Overnight, the team asked USDC Judge Xinis to order limited document production, and discovery -- into proving that (once again!) the Trumpians have filed false sworn statements in court, to try to dissolve her injunction and deport Mr. Abrego Garcia to. . . Liberia. Someplace he faces torture and starvation -- and a place with which he has no connection.
In addition, the team could thereby prove that the Trumpians are/were lying under oath, about (the supposed non-existence of) Costa Rica's existing "open arms" policy (as to Abrego Garcia, at least) -- a place Abrego and his family could decamp to, until the Tangerine regime is at an end.
Here's that -- and a bit, of the sharp end of the spear:
. . .The Government now asks this Court to dissolve its injunction based on a memorandum and a declaration that rest on the same types of inconsistent and uncorroborated factual statements that have proven false in earlier phases of this litigation. Good cause therefore exists to take discovery to test the veracity of the factual assertions in the Lyons Memorandum and the Schultz Declaration.
Petitioner’s proposed discovery is closely calibrated to the specific factual claims the Government has placed at issue through its own submissions. It is limited to a discrete set of materials and testimony needed to evaluate those claims—namely, the facts underlying the Lyons Memorandum and the Schultz Declaration relating to Petitioner’s removability to Costa Rica and Liberia.
Responding to the document requests will not require searches of electronic communications across ICE, DHS, or the State Department generally. Rather, these materials are readily known to and held by specific agency officials who have already been identified in this litigation.Any legitimate concerns regarding purportedly sensitive diplomatic information can be addressed through protective orders and by closing the courtroom for any sensitive testimony, as has been done previously in this litigation. . . .
Now you know -- onward, resolutely -- and do root for the underdog, Illinois, tonight!
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