Petitioners filed for a writ of habeas corpus challenging President Trump's Executive Order Protecting the Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States. Petitioners alleged that Defendant's Executive Order seeking to return them to their country of origin where they may face torture or persecution without allowing them to apply for asylum violates the Fifth Amendment (due process and equal protection), as well as federal immigration law and the Convention Against Torture.

Plaintiff:	Darweesh, Haider Sameer Abdulkhaleq Alshawi and Hameed Khalid Darweesh
Defendant:	Trump, John Kelly, Donald J Trump, Chad F. Wolf, U.S. Customs and Border Protection ("CBP"), Jamea T. Madden and U.S. Department of Homeland Security ("DHS")
Petitioner:	Vincent A. Molino and Victor Williams
Amicus Curiae:	Dr. Dipesh Navsaria, Dominican Sisters of the Congregation of the Queen of the Holy Rosary, Yale-New Haven Hospital, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford, Columbia University, Park Slope Jewish Center, Yale Univeristy, Avodah, Dr. David Keller, Massachusetts Council of Churches, Vote Vets, Arlington Street Church, Franciscans for Justice, Beloved Community Mennonite Church, Anti-Defamation League, Leading Companies, Valley Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Scottsdale Congregational United Church of Christ, Association of American Universities, Greater New York Hospital Association., Harvard University, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Duke University, Dr. Courtney Orynich Gillenwater, First Congregational United Church of Christ, Phoenix, Cornell University, Dr. Michele David, African American Ministers Leadership Council, Sisters of Saint Dominic, Congregation of the Most Holy Name, Multifaith Alliance for Syrian Refugees, Franciscan Action Network, Good Shepherd United Church of Christ, Princeton University, Interfaith Alliance, Bellevue/NYU Program for Survivors of Torture, Civil Rights Organizations, National and New York Bar Associations of Color, New York Immigration Coalition, Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, Interfaith Coalition, Unitarian Universalist Congregation of South County, Rhode Island, the Hispanic National Bar Association, Judson Memorial Church, Asian Americans Advancing Justice, Dr. Peter Selwyn, T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights, Vets for American Ideals, Vanderbilt University, Johns Hopkins University, LatinoJustice PRLDEF, Inc., Sisters of St. Francis of Penance and Christian Charity, St. Francis Province, Dr. Elizabeth Singer, Muslim Bar Association of New York, the National Bar Association, Disciples Home Missions, Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the U.S., American Academy of Pediatrics, Southwest Conference of the United Church of Christ, Immigrant Rights Clinic of Washington Square Legal Services, Dr. Makini Chisolm-Straker, Southside Presbyterian Church, Union for Reform Judaism, Central Conference of American Rabbis and Women of Reform Judaism, Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation, Dr. Mark Earnest, New York City Law Department, No One Left Behind, NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice, Dr. Gene Bishop, Rincon Congregational United Church of Christ, International Law Scholars and Nongovernmental Organizations, Dr. Susana Morales, First Institutional Baptist Church of Phoenix, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Roderick & Solange MacArthur Justice Center, Sisters of St. Francis of Sylvania, Ohio, National Council of Jewish Women, Legal Services NYC, Jay Hirabayashi, Catholic Charities Community Services, NY, Leadership Conference of Women Religious, National Organization for Women New York State, Impact Fund, Massachusetts Health and Hospital Association, Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program, Dr. Tyler B. Evans, Stanford University, North Carolina Council of Churches, Northwestern University, Jewish Council on Urban Affairs, Dr. Jennifer Kasper, Common Defense, Dr. Kenneth Thompson, University Lutheran Chapel of Berkeley, Stanford Health Care, Unitarian Universalist Association, Arab American Association of New York, New York City Health & Hospitals Corporation, University of Chicago, the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, Proposed Amici, Emory University, United Church of Santa Fe, The Interfaith Center of New York, Dartmouth College, Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia, Public Justice, P.C., Judith Resnik, University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Jerome A. Paulson, Karen Korematsu, Coalition of Cities, Holly Yasui, Reverend J. Herbert Nelson, II, Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Tamizdat, NYC New Sanctuary Coalition, Dr. Jeremy S. Boyd, Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice, NYU Center for Health and Human Rights, American Association for Social Psychiatry, Members of the Congress of the United States, Shadow Rock United Church of Christ, HIAS, Dr. Esther K. Chung, Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary, U.S.-Ontario Province, Chicago Religious Leadership Network on Latin America, School Sisters of Saint Francis, United States Province, Brooklyn Defender Services, Brown University, Dr. Carl Erik Fisher, Professors of Constitutional Law, Tanenbaum, the Asian American Bar Association of New York, American Jewish World Service, Beth Emet The Free Synagogue, Sisters of St. Francis of Clinton, Iowa, Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, National Native American Bar Association, Association of Behavioral Healthcare, Dr. Allen S. Keller, National Justice for Our Neighbors, NYC Refugee and Asylee Coalition, Colorado Coalition for the Medically Underserved, The Missionary Servants of the Most Holy Trinity, Carnegie Mellon University and South Asian Bar Association of North America
Interested Party:	American Muslim Health Professionals, the Islamic Medical Association of North America, Public Advocate for the City of New York, the Council for the Advancement of American Muslim Professionals, the Network of Arab-American Professionals, Muppies, Inc.,, Maryam Mikaniki, the National Arab American Medical Association and Muslim Advocates
Intervenor Plaintiff:	The New York State Office of the Attorney General
Intervenor:	Janice Wolk Grenadier and Raquel Okyay
Case Number:	1:2017cv00480
Filed:	January 28, 2017
Court:	US District Court for the Eastern District of New York
Office:	Brooklyn Office
Presiding Judge:	Carol Bagley Amon
Referring Judge:	Lois Bloom
Nature of Suit:	Habeas Corpus - Alien Detainee
Cause of Action:	28 U.S.C. § 2241 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (federa
Jury Demanded By:	None

Access additional case information on PACER

Use the links below to access additional information about this case on the US Court's PACER system. A subscription to PACER is required.

Access this case on the New York Eastern District Court's Electronic Court Filings (ECF) System

• Search for Party Aliases
• Associated Cases
• Attorneys
• Case File Location
• Case Summary
• Docket Report
• History/Documents
• Parties
• Related Transactions
• Check Status