NEW: Mahmoud Khalil was denied bail tonightβ€”at least for now. The filings are sealed, but Judge Farbiarz appears to have found that Khalil's attorneys haven't yet satisfied the "extraordinary circumstances" test under circuit precedent. https://lionsmane.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:qrllvid7s54k4hnwtqxwetrf&cid=bafkreiggrpchytx4jisijz5oltz6hmwu5uxrmeijhoxvloojmmgmxvhfwa
ICYMI: Overnight, SCOTUS (7–2) ordered the govt not to deport any Venezuelans in the ACLU's putative class as courts considered their petitionsβ€”AND the Fifth Circuit denied ACLU's motion for a stay. We're now waiting for the US solicitor general to file a response with SCOTUS. https://lionsmane.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:qrllvid7s54k4hnwtqxwetrf&cid=bafkreiawzp7qaofhp4f6ysqpvqe3jtjpuij2pho2g2gi5h3dxascfdfooa https://lionsmane.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:qrllvid7s54k4hnwtqxwetrf&cid=bafkreicj5ynzxefic2bl7c2vu3rhoffgkbnifbjkf4ip4f7wacopokbh2a
STARTING NOW: Judge Boasberg holds an emergency hearing on reportedly imminent Alien Enemies Act deportations. 🧡 https://lionsmane.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:qrllvid7s54k4hnwtqxwetrf&cid=bafkreigp6nrmpsa4mp6re7fwjwi4jnycsefinwvg6exfjltbttzxrzgg5m
NEW: Judge Sessions orders RΓΌmeysa Γ–ztΓΌrk transferred from Louisiana to Vermont, finding that she β€œhas presented viable and serious habeas claims which warrant urgent review.” [storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...](πŸ“„.pdf ) https://lionsmane.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:qrllvid7s54k4hnwtqxwetrf&cid=bafkreibyrazir4qvaerrijy56yvliyguqwcdh5j32dhjsjyjxdwotiyxua
If it's true that Kilmar Abrego Garcia was "transferred nine days ago from the CECOT prison to a lower-level facility in Santa Ana," that means that one of the very few facts that the Trump admin told Judge Xinis in its declarations was false. [Abrego Garcia Told Chris Van H...](
Maryland Deportee Told Senator He Had Been in Isolation in El Salvador Prison
Senator Chris Van Hollen said that Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia,who was deported and incarcerated in El Salvador, reported having been transferred ...
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link to blogpost is dated april 21st, so monday. can't wait for my bluecheck 😊 [contains quote post or other embedded content]
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NEW: The Fourth Circuit REJECTS the Trump admin's appeal of Judge Xinis's orders to "facilitate" Kilmar Abrego Garcia's release: "We shall not micromanage the efforts of a fine district judge attempting to implement the Supreme Court's recent decision." [storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...](πŸ“„.pdf ) https://lionsmane.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:qrllvid7s54k4hnwtqxwetrf&cid=bafkreihqif6zdrucvah3vjzao4utawnz7qsab2ngji5pw62jo3ud6yi4du
NEW: DOJ notifies Judge Xinis that it is appealing her revised order directing it to "facilitate" the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the Fourth Circuit. [storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...](πŸ“„.pdf ) https://lionsmane.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:qrllvid7s54k4hnwtqxwetrf&cid=bafkreifpxarq5czb2ghxqm4hxgek6eoqdw5c3xyqbuulkmfowfglskk4hu
NEW: Judge Boasberg finds probable cause for contempt against the Trump administration: "The Constitution does not tolerate willful disobedience of judicial orders β€” especially by officials of a coordinate branch who have sworn an oath to uphold it." [storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...](πŸ“„.pdf ) https://lionsmane.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:qrllvid7s54k4hnwtqxwetrf&cid=bafkreihowfbvofmcpy6eq3xyxss5ydbxonjg3uiepovafvga2qlyh57474