He's given the Noem / Rubio lawyers only until about two hours from now, to oppose.
But then I am all but certain he will rule that she may see her husband in private -- and he may hold his baby for the first time.
. . .[Updated Order; Family Contact Visitation Tomorrow, Granted.] On May 22, 2025, Khalil shall be permitted to meet with (1) his lawyer or lawyers and (2) his wife, Dr. [REDACTED] -- at a single, joint meeting.
The meeting shall start before 10:30am, local time. The meeting shall take place in-person, and under conditions (including as to length of time and confidentiality) that are appropriate for a substantial attorney-client meeting. The facility and its officials may take reasonably necessary security measures. This Order is made under Title 28, United States Code, Section 1651.
IT IS on this 21st day of May, 2025, so ORDERED.
[Immediately prior] TEXT ORDER: The Respondents indicated to the Court's deputy late this afternoon that they were working to meet the Court's filing deadline but would likely not make it. But enough time was provided. This issue is a highly narrow one.
And it has, per the Petitioner's letter at ECF 258, been brewing for long enough --- the lawyers have been well aware of it, and so have officials at the relevant detention facility. In addition, the Respondents have indicated they need time to explain certain "security concerns" to the Court.
But the Court's Order at ECF 262 allows for reasonable security measures to be taken. So Ordered by Judge Michael E. Farbiarz on 5/21/2025. . . .
TEXT ORDER: Construing the Respondents' letter at ECF 263 as a motion for reconsideration of the Court's Order at ECF 262, the motion is denied. So Ordered by Judge Michael E. Farbiarz on 5/21/2025. . . .
[Earliest] TEXT ORDER: The Petitioner filed a letter this afternoon and the Court received it a few moments ago.
The letter represents that the Petitioner's wife, currently in Louisiana, is aware of certain facts that would be of assistance to counsel in their current habeas representation of the Petitioner before this Court. The Court credits this representation.
In this circumstance, the Court is inclined to issue an order today in aid of its jurisdiction, under the All Writs Act, at Title 8, United States Code, Section 1651, to permit the Petitioner, his wife, and the Petitioner's lawyers to meet together tomorrow morning at the facility where the Petitioner is held.
It is apparent from the attachments to this letter that this issue was not teed up for the first time today.
And it is apparent from the letter that in response to the Petitioner's request, the Respondents have been actively thinking through various issues, including with respect to facility security.
Should the Respondents wish to be heard in general, or as to how an order might be appropriately tailored, they should make a filing before 4:30 pm today.
So Ordered by Judge Michael E. Farbiarz on 5/21/2025. . . .
Onward -- grinning. Sometimes the right thing. . . happens.
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And this was the lie the private prison officer told down in Jena -- to resist letting a family visit occur:
ReplyDelete". . .The facility is providing a one-time exception today, May 21, 2025, to allow Mr. Khalil to meet with four of his attorneys scheduled to meet with him in a training room, which is larger than the visitation rooms, in preparation for the hearing tomorrow. This room is located within a secured portion of CLIPC. Outside of this one-time accommodation, family members and attorneys are not allowed inside the secured part of the CLIPC, and all visitation is conducted in the visitation rooms. Visitation within the secured part of CLIPC presents security issues for the facility, the respondent, and his wife and child. . . ."
He avers that no one has ever had a family contact visit in Jena. This is a plainly false statement.
As we saw in Khalil's counsels' letter, Jena policy is to ALLOW family contact visits. It has done so many times before for non-violent detainees.