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The Associated Press filed suit Sept. 15 against the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, seeking to strike down a rule that blocks online access to the habeas corpus filings of detained immigrants.
- The targeted rule, Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 5.2(c), forces anyone — reporters included — to view those case files only in person, at the courthouse where they were filed.
- Since last October, federal judges nationwide have issued upward of 4,400 separate rulings finding that immigration agents locked people up with no legal basis to do so — in a wave of cases the public rarely gets to see.
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A Judicial Conference advisory committee is set to weigh a fix on Oct. 21, though any formal change could still take years to complete.
