She also ordered Noem to report by 9:30 am Eastern, tomorrow, Friday — on what steps have been taken… to get Mr. Abrego Garcia home. She will hold a hearing tomorrow afternoon in Greenbelt, MD — and I’d bet a dial in will ultimately be made available.

Rather than just post a link — I am posting the able USDC Judge Paula Xinis’s order in full text below. This is how you… run a court, when a man’s life literally hangs in the balance (due to shocking ICE / DHS / governmental incompetence — at best):

…The Supreme Court’s April 10, 2025 decision in Noem v. Abrego Garcia, 604 U.S.—–, No. 24A949, affirmed this Court’s Order at ECF No. 21 (the “Order”), and directed that on remand, this Court clarify its use of the term “effectuate,” according proper deference to the Executive Branch in its conduct of foreign affairs. See Slip Op. at 2. To this end, the Court hereby amends the Order to DIRECT that Defendants take all available steps to facilitate the return of Abrego Garcia to the United States as soon as possible.

Further, as the Supreme Court made clear, “the Government should be prepared to share what it can concerning the steps it has taken and the prospect of further steps.” See Slip Op. at 2.

Accordingly, the Court DIRECTS Defendants to file, by no later than 9:30 AM ET on Friday, April 11, 2025, a supplemental declaration from an individual with personal knowledge, addressing the following: (1) the current physical location and custodial status of Abrego Garcia; (2) what steps, if any, Defendants have taken to facilitate Abrego Garcia’s immediate return to the United States; and (3) what additional steps Defendants will take, and when, to facilitate his return. To the extent Defendants believe any portion of their submission must be filed under seal, they shall comply with the Court’s Local Rules governing the sealing of materials. See D. Md. Loc. R. 105.11.

Finally, the Court will hold an in-person status conference on Friday, April 11, 2025, at 1:00 PM ET, at the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, 6500 Cherrywood Lane, Greenbelt, Maryland 20770….

And so we see that the vast majority (now around 100-to-1) of all US lawyers and judges (regardless of political leanings) are saying the same thing to Tangerine 2.0 and Kristi Noem: the notion of ordered liberty, under the law — and due process… “will not die — not on my watch“. Onward.

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Updated at Noon — the Fourth Circuit (see Appeal no. 25-1345) has denied Tangerine any stay of the order to put him on a flight home by tonight. That is clearly correct. End update.

Welp — once again, the hubris and malignancy of Kristi Noem was in high dungeon, this past week/weekend. As was that of Pam Bondi.

Bondi (likely on orders from Stephen Miller, Noem and Tangerine 2.0) has now effectively fired two layers of US Attorneys (who, in her view… “let” this order get entered). That is, she fired them for not engaging in what would have been a fraud upon the court, after her own agents publicly admitted they grabbed the wrong guy, and without so much as a cursory march past any judge, dumped him in the worst hell-hole in the Western Hemisphere. Damn.

And so, from the able USDC Judge’s 22 page opinion (a PDF) — denying Tangerine 2.0 / Noem any stay, as published yesterday (on a Sunday):

…In 2019, an immigration judge — acting under the authority delegated by the United States Attorney General and pursuant to powers vested by Congress [Ed. Note: Thus he was granted relief DURING Trump’s first term!] — granted Plaintiff Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia (“Abrego Garcia”) withholding of removal, thereby protecting him from return to his native country, El Salvador. ECF No. 1 ¶ 41; ECF No. 1-1. Such protection bars the United States from sending a noncitizen to a country where, more likely than not, he would face persecution that risks his “life or freedom.” See Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”), 8 U.S.C. § 1231(b)(3)(A); see also 8 C.F.R. §§ 208.16–.18 & .24 (setting forth the standard for withholding of removal and the procedures required for its termination).

Six years later, without notice, legal justification, or due process, officers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”), a subagency of the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”), put him on a plane bound for the Terrorism Confinement Center (“CECOT”) in El Salvador. ECF No. 1¶ 59.

Neither the United States nor El Salvador have told anyone why he was returned to the very country to which he cannot return, or why he is detained at CECOT. See Hr’g Tr., Apr. 4, 2025, 25: 13–14 (Mr. Reuveni: “We have nothing to say on the merits. We concede he should not have been removed to El Salvador.”); see Hr’g Tr., Apr. 4, 2025, 34:25–35:5 (The Court: “[W]hat basis is he held? Why is he [in CECOT] of all places?…” Mr. Reuveni: “I don’t know. That information has not been given to me. I don’t know.”).

That silence is telling. As Defendants acknowledge, they had no legal authority to arrest him, no justification to detain him, and no grounds to send him to El Salvador — let alone deliver him into one of the most dangerous prisons in the Western Hemisphere….

Having confessed grievous error, the Defendants now argue that this Court lacks the power to hear this case, and they lack the power to order Abrego Garcia’s return. ECF No. 11 at 3. For the following reasons, their jurisdictional arguments fail as a matter of law.

Further, to avoid clear irreparable harm, and because equity and justice compels it, the Court grants the narrowest, daresay only, relief warranted: to order that Defendants return Abrego Garcia to the United States….

Under her orders, then — he is due back here stateside by midnight tonight.

What sort of a monster must Noem be, if she instructed her AUSAs to argue that — once dumped in the hell-hole, BY these same ICE agents, and thus the US Government — that same US Government was powerless to right the known wrong?!?

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“This case is certainly important to Abrego Garcia and his family,” the judge said. “In recognition of that, I feel like I can’t wait on giving my order….”

Updated — but now, we have the formal written order; and he is due back in the USA by midnight tonight, April 7, 2025:

…Defendants are hereby ORDERED to facilitate and effectuate the return of Plaintiff Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia to the United States by no later than 11:59 PM on Monday, April 7, 2025….

This preliminary relief is issued to restore the status quo and to preserve Abrego Garcia’s access to due process in accordance with the Constitution and governing immigration statutes….

Indeed, it must be said — when ~4.5 million Americans march nationwide, many in cold, windy weather — to chant “Hands Off!” — Ms. Noem, you and your tangerine handler should… take heed — and take care, that you hear the will of… the people, here.

He better be on a government secured flight — headed home, by 7 pm Eastern Daylight time, tonight, Mademoiselle.

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