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A Justice Department attorney<\/a> has been ordered to pay a $500 daily fine after a federal judge found him in civil contempt of court.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, Judge Laura Provinzino, who was appointed by former President Joe Biden<\/a>, found Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Matthew Isihara in civil contempt, hitting him with a daily fine.<\/p>\n

The judge reportedly said that her goal was to ensure the government complies with her orders regarding Rigoberto Soto Jimenez, a detained Mexican immigrant living in Big Lake, Minn., KMSP-TV reported<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Soto Jimenez has reportedly lived in the U.S. since 2018 and has no criminal history or final orders of removal, according to KMSP-TV. Additionally, the outlet noted that Soto Jimenez’s attorney stated that he is “years into the process of obtaining lawful immigration status.”<\/p>\n

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Soto Jimenez was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) personnel on Jan. 14, and as of a Feb. 9 order<\/a>, was not given “a warrant that justifies his detention,” according to the judge’s order.<\/p>\n

Soto Jimenez was also allegedly denied a bond hearing, something the judge demanded be held. Additionally, Provinzino ordered that Soto Jimenez be released from custody by 5:00 p.m. on Feb. 13.<\/p>\n

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ICE met the release deadline, but let Soto Jimenez out of detention without any of his identification paperwork, according to KMSP-TV. This appeared to violate Provinzino’s Feb. 9 order, which said that the government was ordered to release Soto Jimenez “without imposing any conditions of release and to return all property to him.”<\/p>\n

Isihara reportedly admitted that Provinzino’s order had fallen “through the cracks,” according to KMSP-TV. The outlet noted that the attorney blamed a massive caseload and lack of staff to handle the civil litigation related to Operation Metro Surge.<\/p>\n

“I don\u2019t think it is acceptable,” Ishihara told the court, according to KMSP-TV. “I believe the volume of work over the last few weeks has exceeded the capacity of any one AUSA [Assistant U.S. Attorney].”<\/p>\n

The daily fines will begin accruing on Thursday and will remain in place every day that Soto Jimenez does not have his identification, KMSP-TV reported.<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital reached out to the ICE, the Department of Homeland Security and the Justice Department for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/federal-judge-holds-doj-attorney-contempt-over-ice-case <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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