Split D.C. Circuit Denies En Banc Rehearing In Immigrant Removal Case

( November 18, 2025, 11:02 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A divided District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals issued a per curiam order denying rehearing en banc sought by immigrants after a panel in August 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.”...