The Airport Cases

On January 27, 2017, President Trump signed an Executive Order titled "Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the United States". The next day, civil rights and immigration lawyers began filing legal challenges throughout the country. As the dockets from these cases become available in Free Law Project's RECAP Archive, we are linking them on this page.

Dockets

Appeals

• Ninth Circuit
  • Washington v. Trump
    • USA's motion for emergency administrative stay
    • Order denying motion for emergency administrative stay
    • States' Response to Government's motion to stay
    • USA's reply brief
    • Amicus brief by technology companies
    • Amicus brief by law professors and clinicians
    • Amicus brief by Fred T. Korematsu Center
    • Amicus brief by ACLU and ACLU-Washington
    • Amicus brief by Americans United for Separation of Church and State and Southern Poverty Law Center
    • Amicus brief by HIAS
    • Amicus brief by 15 states and DC
    • Amicus brief by Constitutional law scholars
    • Amicus brief by Anti-Defamation League
    • Amicus brief by Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
    • Amicus brief by National Immigrant Justice Center and ASISTA
    • Amicus brief by law professors on standing
    • Amicus brief by US Justice Foundation and 10 other organizations
    • Amicus brief by Washington State Labor Council

District Courts

• District of Massachusetts (1st Cir.)
  • Louhghalam v. Trump (case no. 17-cv-10154)
    • Temporary Restraining Order
• Eastern District of New York (2d. Cir.)
  • Darweesh v. Trump (case no. 1:17-cv-480)
    • Decision and Order (1/28/2017)
• Eastern District of Virginia (4th Cir.)
  • Aziz v. Trump (case no. 1:17-cv-116)
    • Motion to Intervene
  • Sarsour v. Trump (case no. 1:17-cv-00120)
    • Complaint
• Eastern District of Michigan (6th Cir.)
  • Arab American Civil Rights League (case no. 2:17-cv-10310)
    • Complaint
    • TRO Motion
• Northern District of Illinois (7th Cir.)
  • Doe v. Trump (case no. 1:17-cv-00770)
  • Al Homssi v. Trump (case no. 1:17-cv-00801)
• Central District of California (9th Cir.)
  • Vayeghan v. Kelly (case no. 2:17-cv-00702)
    • Amended Temporary Restraining Order
  • Mohammed v. United States (case no. 2:17-cv-00786)
    • Temporary Restraining Order
  • Farmad v. Trump (case no. 2:17-cv-00702)
• Northern District of California (9th Cir.)
  • California v. Trump (case no. 3:17-cv-00451) --- Private attorney general case, not filed by State
  • Al-Mowafak v. Trump (case no. 3:17-cv-00557)
    • Complaint
• Western District of Washington (9th Cir.)
  • Doe v. Trump (case no. 2:17-cv-126) --- Voluntarily dismissed
  • Washington v. Trump (case no. 2:17-cv-00141)
    • Amended Complaint
    • Temporary Restraining Order --- Nationwide restraining order against Executive Order

Updating Dockets

To update a docket, install the RECAP browser extension and download the latest dockets and PDFs from PACER or CM/ECF. The RECAP extension will send us an updated version of the information, and it will automatically be updated here within a few hours (processing can take some time).

Updating This Page

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There appear to be many more airport cases than we have listed. Here are some suggestions for finding them in our RECAP Archive:

• This search finds all cases with "Trump" in a party name that were filed on or after January 28, 2017.
• This search finds all cases coded with Nature of Suit code 463 (Habeas Corpus - Alien Detainee) filed on or after January 28, 2017.

These searches are imperfect and underinclusive, but they're a start toward finding more cases.

Helpful Posts from the Web

• The Procedural Aspects of "The Airport Cases" by Josh Blackman (January 29, 2017)
• The Airport Cases: What Happened, and What's Next? at Just Security (January 30, 2017)
• Litigation Documents & Resources Related to Trump Executive Order at Lawfare (January 29, 2017)
• Civil Rights Challenges to President Trump's Executive Orders on Immigration and Refugees at the University of Michigan's Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse; more information in its Special Collection
• Four states sue Trump administration over 'un-American' travel ban at The Guardian (January 31, 2017)
• Two lawsuits in Chicago challenge Trump travel ban at Chicago Tribune (January 31, 2017)
• Washington v. Trump (No. 17–35105): the Administration’s Attempt to Undo a District Court Stay of the #MuslimBan by Matt Tang