Federal judge rules case of Mahmoud Khalil
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The judge presiding over a lawsuit in New Jersey challenging the detention of Mahmoud Khalil denied the government’s motion to dismiss his petition and said he has jurisdiction over the case, accordin...
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The ruling does not guarantee that Khalil will be moved out of a detention facility in Louisiana, where he is being held as the government seeks his deportation for his role in campus protests agains...
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The case against pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil will remain in New Jersey after a judge denied a government motion to have the case transferred to Louisiana where the Columbia graduate student remains in federal custody since his arrest last month.
Mahmoud Khalil, a leader of the encampment protests at Columbia University last spring, was detained on March 8 at his student apartment building.
Case challenging the Trump administration's effort to deport a student activist will not be moved to a more conservative Louisiana court
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Lawyers for Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia graduate student and pro-Palestinian activist detained by ICE, are fighting to keep his case in N.J.
A federal court in Newark will determine whether the United States can deport Mahmoud Khalil in what could be a landmark case on civil rights.
The government argued, in vain, that New Jersey never had jurisdiction on the case and that a habeas corpus petition could only be targeted at Louisiana detention officials.
A federal district court declined to say whether the US government’s case against Mahmoud Khalil, the prominent pro-Palestinian activist detained by immigration officers, should be heard in New Jersey.
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ABC7 New York on MSNFederal judge rules case of Mahmoud Khalil to stay in New JerseyThe opinion, unless appealed by the government, would clear the way for Judge Michael Fabiarz to decide the more substantive issues of Khalil's continued confinement.
Farbiarz, who was appointed by former President Joe Biden, determined that he has jurisdiction over the case because Khalil was being detained in New Jersey when his lawyer filed the challenge.