'Might very well require nationwide relief': Refugees urge judge to disregard SCOTUS ruling on universal injunctions
Source: Law & Crime
Jul 3rd, 2025, 3:41 pm
As the dust settles from the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling which did away with nationwide injunctions as we know them, plaintiffs and defendants are jockeying for procedural position in various cases where Trump administration policies were kiboshed.
In a Wednesday filing, a Congolese refugee known by the pseudonym Pacito insists the high court's ruling has no impact on their case.
The seven-page motion asks U.S. District Judge Jamal Whitehead, a Joe Biden appointee, to continue enforcing an injunction entered in late February which bars the Trump administration from attempting to "dismantle" the country's refugee resettlement system.
"Although the Court has jurisdiction to enforce its preliminary injunctions 'to preserve the status quo' — including by taking steps to ensure Defendants' compliance with the injunctions as ordered — it no longer has jurisdiction to narrow the scope of its previously granted relief because doing so would 'materially alter the status of the case on appeal,'" the supplemental briefing argues. "Regardless, no such narrowing is needed."
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Link to MOTION (PDF) - https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25989723-pacito-supplemental-brief/