Judge Says ICE Violated Court Orders in 74 Cases—See Them All Here
The extraordinary document offers a glimpse of a national campaign by the federal government to deprive detained immigrants of due process rights.
An infuriated federal judge in Minnesota on Wednesday published a list of nearly 100 court orders that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) had violated over the last month, and Reason has collected links to the cases.
Patrick J. Schiltz, Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for Minnesota, released the list as an appendix to a court order castigating ICE for repeatedly violating court orders regarding immigrant detention.
Although the appendix listed 74 cases with 96 separate violations, Schiltz wrote that the "extent of ICE's noncompliance is almost certainly substantially understated. This list is confined to orders issued since January 1, 2026, and the list was hurriedly compiled by extraordinarily busy judges."
Nevertheless, the extraordinary document offers a glimpse of a national campaign by the federal government to deprive detained immigrants of due process rights that an overwhelming majority of federal judges say they're entitled to.
In one example from Schiltz's list, ICE arrested a Venezuelan man living in Eagan, Minnesota, and transferred him to Texas, despite a judge's order to keep him in-state.
According to the judge's order granting the man's writ of habeas corpus:
He lives with his partner and his six-year-old daughter, and he is employed by a landscaping company. He is not subject to a final order of removal. After Petitioner attended an appointment regarding his pending asylum application on January 20, 2026, he was arrested and detained by ICE without a warrant and without apparent justification. Petitioner filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus that same day. The next day, January 21, 2026, the Court entered an Order enjoining Respondents from moving Petitioner outside of Minnesota until the Court ruled on the pending habeas petition. Nevertheless, the Court has reason to believe that Petitioner is presently detained in El Paso, Texas.
In another case from the appendix, ICE arrested a Moldovan refugee who had already gone through extensive background checks and vetting. In response to her petition for emergency relief, the government claimed that her detention was based on her "fail[ure] to acquire permanent resident status within one year."
But as the judge noted in his order granting the woman's petition (citation omitted), "Such a basis for detention is illogical given that refugees are not eligible to apply for adjustment of status until they have 'been physically present in the United States for at least one year.'"
Schiltz's list, however, is just a PDF with case names and numbers. Let's bring it up to Web 1.0 standards.
Your friendly neighborhood Reason reporter found the dockets for 71 out of the 74 cases on CourtListener, a free online repository of federal court records. It appears most of the judges' orders and other docket entries are still only available on PACER, the federal government's clunky, pay-by-the-page database, but this is at least one more step toward making the information widely available.
