Aug. 13 (UPI) -- A judge Wednesday will consider a lawsuit in which the President Donald Trump administration filed suit against all 15 Maryland federal judges over a deportation order.
Chief Judge George Russell on May 21 made a standing order that set rules for cases where immigrants face immediate risk of deportation. The order applies a temporary stay of deportation of a few days while the case is considered.
The suit is an escalation of the administration's battle against the judiciary, which has slowed his use of executive power.
As the top judge in the district of Maryland, it's part of Russell's job to set procedures for how courts administer cases. The order was in response to the Trump administration's flurry of actions taken to deport people without due process. The most well-known case is that of Salvadoran man Kilmar Abrego Garcia who was wrongly deported from Maryland to a detention center in El Salvador. He was eventually returned.
The hearing Wednesday will be in the Baltimore federal courthouse but has been assigned to U.S. District Judge Thomas Cullen, who normally presides in Virginia.
