Here’s are some highlights from lower federal court actions recently:

• Biden-nominated Judge Jeffrey Bryan of the District Court for the District of Minnesota ordered a Nicaraguan man, Kenis Gonzalez, be brought back from the Central African Republic where he was deported given that the issue of third-country deportations will be heard at the Supreme Court this year. 

• Judge Ana Reyes, a Biden nominee to the District Court for the District of the District of Columbia, extended what had been a two-week halt on tree-clearing and any other work in East Potomac Park. The public park which includes a public golf course is slated to be redeveloped at the direction of President Trump into a large, private golf course. Judge Reyes has undertaken an investigation into whether Trump lied about his plans. 

• Another Biden-nominated Judge, Julia Kobick of the District Court for the District of Massachusetts, issued a temporary injunction blocking an administration rule that gives refugees just 10 days to challenge the removal of their status. The merits of the new rule will be decided in further legal proceedings. 

• In an election-related case in the Ninth Circuit, after a three-judge panel paused a district court ruling that found that Department of Justice threats against election officials likely violated federal law, a majority of the full Ninth Circuit voted to vacate the panel’s decision.