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Patrick Schiltz, Minnesota's chief federal judge, on Monday ordered Todd Lyons, the acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, to appear personally before the court, threatening to hold him in contempt over the agency's failure to comply with a court order mandating the release of a detainee, among other violations.