25-CV-4722: Hakan K. v. Noem (Judges: JMB/DTS) (Order Violated: January 24, 2026)
25-CV-4741: Luis L.P. v. Brott (Judges: NEB/DJF) (Order Violated: January 9, 2026)
25-CV-4776: Ahmed A. v. Pamela Bondi (Judges: JWB/DJF) (Order Violated: January 6, 2026)
26-CV-080: Francisco E.O. v. Olson (Judges: JRT/DJF) (Order Violated: January 15, 2026)
26-CV-013: Suhaib M. v. Kristi Noem (Judges: JWB/DJF) (Order Violated: January 12, 2026)
26-CV-031: Alex V.Y.L. v. Pamela Bondi (Judges: JWB/DJF) (Order Violated: January 9, 2026)
26-CV-106: Marlon M.M. v. Easterwood (Judges: NEB/ECW) (Order Violated: January 15, 2026)
26-CV-0107: Juan T.R. v. Noem (Judges: PJS/DLM) (Order Violated: January 14, 2026)
26-CV-130: Botir B. v. Bondi (Judges: LMP/DJF) (Order Violated: January 15, 2026)
26-CV-138: Lide E.G.Q. v. Executive Office for Immigration Review (Judges: JWB/JFD) (Order Violated: January 9, 2026)
26-CV-00146: Jhony A. v. Bondi (Judges: JMB/LIB) (Order Violated: January 15, 2026)
26-CV-150: Christopher A.F.E. v. Pamela Bondi (Judges: JWB/ECW) (Order Violated: January 14, 2026)
26-CV-156: Evelin M.A. v. Bondi (Judges: NEB/DLM) (Order Violated: January 23, 2026)
26-CV-160: Jose A. v. Bondi (Judges: NEB/EMB) (Order Violated: January 15, 2026)
26-CV-00161: Pascual G. v. Bondi (Judges: JMB/LIB) (Order Violated: January 12, 2026)
26-CV-164: Santiago A.C.P. v. Todd Lyons (Judges: JWB/DTS) (Order Violated: January 15, 2026; January 19, 2026; January 20, 2026)
26-CV-166: Andrei C. v. Lyons (Judges: SRN/ECW) (Order Violated: January 12, 2026)
26-CV-167: Oscar O.T. v. Pamela Bondi (Judges: JWB/JFD) (Order Violated: January 15, 2026; January 19, 2026; January 20, 2026)
26-CV-00168: Martin R. v. Bondi (Judges: JMB/LIB) (Order Violated: January 12, 2026; January 20, 2026; January 21, 2026)
26-CV-00208: Abdi W. v. Trump (Judges: KMM/SGE) (Order Violated: January 21, 2026)
26-CV-213: Adriana M.Y.M. v. David Easterwood (Judges: JWB/JFD) (Order Violated: January 24, 2026)
26-CV-216: Estefany J.S. v. Pamela Bondi (Judges: JWB/SGE) (Order Violated: January 13, 2026)
26-CV-231: Martha S.S. v. Kristi Noem (Judges: JWB/DLM) (Order Violated: January 16, 2026; January 20, 2016)
26-CV-233: Joaquin Q. L. v. Bondi (Judges: LMP/DTS) (Order Violated: January 14, 2026; January 21, 2026)
26-CV-244: Jose L.C.C. v. Pamela Bondi (Judges: JWB/DTS) (Order Violated: January 15, 2026; January 19, 2026)
26-CV-252: Juan R. v. Bondi (Judges: SRN/DTS) (Order Violated: January 16, 2026)
26-CV-261: Jesus A.P. v. Bondi (Judges: PJS/EMB) (Order Violated: January 15, 2026)
26-CV-272: Abdiqadir A. v. Bondi (Judges: JMB/DTS) (Order Violated: January 16, 2026)
26-CV-276: Bashir Ali K. v. Noem (Judges: LMP/DTS) (Order Violated: January 22, 2026)
26-CV-282: Roman N. v. Donald Trump (Judges: JWB/DLM) (Order Violated: January 3, 2026; January 17, 2026)
26-CV-00283: Sandra C. v. Bondi (Judges: JMB/JFD) (Order Violated: January 16, 2026; January 21, 2026)
26-CV-296: Yeylin C.R. v. Bondi (Judges: NEB/LIB) (Order Violated: January 20, 2026)
26-CV-301: Liban G. v. Noem (Judges: SRN/ECW) (Order Violated: January 15, 2026; January 16, 2026; January 20, 2026; January 22, 2026)
26-CV-0309: Joseph T.M. v. Bondi (Judges: PJS/EMB) (Order Violated: January 22, 2026)
