{"id":5290,"date":"2025-09-29T14:00:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T18:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/icap\/?page_id=5290"},"modified":"2026-04-16T10:01:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T14:01:41","slug":"lgml-v-noem","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/icap\/our-work\/defending-immigrants-and-sanctuary-cities\/lgml-v-noem\/","title":{"rendered":"LGML v. Noem"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Filings<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>2\/24\/26 \u2013 Filed a <span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/icap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2026\/02\/LGML-Motion-to-Show-Cause.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"cx_external_link\"><span class=\"cx_external_hyperlink\">motion<\/span><span class=\"visually_hide\">(This link opens in a new tab)<\/span><span class=\"cx_external_icon\"><\/span><\/a><\/span> seeking an order to show cause why the Department of Homeland Security should not be held in civil contempt for violating the court&#8217;s preliminary injunction<\/li>\n<li>12\/16\/25 \u2013 Filed a <span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/icap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2026\/04\/LGML-Reply.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-1837\" class=\"cx_external_link\"><span class=\"cx_external_hyperlink\">reply brief<\/span><span class=\"visually_hide\">(This link opens in a new tab)<\/span><span class=\"cx_external_icon\"><\/span><\/a><\/span> in support of motion to expand the class to include all unaccompanied minors in ORR custody<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">9\/28\/25 \u2013 Obtained a <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/icap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2025\/09\/LGML-v.-Noem-Opinion.pdf\">ruling<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> granting a preliminary injunction prohibiting the government from deporting a class of unaccompanied Guatemalan children<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">9\/10\/25 \u2013 Presented oral argument urging the Court to certify the class and issue class-wide preliminary injunctive relief<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">9\/9\/25 \u2013 Filed a <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.courtlistener.com\/docket\/71240524\/42\/lgml-v-noem\/\">reply brief<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in support of emergency motion for class certification<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">9\/8\/25 \u2013 Filed a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.courtlistener.com\/docket\/71240524\/40\/lgml-v-noem\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>reply<\/strong> <strong>brief<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in support of the preliminary injunction<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">9\/3\/25 \u2013 Filed a <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.courtlistener.com\/docket\/71240524\/20\/lgml-v-noem\/\">motion for preliminary injunction<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">8\/31\/25 \u2013 NILC filed a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.courtlistener.com\/docket\/71240524\/1\/lgml-v-noem\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>complaint<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to enjoin the government from transferring unaccompanied Guatemalan children out of ORR custody; a motion for a <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.courtlistener.com\/docket\/71240524\/2\/lgml-v-noem\/\">temporary restraining order<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">; and a motion for <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.courtlistener.com\/docket\/71240524\/6\/lgml-v-noem\/\">class certification<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>In the News<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">9\/10\/25 \u2013 <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/09\/10\/us\/politics\/doj-guatemala-children-deportation.html?unlocked_article_code=1.lE8.l3_j.Yr0z3t_9mMI_&amp;smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare\">New York Times covers Justice Department reversing course on claims Guatemalan children\u2019s parents sought their return<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Filings 2\/24\/26 \u2013 Filed a motion(This link opens in a new tab) seeking an order to show cause why the Department of Homeland Security should not be held in civil [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10947,"featured_media":0,"parent":302,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":"","_tec_slr_enabled":"","_tec_slr_layout":""},"class_list":["post-5290","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"ticketed":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/icap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/icap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/icap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/icap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10947"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/icap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5290"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/icap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5290\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5450,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/icap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5290\/revisions\/5450"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/icap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/icap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}