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East Bay Sanctuary Covenant v. Trump — U.S. District Court, N.D. Cal.

East Bay Sanctuary Covenant v. Trump — U.S. District Court, N.D. Cal. — 102 documents in the archive, dated November 9, 2018 to May 7, 2026.

Case facts

CourtN.D. Cal. (33 filings); U.S. District Court, N.D. Cal. (29 filings)
Docket numbersNo. 4:18-cv-06810 — main docket · CourtListener docket 334557
No. 3:18-cv-06810 (no document in the archive is numbered on it) — other docket filed with this case
Filings102 public filings
Filed2018-11-09 – 2026-05-07
Original PDFs101 of 102

Case summary

East Bay Sanctuary Covenant, Al Otro Lado, Innovation Law Lab and the Central American Resource Center in Los Angeles filed a complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief on November 9, 2018 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, No. 18-cv-06810-JST, against the President, the Acting Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland Security and their departments and agencies. The complaint challenges an interim final rule and a presidential proclamation that together barred asylum for people entering along the southern border other than at a designated port of arrival. The docket on this page continues through the Circumvention of Lawful Pathways Rule of May 2023. On May 7, 2026, on remand from the Ninth Circuit, the district court modified and reaffirmed its prior summary judgment order for the plaintiffs.

Case at a glance

PartiesPlaintiffs: East Bay Sanctuary Covenant; Al Otro Lado; Innovation Law Lab; Central American Resource Center in Los Angeles, described by the court as legal services organizations. Defendants: Donald J. Trump, President; the Acting Attorney General and the Department of Justice; the Executive Office for Immigration Review and its Director; the Secretary of Homeland Security and DHS; U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and its Director; U.S. Customs and Border Protection and its Commissioner, sued in their official capacities
Court and docketU.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, No. 18-cv-06810-JST (filings stamped 3:18-cv-06810-JST and 4:18-cv-06810-JST); appeal to and remand from the Ninth Circuit
ProgramNot named in the filings on this page
ClaimsA declaration that the interim final rule and the proclamation violate the Immigration and Nationality Act and the Administrative Procedure Act, and an order enjoining them; later, a challenge to the Circumvention of Lawful Pathways Rule's rebuttable presumption of asylum ineligibility
Disposition or statusSummary judgment was granted to the plaintiffs and the rule vacated; the Ninth Circuit stayed that order and remanded. On May 7, 2026 the district court modified its prior order and reaffirmed it
Status checked2026-09-23 · against DOJ press releases through 2026-09-22; court docket not yet read

What did the 2018 complaint challenge?

An interim final rule providing that all persons subject to a presidential proclamation concerning the southern border issued under INA § 212(f) or § 215(a)(1) are ineligible for asylum, and the proclamation "Presidential Proclamation Addressing Mass Migration Through the Southern Border of the United States", which suspended the entry of all persons entering without inspection at the southern border.

What is the Circumvention of Lawful Pathways Rule?

As the court describes it, a rule promulgated by the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice in May 2023 creating a rebuttable presumption of asylum ineligibility for noncitizens who crossed the southern border between May 11, 2023 and May 11, 2025 after traveling through a country other than their home country.

What did the court decide on remand?

It modified its prior summary judgment order to reflect that Food and Drug Administration v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine does not undermine the plaintiffs' Article III standing and that the termination of lawful pathways underscores the rule's unlawfulness, and reaffirmed that order.

Docket

102 documents in docket-entry order; attachments follow their entry. Gaps name the entries we do not have.

