Roger Parloff

Ghislaine Maxwell, serving 20 yrs for sex trafficking minors, has been given permission to leave minimum security campus for work assignments, per @muellershewrote.com www.muellershewrote.com/p/exclusive-...

In her dissent today in the case over whether roving patrols of ICE agents in L.A. were stopping & detaining people without reasonable suspicion (Pedro Vasquez Perdomo case), Justice Sotomayor (joined by Kagan & Jackson) twice omitted the word "respectfully" from her "I dissent"s.

Just reading transcript of 7/24 hearing before Judge Boasberg in JGG—AEA case where govt sent Venezuelans to CECOT despite his orders. Even if DC Cir blocks criminal contempt proceedings, Boasberg says he’ll refer DOJ attys to bar authorities & court’s own disciplinary committee ... 1/2

Haitians in the US will keep, for now, their Temporary Protected Status (TPS), despite Secy Noem’s attempt to end it. Last night, a split panel of the DC Cir denied a stay of Judge Reyes’s 2/2 order, which blocked Noem’s action as arbitrary. ... 1/3 storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Judge Tunheim ruled last night in 6 MN contempt cases, all involving noncitizens who were, he writes, “unlawfully arrested and detained” & then, when ordered released, didn’t get back property “critical to [their] safety & well being.” TL:dr: more proceedings to come. ... 1/4

Depraved stories from last Friday’s ruling striking down DHS’s detentions of lawfully admitted & vetted refugees in MN. In Jan 2026, ICE scrapped 45-yrs of practice & started detaining every refugee in MN (5,600) on 1st anniversary of entry, ostensibly to make sure they weren’t terrorists ... 1/4

Govt asks 1st Circuit for emergency stay to maintain DHS's policy of removing noncitizens to 3d countries with minimal process. Judge Murphy declared it illegal. If stay is denied, govt will go straight to SCOTUS, which twice stayed Murphy's preliminary injunctions.

The civil contempt hearing Judge Tunheim ordered US Atty Dan Rosen to attend today, concerning late or no return of detainees' property in ~5 cases, should not be confused with the one Judge Bryan ordered Rosen to attend Tuesday concerning the same issue in ~25 other cases. ... 1/2

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The 2 advocacy groups trying to permit the public to see Jack Smith’s Vol 2 each tried to intervene before Judge Cannon twice—once in 2/25 and once in 2/26. She refused each time. They’re now asking to have all their appeals heard the week of June 22. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Mediator in the Fulton Co. voting records search case will be Harold Melton, former Chief Justice of the GA supreme court. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Govt's appeal brief is due Friday. So it'll be interesting to see if they ask for a continuance—on the grounds that they'd planned to drop the appeal due to its frivolousness but their boss said they couldn't.

It's official. Govt asks to withdraw its unopposed motion to dismiss its appeal in the law firm executive order cases. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...