Split D.C. Circuit Vacates Contempt Ruling In Immigrant Removal Case

( August 13, 2025, 11:46 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel dismissed an appeal by the federal government for lack of appellate jurisdiction and vacated a trial court’s ruling that probable cause exists to determine that the federal government’s actions in an immigrant removal class case constitute criminal contempt, opining that the government “satisfied the stringent requirements for a writ of mandamus.”...