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Note to self: If I ever commit grand theft auto, then later commit arson as part of an insurance scam, then win election to congress, don't let my first question to a federal prosecutor be "Do you see any criminals in front of you"?
January 22, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Note to self: If I ever commit grand theft auto, then later commit arson as part of an insurance scam, then win election to congress, don't let my first question to a federal prosecutor be "Do you see any criminals in front of you"?
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I regret to inform you ... that the *new* D.C. motions panel just granted DOJ an "administrative stay" of Judge Moss's 128-page class certification/summary judgment ruling in a case over Trump's "invasion" proclamation after DOJ complained about class certification (as well as disagreeing re: INA).
![United States Court of Appeals
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT
No. 25-5243
September Term, 2024
1:25-cv-00306-RDM
Filed On: July 11, 2025
Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services, et al.,
Appellees
V.
Kristi Noem, Secretary of the U.S.
Department of Homeland Security, in her official capacity, et al.,
Appellants
BEFORE: Millett, Pillard, and Katsas, Circuit Judges
ORDER
Upon consideration of the emergency motion for stay pending appeal, which includes a request for an administrative stay, the opposition thereto, and the reply; and the motions to participate as amici curiae and the lodged amicus briefs, it is
ORDERED that the district court's July 2, 2025, orders be administratively stayed pending further order of the court except as to the named individual plaintiffs.
Appellants represented in the district court that they will not employ Presidential Proclamation 10888 "as a basis for removal of any of the named Plaintiffs currently in the United States during the pendency of this litigation." Resp. to Emergency Mot. to Stay Removal [Dkt. 21] at 1. The purpose of this administrative stay is to give the court sufficient opportunity to consider the emergency motion for stay pending appeal and should not be construed in any way as a ruling on the merits of that motion. See D.C.
Circuit Handbook of Practice and Internal Procedures 33 (2024). It is](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreidwqhkfa3ho6u2pikfbzeb47hq26ingmpexi2adojt6hbk6w4imau@jpeg)
July 11, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I regret to inform you ... that the *new* D.C. motions panel just granted DOJ an "administrative stay" of Judge Moss's 128-page class certification/summary judgment ruling in a case over Trump's "invasion" proclamation after DOJ complained about class certification (as well as disagreeing re: INA).
At least they make this part pretty easy.
February 26, 2025 at 3:08 PM
At least they make this part pretty easy.