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On Monday, January 30, Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a lawsuit in federal court against President Donald Trump, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and high-ranking Trump Administration officials. Ferguson’s complaint asks the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington to declare unconstitutional key provisions of President Donald Trump’s immigration Executive Order.
Media:
- News Release (1/30/17)
- Press Conference Video (1/30/17)
- News Release (2/2/17)
- News Release (2/3/17)
- Hearing Video (2/3/17)
- News Release (2/9/17)
- Press Conference Video (2/9/17)
- News Release (2/16/17)
- Statement on new Executive Order (3/6/17)
- News Release (3/6/17)
- Press Conference Video (3/6/17)
- News Release (3/9/17)
- News Release (3/13/17)
- Statement on Fourth Circuit Ruling (5/25/17)
- Statement on Ninth Circuit Ruling (6/12/17)
- News Release (6/12/17)
- News Release (6/26/17)
Legal Documents
- Complaint (Filed 1/30/17)
- Motion for Temporary Restraining Order (Filed 1/30/17)
- Amazon Declaration (Filed 1/30/17)
- Expedia Declaration (Filed 1/30/17)
- Washington State University Declaration (Filed 1/30/17)
- University of Washington Declaration (Filed 1/30/17)
- Department of Revenue Declaration (Filed 2/1/17)
- Department of Social and Health Services Declaration (Filed 2/1/17)
- Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges Declaration (Filed 2/1/17)
- Washington State University Second Declaration (Filed 2/1/17)
- University of Washington Second Declaration (Filed 2/1/17)
- Amended Complaint (Filed 2/1/17)
- Exhibits for Amended Complaint (Filed 2/1/17)
- Supplemental Pleading Regarding Standing (Filed 2/1/17)
- Temporary Restraining Order (Filed 2/3/17)
- Order Denying Defendants' Emergency Stay (Filed 2/4/17)
- Amicus brief filed by 97 technology companies, including Microsoft, Apple, Google, Intel, Twitter and Facebook (Filed 2/5/17)
- Hawaii Emergency Motion to Intervene (Filed 2/5/17)
- Joint declaration of Madeleine K. Albright, Avril D. Haines, Michael V. Hayden, John F. Kerry, John E. McLaughlin, Lisa O. Monaco, Michael J. Morell, Janet A. Napolitano, Leon E. Panetta and Susan E. Rice (Filed 2/6/17)
- Response filed with the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals (Filed 2/6/17)
- Declaration of Solicitor General Purcell (Filed 2/6/17)
- Amicus brief filed by California, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia and the District of Columbia (Filed 2/6/17)
- Decision of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals (Filed 2/9/17)
- District Court Order regarding Preliminary Injunction (Filed 2/14/17)
- 9th Circuit Stay Pending New Executive Order (Filed 2/16/17)
- Oregon Motion to Intervene (Filed 2/22/17)
- Response to Administration's request to hold case (Filed 2/24/17)
- 9th Circut Court of Appeals order denying motion to hold the case (Filed 2/27/17)
- Response to Defendants' Notice of Filing of Executive Order (Filed 3/9/17)
- Emergency Motion to Enforce Preliminary Injunction (Filed 3/13/17)
- Second Amended Complaint (Filed 3/13/17)
- Order Regarding Defendants' Response to Plaintiffs' Emergency Motion to Enforce Preliminary Injunction (Filed 3/13/17)
- State's Emergency Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order (Filed 3/15/17)
- Amicus brief filed in IRAP v. Trump by Virginia, Maryland, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, and the District Of Columbia in support of appellees’ opposition to stay pending appeal (Filed 3/31/17)
- Amicus brief in support of Hawaii (Filed 4/20/17)
- Order granting motion for stay (Filed 5/17/17)
- Amicus Brief filed in Donald J. Trump v. International Refugee Assitance Project by Virginia, Maryland, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, and the District of Columbia urges Supreme Court to leave the injunctions in place while the Court decides whether to review the lower court decisions (Filed 6/12/2017)
- Amicus Brief filed in Donald J. Trump v. International Refugee Assitance Project by Virginia, Maryland, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, and the District of Columbia urges the Supreme Court to deny the Administration’s petition for Supreme Court review of the lower court decisions (Filed 6/12/2017)
- Amicus Brief filed in State of Hawaii and Ismail Elshikh v. Donald Trump, by New York, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Mexico, Orgeon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Washington and the District of Columbia, in support of Hawaii's motion to enforce or modify its preliminary injunction. (Filed 7/10/2017)