Active Cases

Since 1966, CCR has pioneered daring and innovative legal strategies in pursuit of its mission to advance and protect the rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Our work began on behalf of civil rights activists, and since then CCR has lent its expertise and support to virtually every popular progressive movement.

Our current cases reflects our unwavering commitment to progressive principles, people’s movements and human rights as well as our creative use of the law as a positive force for social change.

D.J.C.V. v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

D.J.C.V. v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE") is a habeas corpus case on behalf of D.J.C.V., a two-year old child, and his father, Mr. C., who are asylum seekers from Honduras. They...
Updated: March 2, 2021

Make the Road New York v. Cuccinelli

Since taking office, the Trump administration has been committed in its attack against low-income immigrants of color. One of its priorities has been to transform the system of family-based...
Updated: February 22, 2021

Diamond v. Ward, et al.

Ashley Diamond is a Black trans woman and prisoners’ rights activist from Rome, Georgia, whose landmark lawsuit challenging the cruel and unusual treatment of incarcerated trans people by the Georgia...
Updated: February 18, 2021

Awad, et al. v. Fordham University

CCR and Palestine Legal are advocating on behalf of Fordham students who were denied permission to start Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at the university and then disciplined for protesting...
Updated: February 18, 2021

Arkansas Times LP v. Waldrip, et al. (Amicus)

Arkansas Times v. Waldrip is a case that challenges a 2017 Arkansas anti-BDS law that requires companies that contract with the state to pledge not to boycott Israel or reduce their fees. The Center...
Updated: February 17, 2021

East Bay Sanctuary Covenant v. Barr

Non-profit, grassroots organizations fighting for the rights of immigrants and refugees to challenge a Trump administration asylum ban rule.
Updated: February 17, 2021

50-a Motion to Intervene

Communities United for Police Reform (CPR), represented by the Center for Constitutional Rights and the law firm Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, is filing a motion to intervene in a lawsuit...
Updated: February 16, 2021

Furlow v. Belmar

For many years, St. Louis and surrounding Missouri counties have permitted police officers to issue the equivalent of a statewide arrest warrant into an electronic database, designating an individual...
Updated: February 9, 2021

Scott v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole

Scott v. PA Board of Probation and Parole is a lawsuit in the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania on behalf of six individuals serving mandatory sentences of Death By Incarceration (DBI), also known...
Updated: February 8, 2021

No More Deaths FOIA Litigation

On April 19, 2019, the Center for Constitutional Rights and No More Deaths jointly filed a Freedom of Information Act request seeking information from Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on Border...
Updated: February 5, 2021

Austin Sanctuary Network v. Gaynor

Leaders of the National Sanctuary Collective and allied organizations filed a challenge ICE’s practice of issuing exorbitant civil fines against people who have taken sanctuary in houses of worship,...
Updated: January 19, 2021

Al Otro Lado v. Nielsen

Al Otro Lado, Inc., et al. v. Kirstjen Nielsen, et al. , is a class action lawsuit against officials at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in a...
Updated: January 18, 2021

Make the Road New York v. Pompeo

Since taking office, the Trump administration has been committed in its attack against low-income immigrants of color. One of its priorities has been to transform the system of family-based...
Updated: December 24, 2020

Floyd, et al. v. City of New York, et al.

A federal class action lawsuit against the City of New York that challenges the NYPD's practices of racial profiling and unconstitutional stop and frisks.
Updated: December 24, 2020

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