No. 4:18-cv-06810 — main docket

  1. —Entry 34: main document not in the archive
  2. Amicus Curiae Brief of the Immigration Reform Law Institute — East Bay Sanctuary v. TrumpEntry 34, attachment 2
  3. —Entry 35: main document not in the archive
  4. Declaration of Leah Jahan Chavla (Women's Refugee Commission) — East Bay Sanctuary v. TrumpEntry 35, attachment 1
  5. Declaration of Rena Cutlip-Mason — East Bay Sanctuary v. TrumpEntry 35, attachment 2
  6. Declaration of Brian Griffey — East Bay Sanctuary v. TrumpEntry 35, attachment 3
  7. Supplemental Declaration of Stephen W. Manning (Innovation Law Lab) — East Bay Sanctuary v. TrumpEntry 35, attachment 6
  8. Declaration of Madeleine Penman — East Bay Sanctuary v. TrumpEntry 35, attachment 7
  9. Supplemental Declaration of Erika Pinheiro — East Bay Sanctuary v. TrumpEntry 35, attachment 8
  10. Declaration of Leon Rodriguez (Former Uscis Director) — East Bay Sanctuary v. TrumpEntry 35, attachment 9
  11. —Entries 36–44 are not in the archive
  12. Transcript of TRO Hearing (Nov. 19, 2018) — East Bay Sanctuary v. TrumpEntry 45
  13. —Entries 46–70 are not in the archive
  14. —Entry 71: main document not in the archive
  15. Declaration — East Bay Sanctuary v. Trump (Doc. 71-4, filed 2018-12-04)Entry 71, attachment 4
  16. Declaration — East Bay Sanctuary v. Trump (Doc. 71-5, filed 2018-12-04)Entry 71, attachment 5
  17. Declaration — East Bay Sanctuary v. Trump (Doc. 71-6, filed 2018-12-04)Entry 71, attachment 6
  18. Declaration — East Bay Sanctuary v. Trump (Doc. 71-7, filed 2018-12-04)Entry 71, attachment 7
  19. Declaration — East Bay Sanctuary v. Trump (Doc. 71-8, filed 2018-12-04)Entry 71, attachment 8
  20. Declaration — East Bay Sanctuary v. Trump (Doc. 71-9, filed 2018-12-04)Entry 71, attachment 9
  21. Declaration — East Bay Sanctuary v. Trump (Doc. 71-10, filed 2018-12-04)Entry 71, attachment 10
  22. Declaration — East Bay Sanctuary v. Trump (Doc. 71-11, filed 2018-12-04)Entry 71, attachment 11
  23. —Entries 72–74 are not in the archive
  24. —Entry 75: main document not in the archive
  25. Amicus Brief — East Bay Sanctuary v. Trump (Doc. 75-1, filed 2018-12-05)Entry 75, attachment 1
  26. —Entries 76–77 are not in the archive
  27. —Entry 78: main document not in the archive
  28. —Entry 79 is not in the archive
  29. —Entry 80: main document not in the archive
  30. Amicus Brief of Public Citizen, Inc. — East Bay Sanctuary v. Trump (Dkt. 80-1)Entry 80, attachment 1
  31. —Entries 81 and 83 are not in the archive; entry 82 is listed under More documents below
  32. —Entry 84: main document not in the archive
  33. Declaration — East Bay Sanctuary v. Trump (Doc. 84-1, filed 2018-12-06)Entry 84, attachment 1
  34. —Entries 85–105 and 107 are not in the archive; entry 106 is listed under More documents below
  35. Transcript of Proceedings (Dec. 19, 2018 Hearing) — East Bay Sanctuary v. TrumpEntry 108
  36. —Entries 109–119 are not in the archive
  37. —Entry 120: main document not in the archive
  38. Ninth Circuit Published Order (Slip Opinion) — East Bay Sanctuary v. TrumpEntry 120, attachment 1
  39. —Entries 121–125 are not in the archive
  40. Ninth Circuit Opinion — East Bay Sanctuary v. TrumpEntry 126
  41. —Entries 127–131 are not in the archive
  42. Ninth Circuit Order and Amended Opinion — East Bay Sanctuary v. TrumpEntry 132
  43. —Entries 133–136 are not in the archive
  44. Joint Case Management Statement — East Bay Sanctuary v. TrumpEntry 137
  45. —Entries 138–139 are not in the archive
  46. Joint Case Management Statement — East Bay Sanctuary v. TrumpEntry 140
  47. —Entry 141 is not in the archive
  48. Order Granting Motion to Continue Stay — East Bay Sanctuary v. Trump (2022-06-24)Entry 142
  49. —Entry 143 is not in the archive
  50. Status Report — East Bay Sanctuary v. TrumpEntry 144
  51. Status Report — East Bay Sanctuary v. TrumpEntry 145
