Federal Litigation Tracker
AFSCME members are fighting back on every front against this administration's unlawful attacks on public service workers and the critical services we provide. In court, AFSCME is fighting illegal firings, the dismantling of agencies and public services, attacks on the freedom to be in a union, and much more.
Below is a list of key lawsuits to stop these attacks that AFSCME has filed or joined. The non-partisan law and policy journal Just Security tracks all of these lawsuits and hundreds of others on their Just Security Litigation Tracker.
To find the current status of an AFSCME lawsuit, look up the case number from the list below. Then, search the case number on the Just Security Litigation Tracker, and click the green "+" to see updates.
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AmeriCorps Dismantling Case
Elev8 Baltimore, Inc. v. Corporation for National and Community Service (D. Md.)
1:25-cv-01458
Department of Education Dismantling Case, Maryland
NAACP v. U.S.A. (D. Md.)
8:25-cv-00965
Department of Education Dismantling Case, Massachusetts
Somerville Public Schools v. Trump (D. Mass.)
1:25-cv-10677
DOGE Data Access at DOL Case
AFL-CIO v. Dep’t of Labor (D.D.C.)
1:25-cv-00339
DOGE Data Access at SSA Case
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO v. Social Security Administration (D. Md.)
1:25-cv-00596
FMCS Dismantling Case
American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO v. Goldstein (S.D.N.Y.)
1:25-cv-03072
Fork Directive Case
American Federation of Gov’t Employees, AFL-CIO v. Ezell (D. Mass.)
1:25-cv-10276
Gov Wide RIF/Reorganization Case
American Federation Of Government Employees, AFL-CIO v. Trump (N.D. Cal.)
3:25-cv-03698
HHS Covid-19 Grant Cuts Case
Harris County Texas v. Robert F Kennedy Jr (D.D.C)
1:25-cv-01275
ILMS (Library Funding) Dismantling Case
American Library Association v. Sonderling et al (D.D.C.)
1:25-cv-01050
National Security EO Exclusion Case
American Federation Of Government Employees, AFL-CIO v. Trump (N.D. Cal.)
4:25-cv-03070
Probationary Employee Termination Case
American Federation Of Government Employees, AFL-CIO v. Office of Personnel Management and Charles Ezell (N.D. Cal.)
3:25-cv-01780
RIF During Government Shutdown Case
American Federation of Government Employees v. Office of Management and Budget (N.D. Cal.)
3:25-cv-08302
Schedule F Case
American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO and American Federation of State, County And Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO v. Donald Trump et al (D.D.C.)
1:25-cv-00264
VOA National Security Exclusion Case
American Federation of State, County And Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO v. Trump (D.D.C.)
1:25-cv-03306
Voice of America Dismantling Case
RFE/RL, Inc. v. Lake (D.D.C.)