The Fourth Circuit rejected the Trump administration's assertion that its appeal of a ruling upholding a standing order, which Maryland federal judges issued to temporarily delay the removal of detained noncitizens who file habeas petitions, has become moot.
The U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Florida and an assistant U.S. attorney have urged an Orlando federal judge not to sanction them for the government's response to a noncitizen's habeas petition, saying any shortcomings were an "unintentional oversight."
The Fifth Circuit's split ruling blessing the Trump administration's mandatory immigration detention policy won't be the final say on the matter, but it could supercharge efforts to concentrate detained immigrants there while other circuits weigh the policy's legality.
Houston-area developer Colony Ridge will pay $68 million to settle with the U.S. government and state of Texas over claims that it targeted Hispanic consumers with predatory land sales and financing, the U.S. Department of Justice said Tuesday.
A D.C. federal judge grappled Monday with what relief he can grant to Venezuelans the Trump administration deported under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act, including whether the government must return the men, provide remote hearings or let them contest their alleged gang membership.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement must release an Iraqi refugee who has been in immigration detention since last July, a special master in Michigan federal court ordered Monday, saying the refugee's continued detention flouted a class action settlement agreement.
Tufts University graduate student Rümeysa Öztürk is no longer subject to removal proceedings, after an immigration judge ruled that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security had not shown that she should be deported, her lawyers said Monday.
Recent decisions from courts across the country demonstrate how different jurisdictions balance competing policy interests in determining whether legal malpractice claims can be assigned, providing a framework to identify when and how to challenge any attempted assignment, says Christopher Blazejewski at Sherin & Lodgen.
A California federal judge granted the Trump administration's push to block part of a new Golden State law requiring federal agents to stop hiding their faces behind masks, but said another law requiring them to display identification can take effect.
The Trump administration must continue to refrain from arresting and detaining refugees in Minnesota who haven't yet secured permanent resident status, a Minnesota federal court has ruled, finding no support in the Immigration and Nationality Act for their mandatory detention.