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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
West Virginia v. Department of Homeland Security

2:21-cv-00022 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia

Filed Date: Aug. 19, 2021

Closed Date: July 5, 2023

In this case, the state of West Virginia challenged the Biden administration's attempt to repeal the Migrant Protections Protocol (MPP) policy, which required asylum applicants to return to Mexico while their claims were being processed instead of being held in detention or paroled in the United States. West Virginia sued the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas on August 19, 2021, alleging that its termination of the “Remain in Mex…

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
United States v. Dugan

2:25-cr-00089 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: April 24, 2025

This case was a highly unusual federal criminal prosecution of a sitting state court judge—who was alleged by the Trump Administration to have interfered with an immigration arrest. On April 24, 2025, a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Wisconsin indicted Wisconsin Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan on two counts: (1) obstruction of a federal administrative proceeding under 18 U.S.C. § 1505, and (2) concealment of a person from arrest under 18 U.S.C. § 1071. The case was assigned to U.S. Di…

Case Is Ongoing

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
A.M. v. Larose

3:25-cv-01412 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Filed Date: June 4, 2025

This case challenged the federal government’s alleged use of expedited removal proceedings against noncitizens arrested at federal courthouses in San Diego, without due process or access to counsel. On June 4, 2025, a Moroccan national who identifies as Western Sahrawi filed this class-action habeas corpus petition and civil complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California. Represented by private immigration counsel, The plaintiff sought relief on behalf of himself a…

Case Is Ongoing

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
Power Forward Communities, Inc. v. Citibank

1:25-cv-00762 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 14, 2025

This case was consolidated with Climate United Fund, Coalition for Green Capital, and Power Forward Communities—under Rule 42(a). Climate United Fund v. Citibank (No. 1:25-cv-698) was designated the lead case. For updates after March 20, 2025, please follow the link to the lead case.  This case challenged the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) immediate termination of a $2 billion federal clean energy grant and Citibank’s refusal to release the associated funds. On March 14, 2025, Power Fo…

Consolidated: Docket Closed

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

ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Lacy v. Federal Election Commission

1:25-cv-01808 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: June 9, 2025

This case, brought by a coalition of right-wing nonprofits and activists, challenged the Federal Election Commission’s (FEC) October 2024 dismissal of an administrative complaint against National Public Radio, Inc. (NPR) for alleged violations of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (FECA). Specifically, the complaint claimed that NPR had unlawfully made in-kind contributions to, and failed to disclose independent expenditures made to, the 2024 presidential campaigns of President Biden and…

Case Is Ongoing

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
United States v. South Bend City of Indiana

3:24-cv-00830 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana

Filed Date: Oct. 11, 2024

Closed Date: Feb. 28, 2025

This case is about alleged race and sex discrimination in the hiring practices of the South Bend Police Department (SBPD).  On October 11, 2024, the United States filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana against the City of South Bend, Indiana, under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Represented by the Department of Justice, the United States sought remedial relief for those harmed, an injunction to prevent the city from using the discriminator…

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)

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

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
RFE/RL, Inc. v. Lake [Radio Free Europe]

1:25-cv-00799 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 18, 2025

This lawsuit challenged the Trump administration’s withholding of congressionally appropriated funding from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), a private nonprofit journalism organization established by Congress to promote press freedom abroad. On March 18, 2025, RFE/RL filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), Kari Lake (Senior Advisor to USAGM’s acting CEO), and Victor Morales (Acting CEO of USAGM), alleg…

Temporary Restraining Order Granted

Appeal Dismissed