(filed June 9, 2025)
Newsom et al. v. Donald Trump et al. – the state of California challenged the federal government on the unlawful action of deploying the California National Guard in the Los Angeles area in violation of the U.S. Constitution. On December 10, 2025, the district court issued a preliminary injunction ordering the return of the control of the California national guard to the California Governor and blocked further deployments. Note that President Trump announced on December 31, 2025 that he was withdrawing the national guard from Chicago, Los Angeles, and Portland. The federal case is ongoing at the district court and Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (note there are three cases pending in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals related to this case Nos. 25-3727, 25-5553, and 25-7781). Additionally, the federal court was also waiting on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals case Oregon v. Trump (Nos. 25-6268 and 25-7194), which is a similar companion case about the unlawful federal deployment in Oregon. Note the consolidated cases in Oregon v. Trump were dismissed by the Ninth Circuit on February 17, 2026 because the government voluntarily moved to dismiss. The federal case is ongoing pertaining to California. However, see Donald J. Trump v. Illinois, U.S. Supreme Court case No. 25A443, as the victory of this case will influence the outcome of these cases.