  52. Status Report — East Bay Sanctuary v. TrumpEntry 146
  53. undatedMotion for Leave to File Amended and Supplemental Complaint — East Bay Sanctuary v. TrumpEntry 147
  54. undatedExhibit A — Proposed Amended and Supplemental Complaint — East Bay Sanctuary v. TrumpEntry 147, attachment 2
  55. undatedExhibit B — Redlined Proposed Amended Complaint — East Bay Sanctuary v. TrumpEntry 147, attachment 3
  56. —Entries 148–163 are not in the archive
  57. Amended and Supplemental Complaint — East Bay Sanctuary v. TrumpEntry 164
  58. —Entries 165–168 are not in the archive
  59. undatedMotion for Summary Judgment — East Bay Sanctuary v. TrumpEntry 169
  60. Declaration of Edna Yang — East Bay Sanctuary v. TrumpEntry 169, attachment 3
  61. Declaration of Lindsay Toczylowski — East Bay Sanctuary v. TrumpEntry 169, attachment 4
  62. Declaration of Noemi Calonje — East Bay Sanctuary v. TrumpEntry 169, attachment 7
  63. Country Conditions Exhibit — East Bay Sanctuary v. TrumpEntry 169, attachment 9
  64. —Entries 170–171 are not in the archive
  65. undatedAmicus Brief (Former Immigration Judges) — East Bay Sanctuary v. TrumpEntry 172
  66. —Entry 173 is not in the archive
  67. —Entry 174: main document not in the archive
  68. Amicus Brief (Council 119) — East Bay Sanctuary v. TrumpEntry 174, attachment 1
  69. —Entry 175 is not in the archive
  70. —Entry 176: main document not in the archive
  71. Cross-Motion and Opposition — East Bay Sanctuary v. TrumpEntry 176, attachment 1
  72. —Entries 177–179 are not in the archive
  73. undatedOrder Granting Leave to File Amicus Briefs — East Bay Sanctuary v. TrumpEntry 180
  74. undatedPlaintiffs' Reply ISO Summary Judgment — East Bay Sanctuary v. TrumpEntry 181
  75. Supplemental Declaration of Edna Yang — East Bay Sanctuary v. TrumpEntry 181, attachment 1
  76. undatedDeclaration of Jaime Paredes — East Bay Sanctuary v. TrumpEntry 181, attachment 2
  77. Defendants' Reply ISO Cross-Motion — East Bay Sanctuary v. TrumpEntry 182
  78. —Entries 183–186 are not in the archive
  79. undatedOrder Granting Plaintiffs' Motion for Summary Judgment — East Bay Sanctuary v. TrumpEntry 187
  80. undatedClerk's Judgment — East Bay Sanctuary v. TrumpEntry 188
  81. Notice of Appeal — East Bay Sanctuary v. Trump (Doc. 189, filed 2023-07-25)Entry 189
  82. Defendants' Emergency Motion to Stay Pending Appeal — East Bay Sanctuary v. TrumpEntry 190
  83. —Entries 191–192 are not in the archive
  84. undatedPlaintiffs' Opposition to Emergency Motion to Stay — East Bay Sanctuary v. TrumpEntry 193
  85. —Entry 194 is not in the archive
  86. undatedOrder Denying Emergency Motion for Stay Pending Appeal — East Bay Sanctuary v. TrumpEntry 195
  87. Ninth Circuit Order Granting Stay — East Bay Sanctuary v. TrumpEntry 196
  88. —Entry 197 is not in the archive
  89. Ninth Circuit Order Placing Appeal in Abeyance — East Bay Sanctuary v. TrumpEntry 198
  90. Ninth Circuit Published Order on Abeyance — East Bay Sanctuary v. TrumpEntry 199
  91. Ninth Circuit Order Denying States' Intervention — East Bay Sanctuary v. TrumpEntry 200
  92. Ninth Circuit Order Denying Belov Intervention — East Bay Sanctuary v. TrumpEntry 201
  93. —Entries 202–203 are not in the archive
  94. Supreme Court Notice — Certiorari Denied — East Bay Sanctuary v. TrumpEntry 204
  95. —Entry 205 is not in the archive
  96. Order to Submit Joint Statement Following Remand — East Bay Sanctuary v. TrumpEntry 206
  97. —Entries 207–216 are not in the archive
  98. Plaintiffs' Brief on Remand — East Bay Sanctuary v. TrumpEntry 217
  99. —Entries 218–221 are not in the archive
  100. Defendants' Supplemental Opposition Brief on Remand — East Bay Sanctuary v. TrumpEntry 222
  101. Plaintiffs' Reply Brief on Remand — East Bay Sanctuary v. TrumpEntry 223
  102. —Entries 224–225 are not in the archive
  103. Order Reconsidering Standing on Remand — East Bay Sanctuary v. TrumpEntry 226

