'Voluntary dismissal': Trump gets big win after 5th Circuit pauses disclosure orders in Alien Enemies Act case
Source: Law & Crime
May 24th, 2025, 3:01 pm
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Friday paused a lower court’s orders requiring the government to reveal key details about its relationship with El Salvadoran officials in the context of Alien Enemies Act (AEA) deportations. That win for the Trump administration could now be the final word in the case – as notices of dismissal soon followed the ruling.
In a terse, one-page order, a three-judge panel issued an administrative stay “pending appeal,” which put the kibosh on two separate disclosure orders issued by U.S. District Judge Keith P. Ellison, a Bill Clinton appointee, earlier this week.
On Thursday, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi filed motions under seal with the district court and the court of appeals, making necessarily secretive arguments as to why the lower court’s orders should be stayed in the habeas corpus case brought by attorneys for Venezuelan refugee Widmer Josneyder Agelviz-Sanguino, 24.
The appellate court’s order means the government will no longer have to provide a laundry list of details about the notorious prison in El Salvador known as the Center for Terrorism Confinement (CECOT).
Read more: https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/voluntary-dismissal-trump-gets-big-win-after-5th-circuit-pauses-disclosure-orders-in-alien-enemies-act-case/
Link to ORDER (PDF viewer) - https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25953187-agelviz-sanguino-v-noem-5cca-order-admin-stay/
Link to ORDER (PDF) - https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25953187/agelviz-sanguino-v-noem-5cca-order-admin-stay.pdf
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