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Trump administration sues Maryland federal court docket and its judges over standing order on deportations
By Debra Cassens Weiss
June 26, 2025, 9:52 am CDT
The Trump administration has filed a lawsuit in Maryland federal court docket towards the court docket itself and its judges in an effort to overturn a standing order that robotically bars the deportation of detained immigrants who file habeas petitions. (Picture from Shutterstock)
The Trump administration has filed a lawsuit in Maryland federal court docket towards the court docket itself and its judges in an effort to overturn a standing order that robotically bars the deportation of detained immigrants who file habeas petitions.
In line with a June 25 press launch from the Division of Justice, the standing order “is yet one more egregious instance of illegal judicial overreach into the manager department’s potential to implement and administer federal legislation.”
Regulation.com, Reuters, Bloomberg Regulation and the New York Occasions lined the bizarre June 24 swimsuit.
A separate DOJ movement seeks seeks recusal of the defendant judges. The case ought to be transferred to a different district, or a special decide ought to be appointed to deal with the case, the movement says.
Chief U.S. District Choose George L. Russell III of the District of Maryland signed the preliminary standing order Could 21 and a revised order Could 28. The order retains the injunction in place for practically two enterprise days except it’s prolonged by the decide listening to the case.
The “automated injunction points whether or not or not the alien wants or seeks emergency aid, whether or not or not the court docket has jurisdiction over the alien’s claims, and irrespective of how frivolous the alien’s claims could also be,” the swimsuit says. “And it does so within the immigration context, thus intruding on core govt department powers.”
Bloomberg Regulation famous the bizarre posture of the case.
“The lawsuit is for certain to lift questions of judicial immunity, as judges usually can’t be sued over their official acts,” the article says.
In an interview with Reuters, Marin Levy, a professor on the Duke College Faculty of Regulation, mentioned the swimsuit “is a stunning transfer by the Justice Division that’s merely unprecedented.”
“It looks as if a part of a strategic try and assault the courts, relatively than any kind of good religion litigation,” Levy mentioned.
The case is United States v. Russell.
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