"This is an unprecedented situation where hundreds of detainees are held incommunicado, with no ability to access the courts, under legal authority that has never been explained and may not exist," plaintiffs argued in a court filing.

Despite a panel of federal judges picking another person for the job, President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Alina Habba — who until the last few months had zero prosecutorial experience — is the acting U.S. attorney for New Jersey. At least for now.

Ryan Routh, the man accused of trying to assassinate President Donald Trump at his Florida golf course last year, can represent himself in his trial, judge rules.

Immigration judges fired by the Trump administration are filing appeals, pursuing legal action and speaking out in an unusually public fight for their jobs.

In a formerly rare move that’s a sign of unusual times at the Justice Department, a panel of federal judges in Chicago has approved Andrew Boutros’ appointment by the Trump

A Florida federal judge denied the Trump administration's request to release Jeffrey Epstein grand jury transcripts, stating that Eleventh Circuit law does not permit such disclosure.

Questioning the very legality of the state-run detention center, the attorneys said in a legal filing Friday that immigrants held at the site are unable to challenge their detention because there is no federal immigration court overseeing their cases — even though the complex of tents and trailers has been operating for nearly a month.

Grunfeld sent an attorney to the jail to obtain the men’s statements. Jesse Gonzales, who contacted Grunfeld after Dean’s death, told The San Diego Union-Tribune that Dean seemed to be in a state of acute psychosis for days.