50 immigrant detainees from the United States to Guantanamo Bay, where they could not communicate with either their families or attorneys. Plaintiffs alleged violations of their rights to habeas corpus, the First Amendment, the Fifth Amendment, and the Immigration and Nationality Act.  On February 12, 2025, represented by the ACLU, IRAP, …

Temporary Restraining Order Denied

SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Chung v. Trump

1:25-cv-02412 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: March 24, 2025

On March 24, 2025, a Columbia undergraduate and lawful permanent resident filed this complaint and petition for writ of habeas corpus in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, challenging the government's allegedly retaliatory immigration enforcement actions against her in response to her participation in pro-Palestine campus protests. Plaintiff sued President Trump and several high-ranking officials, including the Secretary of State, the Attorney General, and the Secret…

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Ariani v. Blinken

1:25-cv-00349 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 31, 2024

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.) On May 31, 2024, 97 Iranian national immigrant visa applicants, including both 57 primary applicants and 40 derivative spouses, brought this suit against Antony Blinken in his official capacity as US Secretary of State, and Carson Wu in his official capacity as Acting Director of the Office of Screening. Filing in the Central District of California, plaintiffs challenged the collection of Form DS-5535, Supplemental Questions for VisaAppli…

Case Is Ongoing

ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Yi v. Board of Elections

8:16-cv-00662 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: March 7, 2016

Closed Date: April 19, 2016

On March 7, 2016, the plaintiff filed a complaint pro se in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland against the Board of Elections at Montgomery County, the Democratic National Committee, the Republican National Committee, the Maryland Democratic Party and the Maryland Republic Party. The plaintiff claimed that the use of digital voting machines in various state and national elections violated the Fifteenth Amendment because the Fifteenth Amendment does not permit use of digital vo…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Corbett v. Register

7:16-cv-00116 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia

Filed Date: June 30, 2016

Closed Date: July 25, 2016

This is a case about maintaining equal populations across voting districts.  A resident of Echols County in the Superior Court of Echols County filed a lawsuit on June 3, 2016 against the Echols County Board of Education, seeking that the Board members be elected from districts of equal population.  Prior to the lawsuit, on December 5, 2006, the Board held a meeting to discuss, amongst other things, the Board’s district lines. The populations of each district were presented to the Board and a p…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Voting Rights Defense Project v. Padilla

3:16-cv-02739 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: May 20, 2016

Closed Date: April 13, 2017

On 20 May 2016, the Voting Rights Defense Project, the American Independent Party and two individuals in their capacity as eligible California voters brought an action in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against: the Secretary of State of California, the chief of Alameda County Registrar of Voters and the Director of the San Francisco Board of Elections, seeking declaratory and injunctive relief to protect the voting rights of no-party-preference (“NPP”) voters in…