26-CV-312: Obildzhon E. v. Pamela Bondi (Judges: JWB/DTS) (Order Violated: January 17, 2026)
26-CV-313: Corina E. v. Pamela Bondi (Judges: JWB/DTS) (Order Violated: January 17, 2026)
26-CV-314: E.E. v. Pamela Bondi (Judges: JWB/DTS) (Order Violated: January 17, 2026)
26-CV-316: Manolo Z. L. v. Trump (Judges: LMP/DTS) (Order Violated: January 15, 2026)
26-CV-317: C. v. Bondi (Judges: NEB/JFD) (Order Violated: January 18, 2026)
26-CV-319: C. v. Bondi (Judges: NEB/JFD) (Order Violated: January 18, 2026)
26-CV-328: Felix J.C.A. v. Pamela Bondi (Judges: JWB/DLM) (Order Violated: January 24, 2026)
26-CV-00351: Ihor D. v. Noem (Judges: JMB/DTS) (Order Violated: January 20, 2026; January 22, 2026)
26-CV-369: Francisco M. v. Bondi (Judges: JMB/EMB) (Order Violated: January 16, 2026; January 23, 2026)
26-CV-0380: Alberto C.M. v. Noem (Judges: DWF/SGE) (Order Violated: January 23, 2026)
26-CV-396: Josue David P. A. v. Bondi (Judges: LMP/JFD) (Order Violated: January 17, 2026)
26-CV-00404: Nadejda P. v. Lyons (Judges: KMM/DLM) (Order Violated: January 22, 2026)
26-CV-410: Paula G. v. Bondi (Judges: JMB/DLM) (Order Violated: January 17, 2026; January 20, 2026)
26-CV-423: Ronnie C. v. Pamela Bondi (Judges: JWB/JFD) (Order Violated: January 18, 2026; January 21, 2026)
26-CV-0424: J.B.C.O. et al., v. Bondi (Judges: JRT/DJF) (Order Violated: January 19, 2026; January 25, 2026)
26-CV-437: Darvin M. v. Bondi (Judges: SRN/EMB) (Order Violated: January 19, 2026)
26-CV-439: Maria U.C.G. v. Pamela Bondi (Judges: JWB/LIB) (Order Violated: January 24, 2026)
26-CV-00440: Abdirahman S. v. Bondi (Judges: JMB/DJF) (Order Violated: January 22, 2026)
26-CV-00444: Enrique L. v. Bondi (Judges: JMB/SGE) (Order Violated: January 22, 2026)
26-CV-0445: Fernando T. v. Noem (Judges: ECT/EMB) (Order Violated: January 20, 2026)
26-CV-447: Alexis D.A.M. v. Bondi (Judges: JRT/ECW) (Order Violated: January 20, 2026)
26-CV-449: Hector T.G. v. Bondi (Judges: NEB/LIB) (Order Violated: January 23, 2026)
26-CV-454: Luis S. v. Bondi (Judges: ECT/LIB) (Order Violated: January 22, 2026)
26-CV-457: Sonia M.M.C. v. Pamela Bondi (Judges: JWB/LIB) (Order Violated: January 24, 2026)
26-CV-00480: Jose A. v. Noem (Judges: JMB/ECW) (Order Violated: January 26, 2026)
26-CV-485: Ivan R. v. Pamela Bondi (Judges: JWB/EMB) (Order Violated: January 21, 2026; January 24, 2026)
26-CV-489: Yosber I.M.C. v. Bondi (Judges: JRT/DLM) (Order Violated: January 21, 2026)
26-CV-493: Fabian L.C. v. Bondi (Judges: NEB/DLM) (Order Violated: January 24, 2026)
26-CV-00504: Maria P. v. Brott (Judges: JMB/JFD) (Order Violated: January 23, 2026)
26-CV-517: Brayan M.O. v. Bondi (Judges: NEB/JFD) (Order Violated: January 24, 2026)
26-CV-00537: Isidro L. v. Lyons (Judges: JMB/DLM) (Order Violated: January 22, 2026)
26-CV-546: Maria V.H., et al., v. Bondi (Judges: JMG/DLM) (Order Violated: January 24, 2026)
26-CV-00561: Elvis T. E., et al. v. Bondi (Judges: KMM/JFD) (Order Violated: January 22, 2026)
26-CV-0575: Guled O. v. Noem (Judges: ADM/DJF) (Order Violated: January 23, 2026)
26-CV-00580: Carlos A. G. v. Bondi (Judges: SRB-DJF) (Order Violated: January 23, 2026)
26-CV-597: Jose V. v. Easterwood (Judges: DSD/LIB) (Order Violated: January 25, 2026)
26-CV-00663: Marco Q. v. Noem (Judges: SRB-DLM) (Order Violated: January 26, 2026)