A federal judge dismissed a Trump administration lawsuit against 15 Maryland district court judges over deportation case policy, citing judicial immunity protections.
A federal judge on Tuesday tossed out an unusual lawsuit the Trump administration brought against all 15 judges of the district court in Maryland over a policy the court has regarding deportation cases.
Judge Thomas Cullen, an appointee of President Donald Trump, scolded the administration for the confrontational lawsuit and said he dismissed it because the judges were protected by judicial immunity and because the executive branch lacked standing to bring the claims in the first place.
Cullen criticized the administration for suing not just the chief judge of the district court, who issued the court policy in question, but « ostensibly for good measure » all the court’s other judges.
The policy, known as a standing order, requires court clerks in Maryland to automatically enter administrative pauses that last two business days in cases brought by alleged illegal immigrants who are challenging their detentions or removals.
