Judge demands White House show efforts to retrieve Kilmar brego Garca

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Associated Press
Wed 30 Apr 2025 15.10 EDT

A federal judge on Wednesday again directed the Trump administration to provide information about its efforts so far, if any, to comply with her order to retrieve Kilmar Ábrego García from an El Salvador prison.

The US district judge Paula Xinis in Maryland temporarily halted her directive for information at the administration’s request last week. But with the seven-day pause expiring at 5pm, she set May deadlines for officials to provide sworn testimony on anything they have done to return Ábrego García to the US ...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/30/trump-abrego-garcia-el-salvador

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1. Judge denies DOJ's request to further delay discovery

(WASHINGTON) — The federal judge overseeing the wrongful deportation case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia on Wednesday denied a motion from the Trump administration to further delay discovery in the case.

The order came a week after the judge paused expedited discovery for seven days after the Trump administration asked her for the stay.

The judge, U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis, earlier this month slammed the administration over its inaction over Abrego Garcia’s wrongful detention and ordered government officials to testify under oath through expedited discovery.

Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran native who has been living with his wife and children in Maryland, was deported in March to El Salvador’s CECOT mega-prison — despite a 2019 court order barring his deportation to that country due to fear of persecution — after the Trump administration claimed he was a member of the criminal gang MS-13 ...

https://dailydodge.com/judge-denies-dojs-request-to-further-delay-discovery-in-abrego-garcia-case/

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2. Judge sets schedule for depositions

By Steve Thompson

The federal judge overseeing the case of the Maryland resident who was mistakenly sent to a prison in El Salvador has denied a motion from the Trump administration asking to further delay answering questions about what steps, if any, it has taken for his return.

The order on Wednesday from U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis set new deadlines for an expedited discovery schedule, in which four Trump administration officials are scheduled to be deposed in the case of Kilmar Abrego García.

It was unclear Wednesday how much more time the Trump administration asked for, but the judge’s order says the depositions regarding the status and return of Abrego García must be completed by May 9.

The move came after Xinis last week granted the Trump administration a week-long pause in the discovery, which came with the agreement of Abrego García’s lawyers. Though court filings regarding the pause were sealed, legal observers speculated it was designed to give the Trump administration time to effect some change in Abrego García’s situation. The pause came after the administration said it had held “appropriate diplomatic discussions” with El Salvador ...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/04/30/kilmar-abrego-garcia-mistakenly-deported-man/

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3. Rubio has been in touch with Bukele about Abrego Garcia

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has been in touch with El Salvador President Nayib Bukele about Kilmar Abrego Garcia ... multiple sources ... told ABC News.

The details of their contact were not immediately clear.

ABC News' Karen Travers asked Secretary of State Rubio about Abrego Garcia at Wednesday's Cabinet meeting in Washington, and he would not say whether there had been any form of contact ...

https://abcnews.go.com/US/judge-denies-dojs-request-delay-discovery-abrego-garcia/story?id=121323475