OK - now rare Saturday hearing in J.G.G. v. TRUMP in which DDC Chief Judge Boasberg has already issued a temporary restraining order against deporting Tren de Aragua members to Venezuela under the Alien Enemies Act. Inner City Press will live tweet, thread below
Chief Judge Boasberg: This morning when I issued by ruling I was not aware of the President's Proclamation. I understood that planes were to be departing -
AUSA: The five named plaintiffs will not be removed.
CJ Boasberg: Are they on planes to El Salvador?
No, is the answer.
Chief Judge Boasberg: Since you have appealed my ruling, I do not have jurisdiction to re-argue it here. So we will discuss class certification. Government?
AUSA: We opposed class certification, on grounds of venue and authority
OK - Now Luigi Mangione NYS criminal case, packed courtroom, his lawyer Karen Friedman Agnifilo waiting at defense table. Inner City Press wrote the book, Lone Wolf and will live tweet, thread belowbooks.google.com/books/about/Lu…
2:12 pm, the prosecutors march in, some at the front table, some in front row. Luigi Mangione has not yet been brought out from the holding cell
2:21 pm Come to order!
Justice Gregory Carro takes the bench.
2:24 pm Luigi Mangione is brought in, green sweater and bullet proof vest, shackled.
Friedman Agnifilo: Please allow him to be unshackled.
OK - now US v. Eric Adams hearing on DOJ bid to dismiss without prejudice - Inner City Press wrote the Sovereign District? book and will live tweet, thread belowamazon.com/dp/B0DXGMKN49
All rise!
Good afternoon, Emil Bove for the Government.
Alex Spiro for Mayor Adams.
Judge Ho: Thank you for coming in on such short notice. On Feb 14 the Government filed a motion to dismiss the charges without prejudice. I have a few questions...
Judge Ho: I want to proceed carefully. I need your assistance, this is an unusual situation. Let's bring the motion to dismiss up on the screen. I want to ask about Paragraph 2, the written consent. Mayor Adams, I have to ask you a few questions...
OK - now at Treasury Dep't data access preliminary injunction hearing at SDNY after NYS AG Tish James spoke outside, including on Eric Adams (City of Maybe book:
Inner City Press will live tweet, thread below amazon.com/dp/B0DPCKZYSW
All rise!
Judge Jeannette A. Vargas: We are here on the preliminary injunction request. I have accepted three amicus briefs, including by the State of Iowa and 19 other states in support of the defendants. Any evidentiary objections?
No. No.
Judge: Let's begin with standing.
NYS lawyer Andrew Amer: Blocking funding on ideological grounds confers Article III standing. There is also PII, personally identifying information, access by DOGE. It's all part of a single plan.
Judge: Has there been disclosure?
All rise!
Judge Lewis J. Liman: I have consolidated the cases. I'd like to hear from the Lively parties first, then the Wayfarer / Baldoni parties. I'd like to hear the information I'll need to manage this case, discovery information required, and legal issues
Lively's lawyer from Willkie Farr firm: Our plan at Docket 49 is not longer feasible. Counsel for Wayfarer did not tell us they planned to file an amended complaint, including a 168 page compendium [full of text messages]. There is authority to deconsolidate cases