A Trump-appointed judge threw out a rare case in which the Trump administration sued all 15 judges in a Maryland federal court to block judicial orders that slowed deportations.

The administration was challenging two orders by Judge George L. Russell III, the chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, that blocked federal immigration officials from removing or altering the legal status of certain detainees for two business days. The orders were designed to give the Maryland federal court time to address court petitions before the detainees were transferred outside of the court's jurisdiction.

The administration argued that the orders exceeded the court's authority and violated the proper procedures for issuing new rules.

"Every unlawful order entered by the d

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