Topline
An appeals court halted contempt proceedings against the Trump administration Friday, pausing a lower court decision that found probable cause federal officials violated an order barring it from deporting migrants on flights to El Salvador in March.
Judge James E. Boasberg, chief judge of the Federal District Court in DC, stands for a portrait at E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse in Washington, DC on March 16, 2023. (Photo by Carolyn Van Houten/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
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Key Facts
A U.S. Court of Appeals panel in D.C. ruled 2-1 in the Trump administration’s favor, temporarily granting its request to overrule U.S. District Judge James Boasberg’s ruling to begin contempt proceedings.
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