A federal judge ruled against the Trump administration‘s request to transfer pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil‘s case to Louisiana, where he is being held.
This is the second time a federal judge has rejected the Justice Department’s efforts to litigate Khalil’s case in Louisiana, after a Manhattan-based judge transferred the case to New Jersey two weeks ago.
“The case as filed can go forward only here. The other 93 districts, where the Petitioner was nowhere to be found, are out of the question,” U.S. District Judge Michael Farbiarz wrote in his ruling Tuesday.
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Farbiarz, a Biden appointee, based his ruling on the fact that Khalil was held in New Jersey shortly after his arrest.
Khalil had his green card revoked over his participation in several anti-Israel protests
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