Supreme Court pauses order to return mistakenly deported Maryland man
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration in April 2025 to return a Maryland man mistakenly deported to a prison in El Salvador, calling the deportation "wholly lawless." Chief Justice John Roberts temporarily paused the order after the administration appealed.

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3 developments- Apr 4, 2025Judge orders return of wrongly deported Maryland man to US from El Salvador
- Apr 7, 2025Supreme Court pauses order to return mistakenly deported Maryland man
- Apr 8, 2025A timeline of the legal battle over the mistaken deportation of a Maryland father to El Salvador
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