USDC Judge Sabraw (In Ms. L Class Action) -- Like USDC Judge Dolly Gee (In Flores) -- Has The Unfettered Right To Enforce Settlements/Consent Decrees... Obviously.

Whew -- busy day, catching up on all the federal orders Trump has been violating.

But post my off-grid trip, I now think we are up to date -- through tonight. Here's the latest on the Ms. L. class action before Judge Sabraw in San Diego:

. . .Consistent with the Court’s prior orders, and given the Court’s “power to award such relief and issue such judgments as the Court deems necessary for enforcement of the Settlement Agreement[,]” (Settlement Agreement at 43, ECF No. 721-2), the Court continues its order requiring the Government to inform Plaintiffs’ counsel within 24 hours if it detains a member of the Ms. L. Class or other QAFMs defined in the Settlement Agreement. The information provided to Plaintiffs’ counsel shall include, but is not limited to, the identity of the detained person, his or her A-file number, and place of detention.

The Court also reimposes its stay on removal of Class Members or QAFMs defined in the Settlement Agreement pending reissuance of Acacia’s task order. . . .

[T]he Supreme Court has stated this subsection “says nothing about stays, but is instead titled, ‘Limit on injunctive relief,’ and refers to the authority of courts to ‘enjoin the removal of any alien.’” Nken v. Holder, 556 U.S. 418, 430 (2009) (quoting 8 U.S.C. § 1252(f)(2)). Although [Trump] Defendants characterize this Court’s order as an injunction rather than a stay, their characterization of the Court’s action is not controlling. Rather, the stay being imposed is simply a temporary suspension of any removal orders against Class Members and QAFMs while Defendants cure their breach of the legal provisions of the parties’ Settlement Agreement. . . .

Within ten (10) days of this Order being filed, Defendants shall produce to Plaintiffs’ counsel: (1) A list of the names, A numbers, and location of all Class Members and QAFMs currently in ICE custody, and (2) A list of the names, A numbers, and most current contact information for all class members and QAFMs required to report to ICE for check-ins.

Until the Independent Adjudicator rules on membership in the class for all outstanding applicants, Defendants shall not take immigration enforcement actions against these applicants. Plaintiffs shall identify the pending applicants to Defendants upon entry of this Order. . . .

The able Judge Sabraw then goes on to set a briefing schedule, which you may see here, in full. But the central object lesson I wanted to get across -- yet again! -- is that the Noemites / Trumpians / Rubio-idijits cannot thwart federal law, or prior final federal court orders. They just. . . cannot.



And Old Trumpie is now close to having lost 350 life to date, and only won about. . . six. Hilarious.

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