Trump admin sues federal judges on Maryland district court over immediate injunctions

The Justice Department on Wednesday announced it filed a lawsuit against all 15 judges on the Maryland federal bench, arguing the court's policy to immediately halt some of its immigration cases was unlawful. 

The Maryland District Court issued a standing order last month that requires all clerks to automatically enter temporary administrative injunctions in all cases brought by alleged illegal immigrants who are challenging their detention, which bars the administration from deporting the alleged migrants for two days.

Attorneys for the Trump administration argued that the standing order constituted "judicial overreach," Fox News reported. 

"A sense of frustration and a desire for greater convenience do not give Defendants license to flout the law," the attorneys wrote. "Nor does their status within the judicial branch." 

The court claimed in its order that it was issued to help make sure the "status quo" is preserved when a case is filed, and out of scheduling convenience because of the sudden influx in detention challenges.

"The recent influx of habeas petitions concerning alien detainees purportedly subject to improper and imminent removal from the United States that have been filed after normal court hours and on weekends and holidays has created scheduling difficulties and resulted in hurried and frustrating hearings in that obtaining clear and concrete information about the location and status of the petitioners is elusive," the court order stated.

The Trump administration has also asked all the judges in the new lawsuit to recuse themselves from the case so an outside judge can be brought in, or to transfer the lawsuit to a different district.

Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.