Trump admin immediately violates judge's orders in high-profile case: court filing

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Raw Story

August 26, 2025 8:12AM ET


The Trump administration has been persistent in its efforts to deport Kilmer Abrego Garcia, a migrant previously deported to El Salvador without charge due to an “administrative error,” and on Monday, defiantly violated a federal judge’s order as it pertains to the case, according to new court documents.

Now facing charges of human trafficking, Garcia was released from a Tennessee prison on Friday, only to surrender himself to an Immigrations and Customs Enforcement facility on Monday. Yet, despite an order from U.S. Magistrate Judge Barbara Holmes that Garcia be granted access to his legal counsel, ICE officials have ignored such requests, according to new filings from his legal team.

“Defense counsel called (an ICE) phone number to request a legal call, and the operator was unable to schedule a call, directing counsel to send an email,” reads the legal filing, submitted on Monday.

“Counsel then emailed the ICE email address and requested a legal call; we have yet to receive any response. This process does not comply with Magistrate Judge Holmes’s release order, which required the government to facilitate access to Mr. Abrego if he were taken into ICE custody.”

Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/kilmar-abrego-garcia-2673918699/

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Link to FILING (PDF) - https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.tnmd.104621/gov.uscourts.tnmd.104621.116.0.pdf

[cstanleytech]

1. It's past time for the Courts to start putting the DAs and government lawyers in jail for Contempt.

Also the various Bar Associations where they are licensed should be suspending or stripping their licenses to practice law.

[azureblue]

2. When they show up for the hearing,

and they are proven in non compliance, Lock them up on the spot for contempt. Judges do that all the time with defendants, so do the same for lawyers who are sandbagging the court. And don't let them out until they obey the court's ruling..

That is the problem - judges let lawyers play games with the courts, and refuse to come down on them..

[RainCaster]

4. Here here!

I'm so tired of there being a different set of rules for the wealthy, especially TSF. Put everyone of those attorneys into prison until they follow all the judges instructions to the letter for at least 6 months.

[thesquanderer]

8. It might be tricky to find the appropriate individual(s) to put in jail.

It's easier to identify a person who has done something than it is to identify someone who has failed to do something. In this case, for example, how do you find the person who did NOT respond to the email? Though if you did, you'd probably still have to determine who it was who instructed the person not to respond.

I assume the person at the DOJ who was ultimately responsible for assuring that access to Mr. Abrego was Pam Bondi. But it might be hard to jail her without proving that she was the reason those attempts to contact him failed.

I guess the point is, when it comes to "the department" failing to follow an order, there's enough potential denial and finger-pointing that it may be difficult to identify one ore more individuals to specifically jail for contempt.

And then to your specific point, I don't think DOJ's failure to do what was asked (provide that access to Mr. Abrego) can necessarily be pinned on the particular lawyers who argued the case and received the directive.

[cstanleytech]

9. If you come into Court as the governments lawyer you're that person.

[thesquanderer]

10. So that lawyer is responsible, even if it is other people who fail to carry out the instructions provided?

I would have though s/he could avoid the contempt charge by saying they had informed higher-ups (e.g. Bondi or whoever) that access to Garcia via ICE must be provided, but that they had no personal ability to provide that access, so should not be jailed for not implementing something that was beyond their ability to personally implement. So being that lawyer makes them personally legally responsible for providing that access? Tough gig!

[cstanleytech]

11. Fine then jail the head of the DOJ for Contempt.

[Bev54]

3. Charge those fucking DOJ lawyers with contempt and make them sit in prison

for awhile. Time to get serious.

[OldBaldy1701E]

5. Well, I am shocked, shocked I tell you!

Okay, I am not shocked at all.

I am furious and frustrated and getting desperate, but I am not shocked.

[aggiesal]

6. They are trying to run out the 72 hour clock, to deport him to Africa. ...

That's how I'm seeing it.

[WestMichRad]

7. I wouldn't be surprised if...

… they have already made another “administrative error “ and deported him already.