Sierra Club et al v. Biden et al

  1. September 16, 2025

    Feds Oppose Sierra Club's Bid To Freeze $50M In Border Funds

    The Trump administration told a California federal court Monday that forcing it to honor a settlement agreement between the Sierra Club and the Biden administration to use $50 million in border security funds on environmental projects would place the government between two conflicting court orders.

  2. September 05, 2025

    Sierra Club Looks To Secure Border Wall Settlement Funds

    The Sierra Club and a nonprofit ally asked a California federal judge to order the Trump administration to preserve at least $50 million of border wall construction funds to pay for environmental projects required by a settlement struck with the Biden administration.

  3. July 17, 2023

    Biden Admin Settles California, Sierra Club Border Wall Suits

    The Biden administration will conduct a widespread cleanup to repair environmental damage from construction of the Trump-era southern border wall to resolve a quartet of lawsuits over the controversial policy dating back to the previous administration.

  4. January 21, 2021

    Judge Asks What Biden Order Means For Border Wall Fight

    Now that President Joe Biden has flexed his executive power to halt construction on the wall along the southern border, a California federal judge wants to know how that affects a legal fight over the Trump administration's decision to divert billions in military funds for the project.

  5. March 03, 2020

    Sierra Club, Nonprofit Can Link Border Wall Funding Suits

    A California federal judge has approved a bid by the Sierra Club and the Southern Border Communities Coalition to relate two lawsuits over the Trump administration's diversion of billions of already earmarked military funds to build a southern border wall.

  6. February 28, 2020

    Sierra Club, Nonprofit Seek To Link Border Wall Funding Suits

    The Sierra Club and the Southern Border Communities Coalition on Friday asked a California federal judge to consider relating two suits over the Trump administration's diversion of billions of already-earmarked military funds to build a southern border wall.

  7. February 06, 2020

    Sierra Club Sets Aside $601M Border Wall Funding Claims

    The Sierra Club voluntarily dropped claims over $601 million in Treasury funds that were diverted for U.S.-Mexico border wall projects, but can raise the claims again in the future, according to documents filed Thursday in California federal court.

  8. December 11, 2019

    Second Judge Slams Trump's Bid To Divert $3.6B For Wall

     A California federal judge on Wednesday blocked the Trump administration from using $3.6 billion in military construction funds to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, but gave the government time to appeal before the order goes into effect.

  9. October 23, 2019

    Tribe Says Trump's Wall Would Make Border Problems Worse

    A Native American tribe whose reservation lies on the Mexican border urged a California federal judge Tuesday to prevent federal funds from being transferred for President Donald Trump's planned border wall, saying the move would make it more costly for the tribe to police its lands.

  10. October 21, 2019

    House Says Illegal Crossings Are Not National Emergency

    The House of Representatives told a California federal judge Friday that illegal crossings along the U.S.-Mexico border don't amount to a national emergency allowing President Donald Trump to transfer $3.6 billion in defense funding to build a wall.