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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
City and County of San Francisco v. Donald J. Trump

3:25-cv-01350 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Feb. 7, 2025

This case challenged the Trump Administration’s authority to withhold federal funding from "sanctuary cities" in order to coerce them to comply with the Administration’s immigration agenda. On February 7, 2025, five cities and counties–San Francisco, CA; Santa Clara, CA; Portland, OR; King County, WA; and New Haven, CT–filed this lawsuit against President Donald Trump, the Department of Justice, and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in the District Court for the Northern District of Cal…

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
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
Pacito v. Trump

2:25-cv-00255 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Feb. 10, 2025

On February 10, 2025, three refugee resettlement agencies and nine individuals filed this putative class action against President Donald J. Trump, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Acting Secretary of Health and Human Services in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. The Plaintiffs challenged Executive Order 14163, titled "Realigning the United States Refugee Admission Program," which barred entry into the United States for all refugee…

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appellate Stay of Trial Court Relief Granted

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
United States v. Trump

1:23-cr-00257 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Aug. 1, 2023

On August 1, 2023, a federal grand jury in the District of Columbia returned a four-count indictment against former President Donald J. Trump. The indictment alleged that Trump knowingly spread false claims of election fraud to create distrust in the 2020 presidential election and attempted to obstruct the lawful transfer of power. The charges included: conspiracy to defraud the United States under 18 U.S.C. § 371 conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding under 18 U.S.C. § 1512(k) conspira…

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)

Reversed

ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
American Civil Rights Union v. Rodriguez

7:16-cv-00103 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: March 4, 2016

This is a case about an Election Administrator’s alleged failure to maintain voter lists and produce records and data related to said efforts, as required under federal law. On March 4, 2016, the American Civil Rights Unions filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. The plaintiff sued the Starr County Election Administrator under Section 8 of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (“NVRA”). Represented by counsel, the plaintiff sought declaratory and…

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)

POLICING
Ratlieff v. City of Fort Lauderdale, Florida

0:22-cv-61029 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Filed Date: May 31, 2022

Closed Date: Dec. 23, 2024

In the aftermath of George Floyd's death in May 2020, nationwide protests erupted, including a significant demonstration in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on May 31, 2020. During the protest, the Fort Lauderdale Police Department (FLPD) attempted to disperse the crowd through use of tear gas and kinetic impact projectiles, otherwise known as rubber bullets. The plaintiff in this case, a participant in the May 2020 demonstration, alleged she was shot in the eye by a direct impound round, causing seve…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Does v. Snyder (Does II)

2:16-cv-13137 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Aug. 30, 2016

Closed Date: May 5, 2022

This case involved a class action lawsuit on behalf of all people required to register under Michigan’s Sex Offender Registry Act (SORA). On August 30, 2016, the plaintiff filed this lawsuit on behalf of himself and similarly situated plaintiffs in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan Southern Division against the governor of Michigan and the director of the Michigan State Police under the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Represented by private co…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Marie v. Moser

2:14-cv-02518 | U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas

Filed Date: Oct. 10, 2014

Closed Date: July 22, 2016

This case is a constitutional challenge to Kansas laws which prohibited same-sex marriages. On October 10, 2024, two same-sex couples who reside in Kansas sued the Secretary of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, a Clerk of the District Court for the 7th Judicial District, and a Clerk of the District Court for the 18th Judicial District, in U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas, Kansas City Division. Plaintiffs challenged the state of Kansas’ practice of denying marriage s…

Injunction Granted

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
U.S. v. State of California

2:18-cv-00490 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: March 6, 2018

Closed Date: April 6, 2021

This case challenged California's "sanctuary city" state laws. The United States federal government filed this suit on March 6, 2018 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California. The case was assigned to Judge John A. Mendez and Magistrate Kendall J. Newman. This lawsuit comes after a series of lawsuits filed by California jurisdictions challenging the federal government's sanctuary city policies, which deny federal funding to jurisdictions that impede the federal governmen…

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Little v. Washington Metro. Area Transit Auth.

1:14-cv-01289 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: July 30, 2014

Closed Date: April 27, 2018

On July 30, 2014, nine African American employees with criminal records filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) and its contractors. The plaintiffs, represented by the NAACP, the Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, and private counsel, sought a declaratory judgment that the practices of the WMATA and its contractors were unlawful and violated Title VII of the Civil Righ…