Gonzalo Chavez Esquivel, an immigrant from Mexico, sought relief from deportation along with his family because he contended that he would be tortured if he were sent back to Mexico.

Book publishers and LGBTQ+ groups challenged an Iowa law that requires removal of books in school libraries that depict or describe any “sex act” and bars teaching related to gender identity or sexual orientation to students below grade 7.

Four incarcerated women sued Michigan officials for deliberate failure to treat a painful medical condition.

A Mexican immigrant challenged the US government for holding him without bond during removal proceedings.

An elderly woman sued a long-term care insurance company for refusing to cover the cost of home health care that her doctor said was necessary after surgery.

Two parents and an advocacy organization filed a lawsuit challenging the procedures used by a state and school district in implementing the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), which governs education of schoolchildren with disabilities.

A police officer wanted the claim against him by a Minneapolis protester shortly after the George Floyd killing dismissed.

This involves an ongoing effort to hold a Black Lives Matter protest organizer personally responsible for an act of violence against a police officer carried out by an unknown person at the protest. If the effort succeeds, it would deter people from exercising their First Amendment rights to protest against the government.

A credit card company challenged an award of punitive damages and attorneys’ fees for cancelling a consumer’s credit card.

Far-right advocates and judges have targeted a key 1964 Supreme Court precedent that protects freedom of the press and freedom of speech under the First Amendment. Without this precedent, government officials would be able to suppress political opposition by regularly threatening to sue critics for defamation.

In dissenting in a case concerning discrimination based on gender identity, Trump judge Lawrence VanDyke used harsh and vulgar language that drew widespread criticism across the ideological spectrum.

The police chief of a small Iowa town challenged his conviction for possession of a machine gun in his private capacity for use in his private business.

Elon Musk and the Trump Administration sought to stop any depositions of Musk and others about the Administration’s foreign aid cuts and dismantling of USAID.

The Trump Administration sought to prevent court findings about abusive tactics used by immigration authorities from being used against it in the future.

A number of parents and teachers challenged a California law that protects students’ privacy by keeping private gender transitioning efforts by students if they wish and by requiring teachers to cooperate in such efforts.

Unions have challenged a Trump Executive Order that takes away collective bargaining rights from many federal workers

The Ninth Circuit was asked to reconsider a decision letting the government deport a Peruvian family.

Louisianans challenged a state law forcing public schools to prominently display the Ten Commandments in all classrooms.

The US military has a policy that excludes people with HIV from serving or enlisting in the military, even if they are totally asymptomatic and undetectable. A number of individuals excluded by the policy along with a veterans’ group sued the military.

Immigration authorities detained Alejandro Vilchis-Gomez, who was born in Mexico, and decided to deport him. He is married with three children who were born in the US, and after the initial deportation ruling, Vilchis submitted new evidence that his deportation would cause “increased and intense psychological hardship” to his six year-old son

The Trump administration claims the power to detain millions of noncitizens without bond, including ones who have been here for decades. The vast majority of courts have rejected this extreme reinterpretation of immigration law contrary to congressional statute. But thanks to Trump Judge Kyle Duncan, the government now has that power throughout the Fifth Circuit.

An illegal drug user claimed that a federal law making it unlawful for him to possess firearms was unconstitutional and contested his conviction for that offense.

Disability Rights South Carolina (DRSC) and two other groups sued the state, seeking injunctive relief to remedy deplorable conditions for mentally ill juveniles in facilities of the state’s Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ).

The family of a driver who was killed by a drunk police officer driving recklessly brought suit against the officer. He claimed he was protected from liability by qualified immunity.

A district judge had restricted ICE from actions abusing witnesses, bystanders and protest participants in Minnesota. The Justice Department went to an 8th Circuit panel to try to lift those restrictions.