[U X2: Denied Late Night] Summarily Deporting/Removing People To South Sudan (Or Libya): Now, Back Into A Temporary Hold, By DC USDC Judge Randy Moss. Woot!

The back and forth is. . . rather dizzying. An appeal court granted a temporary pause on USDC Judge Murphy's order, while the merits are litigated. Then, the Supremes declined to disturb that temporary stay.

But today, on the Fourth Holiday, proper -- (at the DC trial court level) USDC Judge Randy Moss in Washington entered a new temporary stay -- and sent this second case to Boston, and Judge Murphy.

So for now at least, people without papers cannot be flown to countries on the opposite side of the globe -- to places where they have no connections -- and be dumped to starve or be tortured.

Yes, so now we wait to see what USDC Judge Murphy does in Boston, tonight or tomorrow.

Here's The Guardian (UK) on it all:

. . .[O]n Friday afternoon, in an extraordinary Fourth of July hearing, the district judge Randolph Moss sent the case north from Washington to another judge in Boston. Moss concluded that the judge best equipped to deal with the issues was Brian Murphy, whose rulings led to the initial halt of the Trump administration’s effort to begin deportations to the eastern African country. . . .

UPDATED: We now have Judge Moss's full text set of three separate orders, from this afternoon:

. . .MINUTE ORDER:

In light of Plaintiffs' motion for a temporary restraining order, Dkt. [2], the Court hereby ENTERS and administrative STAY pending further order of the Court to allow the government to gather the information it needs to respond to Plaintiffs' motion for a temporary restraining order and to provide time for a hearing on that emergency motion. See United States v. Texas, 144 S. Ct. 797, 798 (Barrett, J., concurring) (describing administrative stays as "freez[ing] legal proceedings until the court can rule on a party's request for expedited relief").

Defendants are ENJOINED from moving, transferring, or removing from U.S. custody any Plaintiffs while the Court's administrative stay remains in effect.

It is further ORDERED that the parties shall appear for a Zoom conference on July 4, 2025, at 12:30 p.m. Plaintiffs are hereby ORDERED to ensure that Defendants receive actual notice of this order.

When the parties reconvene at 2:30 p.m. today, the parties should be prepared to address the Supreme Court's per curiam order in J.G.G. v. Trump, 145 S. Ct. 1003 (2025), in which the Court explained that, "[r]egardless of whether the detainees formally request release from confinement, because their claims for relief 'necessarily imply the invalidity' of their confinement and removal under the AEA, their claims fall within the 'core' of the writ of habeas corpus and thus must be brought in habeas. . . ."

For the reasons stated on the record, it is hereby ORDERED that this case be TRANSFERRED FORTHWITH to the District Court for the District of Massachusetts, as related to 25-cv-10676 pending before Judge Murphy. It is further ORDERED that the Court's administrative stay shall remain in place until 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time on July 4, 2025, to provide Plaintiffs with an opportunity to seek relief in that court. . . .

Signed by Judge Randolph D. Moss on 7/4/2025. . . .

Now you know. After midnight the orders staying the flights were lifted. So these men may already be flying to Sudan. Still, please do keep believing in the fragile, improbable dream that is America's robust freedom of expression -- and personal liberty, coupled to rights for all humans.

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