# US v. Walz, Ellison, OHE, Minnesota (0:25-cv-02668) *Federal civil action brought by the United States against the State of Minnesota and named defendants.* *United States v. Walz, Ellison, OHE, Minnesota* (docket 0:25-cv-02668) is a civil action brought by the United States against the State of [[Minnesota]] and the defendants named in its caption. The [[United States Department of Justice]] announced the suit through its Office of Public Affairs in release No. 26-21, dated January 14, 2026, under the title *United States Department of Justice Files Lawsuit Against Minnesota's 'Affirmative Action' Regime*.[^1] According to the release, Attorney General Pamela Bondi certified the case as a matter of general public importance.[^1] The release's title applies the United States' own term, "'Affirmative Action' Regime," to the State's apparatus.[^1] The project's catalogue of U.S.-government "regime" usages finds that no other U.S. state has been so described. This is the project's catalogue finding, not an independently established fact. The record assembled here does not establish the court of filing, the complaint's filing date, the statutes or policies the complaint challenges, or any response or ruling. The action is pending as far as the record shows.[^1] ## Parties and instrument The United States is the plaintiff.[^1] The caption names Walz, Ellison, OHE and Minnesota as defendants. The record does not state the capacities in which the individual defendants are sued. It also does not identify the instrument at issue beyond the release's reference to affirmative action, so it does not establish who enacted, amended or maintained that instrument, or when.[^1] ## Procedural history - January 14, 2026: The Department of Justice issued release No. 26-21 announcing the lawsuit. The release reports that Attorney General Pamela Bondi certified the case as a matter of general public importance.[^1] ## Claims The complaint's allegations, and the documentary predicate on which they rest, are not part of the record assembled here. The characterization of the State's apparatus as an "'Affirmative Action' Regime" is the Department's own wording in the title of its release. It is reported here as the Department's description and not as a finding of any court.[^1] ## See also - [[United States Department of Justice]] - [[Affirmative action]] - [[Minnesota]] ## Notes [^1]: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs, *United States Department of Justice Files Lawsuit Against Minnesota's 'Affirmative Action' Regime*, release No. 26-21 (Jan. 14, 2026) — establishes the Department's announcement of the suit, the release's title and the Attorney General's certification of the case as a matter of general public importance. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/united-states-department-justice-files-lawsuit-against-minnesotas-affirmative-action-regime