The 2018-Era Chicago Federal Class Action Will See A Pretty Momentous Hearing, On April 20, 2026 — ICE Agents, Brought To Heel — By The Rule Of Law.

We will listen in. And we may live blog it — USDC Judge Cummings will be (as ever) fair — but likely very forceful.

See below — but this (along with shared discovery, in other cases) spells a death-knell, for the abuse of law, by the MAGA Trumpians.

…MINUTE entry before the Honorable Jeffrey I. Cummings:

This matter is scheduled for an in-person hearing regarding plaintiffs’ motion to enforce consent decree, [330], on 4/20/26 at 2:00 p.m. in courtroom 1219.

The Court further orders the parties to be prepared to address the question of the number of individuals (if any) who were arrested without a warrant or with a field-issued warrant between 9/1/25 and 4/13/26 for whom arrest-related records have not yet been produced by defendants.

The Court grants counsel leave to appear remotely as long as each side has one or more attorneys physically present in court. The Court will also allow the media to join remotely.

The call-in number for the hearing is (855) 244-8681 and the access code is 2311 121 8062. Members of the public and media will be able to call in to listen to the hearing. Persons granted remote access to proceedings are reminded of the general prohibition against photographing, recording, and rebroadcasting of court proceedings.

Violation of these prohibitions may result in sanctions, including removal of court issued media credentials, restricted entry to future hearings, denial of entry to future hearings, or any other sanctions deemed necessary by the Court….

Now you know — with a warm, steamy wet spring day ahead here. Smile….

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