TALLAHASSEE — Pointing to “prudence,” a federal judge on Aug. 18 ruled that a battle about legal representation for people at an immigrant-detention center in the Everglades should move to a different court while also declaring part of the lawsuit moot.

U.S. District Judge Rodolfo Ruiz issued a 47-page order that resolved some issues in the high-profile lawsuit alleging First Amendment violations at the Detainees and their attorneys contend, in part, they have been prevented from having proper confidential communications to discuss cases.

The state in early July opened the facility at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport, a remote site in the Everglades that is mostly in Collier County and partly in Miami-Dade County.

The detainees and attorneys filed the lawsuit in the fede

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