The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said in a filing submitted late Wednesday that U.S. District Court Judge Paula Xinis lacks the authority to grant the requests made by the immigration attorneys representing Kilmar Abrego Garcia in his Maryland lawsuit against the Trump administration over his March deportation.
It came in response to a previous filing from Abrego Garcia’s attorneys, asking Xinis for permission to submit an amended lawsuit after the citizen of El Salvador was returned to Tennessee to face human smuggling charges.
https://tennesseestar.com/justice/doj-warns-maryland-judge-has-no-authority-to-demand-return-of-kilmar-abrego-garcia-to-maryland/tpappert/2025/07/17/
