Trump’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) sued the entire federal district court bench in Maryland on Tuesday evening over an order blocking deportations of criminal aliens.
The lawsuit was filed after the US District Court for the District of Maryland issued an order that required the clerk to automatically enter an injunction against removing any illegal alien that challenges their deportation and files a habeas petition.
“This lawsuit involves yet another regrettable example of the unlawful use of equitable powers to restrain the Executive. Specifically, Defendants have instituted an avowedly automatic injunction against the federal government, issued outside the context of any particular case or controversy. They did so by promulgating a standing order (“Standing Order”) and amended standing order (“Amended Standing Order”; together, “Orders”) that require the court clerk to automatically enter an injunction against removing, or changing the legal status of, any alien detained in Maryland who files a habeas petition,” the lawsuit against the judges said.
“Defendants’ automatic injunction issues whether or not the alien needs or seeks emergency relief, whether or not the court has jurisdiction over the alien’s claims, and no matter how frivolous the alien’s claims may be,” the lawsuit said.
Fox News reported:
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is suing all 15 judges on the Maryland federal bench, arguing the court’s policy of automatically pausing certain immigration cases that come before it is unlawful.
Attorneys for the Trump administration argued to the very court they are suing that the policy, imposed through an order the court issued in May, is an “egregious example of judicial overreach.”
“A sense of frustration and a desire for greater convenience do not give Defendants license to flout the law,” the attorneys wrote in a filing Tuesday. “Nor does their status within the judicial branch.”
The Maryland court’s standing order requires clerks to immediately enter temporary administrative injunctions in cases brought by alleged illegal immigrants who are challenging their detention.
“Unbelievably, an injunction automatically issues even if an immigration attorney files a habeas petition in Maryland incorrectly stating that the illegal alien is detained in Maryland, when the illegal alien is actually detained in Texas. (This literally happened.),” Chad Mizelle, Chief of Staff to the Department of Justice said.
“Automatic injunctions flagrantly violate Supreme Court precedent. In the Court’s words, an injunction is never “a matter of right.” But the Maryland federal district court offers immediate injunctions, as “a matter of right,” to any illegal alien who files in its court,” he said.
DOJ has sued the district court in Maryland to stop their unlawful practice of issuing “automatic injunctions” for illegal aliens detained in MD who file a habeas petition.
This Department of Justice will continue to vigorously defend @POTUS’s ability to implement his agenda…
— Chad Mizelle (@ChadMizelle47) June 25, 2025
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