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A Minnesota federal court granted a preliminary injunction ordering the government to return a Nicaraguan man ICE sent to the Central African Republic, finding officers likely lacked authority to detain or deport him.
Federal courts rejected Justice Department attempts to segregate California mail-in ballots and to hold up certification of Alaska's Senate race, with one judge finding the department's threats likely unlawful.
The Allegheny County District Attorney's office is investigating municipal finances under Pittsburgh's previous administration, including a nonprofit development firm accused of not passing $30,000 in public grant funds to its intended recipient.
Bolts reports that Tarrant County sheriff's deputies pressed the thumb of a brain-dead detainee onto a bond release form, and the Texas Commission on Jail Standards later ruled he remained in custody when he died.
Tennessee's attempt to execute death row inmate Christa Pike reportedly failed after she survived two doses of lethal injection, prompting the governor to halt executions and order a third-party review.
Just the News reports the Fifth Circuit Judicial Council removed U.S. District Judge Ada Brown from her docket and ordered a psychiatric examination as part of an investigation into a judicial complaint over remarks she made to an attorney at a hearing.
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