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BumRushDaShow

(172,999 posts)
Fri Jun 12, 2026, 07:39 PM 14 hrs ago

Exasperated judge hammers Trump admins cynicism and complete inability to follow judicial directions orders mans release

Source: Law & Crime

Jun 12th, 2026, 10:22 am


A federal judge in Florida who has already called out the Trump administration multiple times for its failures in court has ordered Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to immediately release a man from detention as a consequence of the government's "complete inability to follow judicial directions."

U.S. District Judge Kyle Dudek's latest rebuke of the administration came Thursday, when he granted the habeas corpus petition of Dmitrii Iastrebov and ordered his "immediate release" from detention after the government engaged in "a masterclass in litigation cynicism."

"Last month, this Court ordered the Government to provide him with an individualized bond hearing under 8 U.S.C. § 1226(a). This was after the Government conceded he was entitled to such relief. What happened next borders on the surreal," Dudek explained. "Five days later, an immigration judge refused to hold the ordered hearing, claiming Iastrebov is not covered by § 1226(a) and thus ineligible for bond. Instead of defending this Court's mandate, the Government's counsel acquiesced in that refusal and waived any administrative appeal."

"Now, faced with a renewed habeas petition, the Government casually announces that its previous concession 'was in error' and asks this Court to reverse itself and hold that Iastrebov is instead subject to mandatory detention under 8 U.S.C. § 1225," the judge continued, calling that "request for a do-over" legally groundless.

Read more: https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/close-this-case-exasperated-judge-hammers-trump-admins-cynicism-and-complete-inability-to-follow-judicial-directions-orders-mans-release-as-only-remedy/



Full headline: 'Close this case': Exasperated judge hammers Trump admin's 'cynicism' and 'complete inability to follow judicial directions,' orders man's release as 'only remedy'

Link to ORDER (PDF) - https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/28239157/dudek.pdf
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Exasperated judge hammers Trump admins cynicism and complete inability to follow judicial directions orders mans release (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 14 hrs ago OP
As an extra bow on the result, Judge Dudek was nominated to the U.S. District Court in 2025, by Trump... nt Princess Turandot 13 hrs ago #1
Put the minions in jail Seinan Sensei 11 hrs ago #2

Princess Turandot

(4,936 posts)
1. As an extra bow on the result, Judge Dudek was nominated to the U.S. District Court in 2025, by Trump... nt
Fri Jun 12, 2026, 08:49 PM
13 hrs ago

Seinan Sensei

(1,695 posts)
2. Put the minions in jail
Fri Jun 12, 2026, 11:01 PM
11 hrs ago

Jail the rank-and-file attorneys who show-up spouting TSF pablum, and it won’t be long before TSF runs out of lickspittles to do his bidding.

You can’t get to TSF himself. So jail his toadies. Jail those who act as representatives of a government that traffics in “legislative cynicism.”

Refuse to follow judicial mandates?
=poof=
You’ve landed your happy ass in jail.

How many times would this have to happen before there are no more TSF lackeys willing to take a case before a judge.

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