A Maryland judge on Wednesday refused to provide another extension to the Trump administration to provide information about Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was deported to the El Salvador prison as the administration described as an “administrative error.”
U.S. District Court Judge Paula Xinis ordered the administration to "promote" the return of Abrego Garcia, who had been mating for weeks with the Trump administration. She ordered the speed up of discovery in any steps taken by the government to bring back Abrego Garcia, Accusing the Government "Malicious Rejection" to answer the question last week.
Sinis delayed the discovery process for seven days last week. But she rejected another Trump administration request for delay Wednesday, signing a new order directing the Trump administration to “reply and respond to all unretrieved requests for discovery” by Monday. She also set a new deadline for the next two weeks.
The reasons for the government’s request for delays and the reasons for Xinmin’s rejection – As the government’s motion has been sealed from a public perspective, it remains unknown.
The newcomer will allow testimony from four government officials - Robert Seyma, Evan Katz, Michael Kozak and Joseph Mazara - "No later than Friday, May 9."
Cerna, the field office director of immigration and customs law enforcement, had previously taken an oath to swear to the deportation of Abrego Garcia from El Salvador as an "administrative error...it's a kind of oversight". In 2019, a judge banned Abrego Garcia from being taken to El Salvador on fear of persecution by gangs.
The other three staff members also filed court documents in the Abrego Garcia case. Katz is an ice official, Kozak worked for the State Department, and Mazzara is deputy general counsel for the Department of Homeland Security.
Sinis ordered “the plaintiff may file a lawsuit no later than the court to conduct two additional testimony against individuals with knowledge and power to testify.”
Before last week's approval of a pause in the discovery process, New Nice largely rejected the Trump administration's claim that it had fully answered questions from Abreg Garcia's legal team, writing that the administration stated that it had "willful and malicious refusal to comply with the obligation to discovery."
Xinis questioned the government's position, which was to return to Abrego Garcia, who was unable to act because of his detention in El Salvador. She also accused the government of falsely signaling the Supreme Court order to “promote” Abrego Garcia’s return, which largely adhered to Sinis’ order.
The judge had strong words about the government's argument that it could not disclose certain information because of its privilege.
She wrote: "For weeks, the defendants have been seeking asylum after ridicule and unproven privileges, using them as shields to hinder discovery and evade compliance with the orders of this court. The defendants have known at least since last week that the court has requested the facts of specific laws and facts to support any privileges. But they still rely on the blookerplate operator.
Sinis also asked Abergo Garcia's attorneys to limit the scope of certain issues, writing: "The requirements for the identity and role of every official or employee in the United States, to understand the facts alleged in the complaint, and any facts involving the filing of the court, the Four Circuit or the Supreme Court, to extract meaningful and timely answers."
Abrego Garcia was arrested by a child on the ice in Prince George's County. He approached his home after working as a metal sheet metal apprentice in Baltimore on March 12.
He was then transported to El Salvador’s notorious terrorist incarceration center, Cecot, which is part of the Trump administration’s broader strategy, sending the gang membership to Cecot to immigrants. Abrego Garcia is Later transferred Go to another El Salvador prison.
Since then, the government has admitted that Abrego Garcia's removal was a mistake because a 2019 order prohibited him from being sent to El Salvador. But the Trump administration did not bring him back and accused him of belonging to MS-13, a gang that his lawyers denied.
Sen. Chris Van Hollen, a Democratic Maryland, visited Abrego Garcia in El Salvador earlier this month, and he attracted global attention.
He spoke about the case in the Senate Wednesday.
"Members can look at it in another way, and cannot deny that this is what we say today, and I urge every senator to recognize under the Constitution the threat to everyone's rights."
He also read His letter to President Trump This week.
Van Hollen told his senator: “I don’t assured Mr. Abrego Garcia, but I provide due process recognition for his constitutional rights because if Donald Trump can ignore the orders of the court and trample on one’s rights, he will threaten the rights of everyone living in the United States of America.”
The Trump administration has brought Abrego Garcia back to the United States on request.
In an exclusive interview with CBS NewsHomeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said: "It's the decision of the president and the decision of the White House, so we follow his direction, his legal scholars and lawyers. (Abrego Garcia is not under our control. He is a citizen of El Salvador. He is the city of El Salvador.
This week, President Trump tells ABC News That Abrego Garcia "is not an innocent, wonderful gentleman from Maryland."
He raised the charge that Abrego Garcia was a member of the violent MS-13 gang, which Abrego Garcia's lawyer and family deny, noting that he was not charged with the crime.
Mr. Trump told ABC News that he has the right to call on El Salvador to bring Abreg Garcia back to the United States, “If he were the gentleman you said he was, I would, but he was not.”
The president also said: "I'm not the one who made this decision."
During a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, a reporter asked Mr. Trump whether the El Salvadorian president would refuse a request to let Abrego Garcia leave the country.
"I don't know," the president said. "I didn't talk to him. I really left that to the lawyer."
At the same meeting, Secretary of State Marco Rubio was asked whether he had direct negotiations with Salvador officials on the Abrego Garcia case.
"I will never tell you, you know who else I will never tell the judge," Rubio said. "Because the behavior of our foreign policy belongs to the president and the executive branch of the United States, not some judges."
Sinis was nominated to the U.S. District Court in Maryland by former President Barack Obama in 2015. She was confirmed in 2016 and served in the court in Greenbelt, Maryland.
Yale law graduates have close ties to Baltimore. Before joining Murphy, Falcon and Murphy Law Firm in 2011, she served as a federal public defender. She became a partner in 2013.
Billy Murphy, the company's founding partner, has handled many high-profile cases, including representatives Freddy Gray Family He died in custody of Baltimore police officers a decade ago.
Her official biography says that while at Murphy, Sinis “handled complex civil actions and mass and class action lawsuits in state and federal courts.