Abrego Garcia et al v. Noem et al

  1. June 11, 2025

    DOJ Says Abrego Garcia's Return Moots His Removal Suit

    U.S. Department of Justice attorneys told a Maryland federal judge they will soon ask the court to dismiss Kilmar Abrego Garcia's suit challenging his erroneous removal to El Salvador, saying his return to the U.S. to face criminal charges moots the matter.

  2. June 06, 2025

    Kilmar Abrego Garcia Back In US To Face Smuggling Charges

    Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whom the Trump administration removed to an El Salvador prison in March, is back in the U.S. and charged by a federal grand jury in Tennessee with smuggling unauthorized immigrants, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday.

  3. June 04, 2025

    Press Groups Get Some Abrego Garcia Case Docs Unsealed

    A Maryland federal judge gave a partial win Wednesday to more than a dozen news organizations pushing to intervene in the suit challenging the removal of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to El Salvador, ordering some sealed documents to be made public.

  4. May 28, 2025

    Feds Say Court Lacks Jurisdiction In Abrego Garcia Case

    The Trump administration urged a Maryland federal judge to throw out a lawsuit challenging the removal of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to El Salvador, saying the court lacks jurisdiction over the matter because he is no longer in U.S. custody.

  5. May 21, 2025

    News Orgs Not Entitled To Abrego Garcia Files, Feds Say

    The U.S. Department of Justice told a Maryland federal judge that more than a dozen news organizations looking to unseal records in litigation challenging the removal of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to El Salvador have no right to access sensitive discovery materials.

  6. May 16, 2025

    DOJ's Privilege Claim Questioned In Abrego Garcia Case

    A Maryland federal judge said Friday that the Trump administration had provided scant explanation for invoking state secrets privilege to shield information in litigation challenging the removal of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to El Salvador.

  7. April 24, 2025

    Md. Judge Pauses Discovery In Abrego Garcia Case

    The Maryland federal judge overseeing the case to get Kilmar Abrego Garcia out of prison in El Salvador and back to the United States has paused discovery into whether the Trump administration is complying with her order to do just that.

  8. April 17, 2025

    4th Circ. Refuses To Halt Abrego Garcia Probe In Sharp Order

    A Fourth Circuit panel on Thursday rejected the Trump administration's "extraordinary" emergency motion to stay a discovery order in litigation over Kilmar Abrego Garcia's deportation to El Salvador, while cautioning the administration against ignoring federal courts, saying it could degrade both executive and judicial branch powers and that "law in time will sign its epitaph."

  9. April 15, 2025

    Judge Orders Discovery On Actions In Abrego Garcia Case

    A Maryland federal judge ordered two weeks of discovery and depositions of at least four Trump administration officials into whether it's complying with her order to get back a Maryland man sent to a Salvadoran megaprison, saying that the updates she's gotten so far have shown that "nothing has been done."

  10. April 11, 2025

    Judge Wants Daily Updates On Man Deported To El Salvador

    A Maryland federal judge on Friday said it was "extremely troubling" that a U.S. Department of Justice lawyer could not share the whereabouts of a Maryland man mistakenly deported to an El Salvador prison or the steps being taken to return him, ordering daily updates about whether the government is taking measures to bring the man back.

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