Kyle Cheney

JUST IN: A 16th straight district court has rejected DOJ’s bid to obtain state voter rolls — this one in Connecticut. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Order on Motion to Compel AND Order on Motion to Dismiss AND Order on Motion to Dismiss AND Order on Motion to Dismiss – #109 in United States v. Thomas (D. Conn., 3:26-cv-00021) – CourtListener.com

ORDER denying 9 Motion to Compel; granting 60 Motion to Dismiss; finding as moot 56 and 58 Motions to Dismiss. For the reasons set forth in the attached Memorandum of Decision, the United States' 9 Mo...

CAN'T MAKE IT UP: ICE deported a man to Mexico in violation of a court order in Nov., acknowledged the error and returned him to the U.S.

Then they deported him to El Salvador, in violation of court-ordered torture protection. He's currently imprisoned. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

BREAKING: A federal appeals court panel has upheld White House aide Peter NAVARRO's criminal conviction for defying a subpoena from the Jan. 6 select committee.
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The Justice Department appears to have included a fake AI-generated. citation in an ICE detainee's case.

Judge Jarbou, a Trump appointee in Michigan, called it out:
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JUST IN: DOJ has lost for the 10th straight time in an effort to obtain states' voter rolls.

This defeat is courtesty of Judge Joseph LaPlante, a George W. Bush appointee in New Hampshire.

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Order on Motion to Compel – #86 in United States v. NH Secretary of State (D.N.H., 1:25-cv-00371) – CourtListener.com

///MEMORANDUM ORDER denying as moot re 31 Motion to Compel; granting re 32 Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim; granting re 37 Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim. So Ordered by ...

JUST IN: A 2nd Circuit judge has denied President Trump's effort to immediately block the $5 million disbursement to E. Jean Carroll.

Judge Claria Horn Boom, a Trump appointee in Kentucky, has denied the administration bid to obtain Kentucky's voter rolls, the latest in an unbroken string of legal defeats on this issue. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

JUST IN: A federal judge has paused the Paramount/Warner Bros. merger, saying it likely violates antitrust laws. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

JUST IN: A federal judge in Minnesota — Trump appointed chief judge Eric Tostrud — has rejected the administation's effort to force Minnesota to cooperate in enforcing federal immigration law.

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Here's a new one: ICE *prevented* a man from self-deporting by a June 11 deadline — he asked ICE to let him leave and had a one-way plane ticket for June 10.

Then ICE re-detained him because he missed the deadline. Due process violation, judge rules. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

BREAKING: The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals just ruled 2-1 that ICE cannot detain people under the Trump administration's massive new detention policy for more than 90 days without affording them a bond hearing. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/28...

👀👀 DOJ inadvertently delivered Volume II of Jack Smith's report to the lawyers representing a defendant accused of improperly accessing/sending the report to herself.

They notified Judge Cannon of the breach today.

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JUST IN: A federal judge in Ohio, describing hostility toward nonwhite immigrants expressed by President Trump/VP Vance, becomes the latest judge to order the administration to unfreeze immigrant benefit applications frozen by USCIS. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

NEWS: The Trump administration has activated a secretive and never-before-used legal process to quickly deport foreign nationals deemed to be “alien terrorists” or their immediate family members.

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A federal judge in Louisiana — Trump appointee David Joseph — has orderd the release of a nursing mother of a 6-month-old (and 3 other minor US citizen kids) who was detained in vioaltion of ICE's policy against detaining most pregnant/postpartum mothers.
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JUST IN: It's over. Judge Kelly has granted DOJ's motion to dismiss the J6 seditious conspiracy case against Proud Boys leaders

He takes a couple parting shots, suggesting Trump's view of the riot is based on "fiction" and notes PB prosectuion started under him
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NEW: A judge reluctantly erased the Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy case against the Proud Boys tonight, concluding he had no power to get in DOJ's way.

But Judge Kelly, a Trump appointee, made clear he disagreed — and underscored the gravity of the attack.

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JUST IN: Roger Rogoff, who was appointed interim US attorney by judges in Washington state and immediately fired by President Trump, is suing to block his removal.

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Preliminary Injunction – #8 in Rogoff v. Trump (W.D. Wash., 2:26-cv-02566) – CourtListener.com

MOTION for Preliminary Injunction, filed by Plaintiff Roger Rogoff. Oral Argument Requested. (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Order) Noting Date 8/18/2026, (Rittereiser, Jason) (Entered: 07/21/2026)

JUST IN: A federal appeals court has upheld a district judge's order blocking the firing of CIA officials terminated without cause during implementation of Trump admin's anti-DEI initiative. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Published authored opinion filed – #41 in John Doe 1 v. Office of the Director of National Intelligence (4th Cir., 25-1527) – CourtListener.com

PUBLISHED AUTHORED OPINION filed. Originating case number: 1:25-cv-00300-AJT-LRV. 1002008022 [25-1527] AW

NEW: A judge said today that President Trump’s policy facilitating visas for World Cup players undercuts his claims that other immigration benefits — for nationals from some of the same countries — need to be halted for security reasons

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Judge handling challenge to Trump immigration halt cites exceptions for World Cup visas

“If the categorical ban on those countries was needed," the Obama appointee asked, "why did we let the soccer players in?"

NEW: A fourth federal appeals court has rejected ICE's massive expansion of mandatory detention for immigrants that have resided in U.S. for years.

It seems increasingly certain that the Supreme Court will take up the issue next term.

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JUST IN: Judge Ali says alleged J6 pipe bomber Brian Cole is NOT covered by President Trump’s pardon, despite his effort to claim he was covered by Trump’s Day One blanket pardon for those “convicted” of Jan. 6 offenses.

NEW: A federal judge said President Trump attempted to manipulate the courts, concocting a lawsuit to justify the settlement that established the "anti-weaponization" fund and shielded his family from IRS scrutiny.

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JUST IN: Despite expressing "significant misigivings," Judge Sooknanan approves a settlement between the SEC and Elon Musk's trust over violations in his acquisition of Twitter.

She says it's up to voters to decide whether the settlement is legit. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...