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September 15, 2026
The D.C. Circuit tore into the Trump administration Tuesday morning after a government attorney refused to answer how long an Office of Refugee Resettlement approval of a sponsor for an "unaccompanied" child lasts, even when the court whittled the time down to a matter of hours.
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September 14, 2026
The Sixth Circuit revived a lawsuit brought by a Michigan prisoner challenging prison officials for confiscating a book written by his sister, reversing a trial court decision that had granted summary judgment to the defendant after finding the prisoner failed to exhaust his administrative remedies under the Prison Litigation Reform Act.
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September 10, 2026
The Sixth Circuit has ruled that qualified immunity applied to four Detroit police officers sued by a man who had spent 22 years in prison before his convictions for sexual assault and breaking and entering were thrown out, finding probable cause supported his prosecution even though dog-tracking evidence in the case was eventually discredited.
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September 08, 2026
A Maryland federal judge awarded a class of asylum-seekers roughly $161,000 in attorney fees on Tuesday, finding that the Trump administration lacked substantial justification for deporting a Venezuelan to El Salvador despite a class settlement governing his asylum claim.
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September 02, 2026
Miami college administrators urged a Florida federal court to dismiss a lawsuit filed by students who said they were unjustly disciplined for protesting against a U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement contract, saying immunity bars the complaint against them.
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