Documents without an entry number

  1. Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief — East Bay Sanctuary v. Trump
  2. Declaration of Adam Isacson — East Bay Sanctuary v. Trump
  3. Declaration of Daniel Sharp (CARECEN) — East Bay Sanctuary v. Trump
  4. Plaintiffs' Memorandum in Support of Motion for Temporary Restraining Order — East Bay Sanctuary v. Trump
  5. Brief of Amicus Curiae for the States of Washington, Massachusetts, New York, and California
  6. Defendants' Opposition to Motion for Temporary Restraining Order — East Bay Sanctuary v. Trump
  7. IRLI Motion for Leave to File Amicus Curiae Brief — East Bay Sanctuary v. Trump
  8. Plaintiffs' Reply in Support of TRO — East Bay Sanctuary v. Trump
  9. Amicus Curiae Brief of IRLI — East Bay Sanctuary v. Trump
  10. Order Granting Temporary Restraining Order — East Bay Sanctuary v. Trump
  11. Defendants' Emergency Motion to Stay TRO Pending Appeal — East Bay Sanctuary v. Trump
  12. Defendants' Notice of Appeal — East Bay Sanctuary v. Trump
  13. Order Granting in Part Emergency Motion to Shorten Time — East Bay Sanctuary v. Trump
  14. Opposition to Defendants' Motion to Stay TRO Pending Appeal — East Bay Sanctuary v. Trump
  15. Order Denying Motion for Stay Pending Appeal — East Bay Sanctuary v. Trump
  16. Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction — East Bay Sanctuary v. Trump
  17. Amicus Brief — East Bay Sanctuary v. Trump (Doc. 81-1, filed 2018-12-05)
  18. Amicus Brief of 12 States and D.C. — East Bay Sanctuary v. Trump (Dkt. 82-1)
  19. Amicus Brief of Immigration Law Professors — East Bay Sanctuary v. Trump (Dkt. 79)
  20. Order — East Bay Sanctuary v. Trump (Doc. 83, filed 2018-12-06)
  21. Order — East Bay Sanctuary v. Trump (Doc. 86, filed 2018-12-07)
  22. Motion — East Bay Sanctuary v. Trump
  23. Opposition Brief — East Bay Sanctuary v. Trump
  24. Reply ISO Motion for Preliminary Injunction — East Bay Sanctuary v. Trump
  25. Opposition to Motion to Strike Extra-Record Evidence — East Bay Sanctuary v. Trump
  26. Reply ISO Motion to Strike Extra-Record Evidence — East Bay Sanctuary v. Trump
  27. Ninth Circuit Order Denying Stay — East Bay Sanctuary v. Trump
  28. Ninth Circuit Partial Dissent (Judge Leavy) — East Bay Sanctuary v. Trump
  29. Order Granting Preliminary Injunction — East Bay Sanctuary v. Trump
  30. Notice of Appeal — East Bay Sanctuary v. Trump (Doc. 100, filed 2018-12-26)
  31. Supreme Court Order Denying Stay — East Bay Sanctuary v. Trump
  32. Motion to Stay Proceedings — East Bay Sanctuary v. Trump
  33. Order Granting Motion to Stay Proceedings — East Bay Sanctuary v. Trump (2019-03-05)
  34. Ninth Circuit Published Superseding Order — East Bay Sanctuary v. Trump
  35. undatedDeclaration of Blas Nuñez-Neto — East Bay Sanctuary v. Trump
  36. undatedPlaintiffs' Appendix — East Bay Sanctuary v. Trump

More documents from this case’s dockets

8 more documents linked to this case’s dockets are in the archive and not in the docket above.

  1. Complaint (2018-11-09)ComplaintComplaint in East Bay Sanctuary Covenant v. Trump, No. 3:18-cv-06810-JST (N.D. Cal.), filed November 9, 2018, challenging an asylum rule and proclamation.
  2. Agreed Motion to Deem AmicusMemorandum or briefStates ask the court to deem their amicus brief filed in East Bay Sanctuary Covenant v. Trump, an immigration case, No. 3:18-cv-06810 (N.D. Cal.).
  3. Amicus Curiae Brief Case No. 3:18-Cv-06810-JstAsylum groups' amicus brief opposing the 2018 asylum bar rule in East Bay Sanctuary Covenant v. Trump, No. 3:18-cv-06810-JST (N.D. Cal.).
  4. Public Citizen Consent Motion for Leave to File Amicus BriefMotionPublic Citizen seeks leave to file an amicus brief on rulemaking, East Bay Sanctuary Covenant v. Trump, No. 18-cv-06810-JST (N.D. Cal.), December 5, 2018.
  5. Motion of States for Leave to File Brief as Amicus CuriaeMotionStates' motion for leave to file amicus brief, East Bay Sanctuary Covenant v. Trump, No. 3:18-cv-06810-JST (N.D. Cal.), Doc. 82, December 5, 2018.
  6. Brief - Response to Court’s Order on Amicus Filings East Bay Sanctuary v. Trump, Case No. 1 (2018-12-07)Response or replyDefendants' response to the Court's order on amicus filings, East Bay Sanctuary Covenant v. Trump, No. 4:18-cv-06810-JST (N.D. Cal.), December 7, 2018.
  7. Complaint (2023-05-11)Memorandum or brief
  8. Transcript Designation Form — East Bay Sanctuary Covenant v. Trump (Dkt. 106)Source documentGovernment's transcript designation for the Ninth Circuit appeal in East Bay Sanctuary Covenant v. Trump, Case No. 18-17436, filed 02/04/19.

Court, dates and docket numbers are as recorded on the filings.

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