A US federal judge dismissed a lawsuit on Tuesday that involved President Donald Trump suing every federal judge in Maryland over orders blocking immediate deportation of migrants contesting removal.

Trump filed the suit on Monday in response to an order written by Maryland Chief District Judge George L. Russell III in May. The order prohibited the US government from deporting migrants out of the US who have filed paperwork with Maryland contesting their deportation until 4 PM on the second business day after the habeas corpus petition is filed.

A habeas corpus petition is a legal tool which detained non-citizens in the US use to challenge the lawfulness of their detention in front of federal authorities. It requires the US government to justify an immigrant’s confinement in front

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