Jan. 29 (UPI) -- A federal judge in Minnesota dropped his summon for the acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement to appear in court in an order criticizing the agency's actions in the state.
U.S. District Judge Patrick Schiltz previously ordered Todd Lyons, interim ICE chief, to appear in his court on Friday on allegations of contempt of court. The judge said ICE had violated his previous order to either give Ecuadorian detainee Juan Tobay Robles a bond hearing by Jan. 14 or release him for custody.
Schiltz's order on Wednesday dropped this summons after Robles' attorney said his client had been released. The attorney, Graham Ojala-Barbour, however, called for "accountability for ICE."
"Many of my colleagues and the people we represent are also interested in accountability for ICE and knowing that we can still count on the rule of law in Minnesota," Ojala-Barbour said in a statement published by Politico.
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