Chris Geidner

The protesters were on the Roebling bridge between Ohio and Kentucky to protest the detention of Children's Hospital chaplain Imam Ayman Soliman, who has been wrongly detained by ICE.

YouTube video by LOCAL 12 Police clash with protesters in Cincinnati; 13 arrested

"I'm American, and he just threw me down on the ground and he bloodied me up and I am 70 years old. This is my country! I am American, I told him that, I said 'I don't know what you're doing, you're crazy.' Suddenly, he came over and all of a sudden beat this nice guy next to me."

Plaintiffs' filing: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

TN's filing: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

This means *this* appeal will be gone, but the state is likely to appeal the final judgment, so the appeal will come back — just based on Friday's summary judgment ruling.

July 18, 2025 Kelly L. Stephens, Clerk U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Potter Stewart U.S. Courthouse 100 East Fifth Street, Room 540 Cincinnati, Ohio 45202-3988 Re: Rachel Welty, et al. v. Bryant Dunaway, et al. Case No. 24-5968 Dear Ms. Stephens: The State of Tennessee writes to inform the assigned panel of a memorandum opinion and order issued in this matter today by the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. See Mem. Op. & Order, Exhibit 1. In the present appeal, Defendants-Appellants seck review of the district court's grant of preliminary injunctive relief. Today, the district court issued an opinion and order that grants in part and denies in part the parties cross-motions for summary judgment. Ex. 1 at 31. The entry of final judgment moots this appeal from the district court's preliminary injunction order. As this Court has held, a "case may become moot on appeal if an intervening event makes it impossible for a court of appeals to grant any effectual relief in favor of the appellant." Adams v. Baker, 951 F.3d 428, 429 (6th Cir. 2020) (per curiam)(cleaned up). Because "[the point of a preliminary injunction is to maintain 'the status quo' until the resolution of the case 'on its merits," a "final decision on the merits... 'extinguishes a preliminary injunction." Id. (quoting Burniac v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., 810 F.3d 429, 435 (6th Cir. 2016)). That means the summary judgment decision by the district court "renders this interlocutory appeal moot." Tennessee v. McMahon, 2025 WL 848197, at *1 (6th Cir. Mar. 18, 2025); see Adams, 951 F.3d at 429 (same). This appeal should therefore be dismissed as moot.

Tennessee agrees, although it filed it as an "additional authority."

No. 24-5968 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT RACHEL WELTY et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. BRYANT DUNAWAY et al., Defendants-Appellants. On Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, No. 3:24-cv-768 PLAINTIFFS-APPELLEES' UNOPPOSED MOTION TO DISMISS APPEAL AS MOOT Plaintiffs-Appellees respectfully submit this motion to dismiss the appeal as moot. Because the district court has entered an order granting summary judgment to Plaintiffs-Appellees on their First Amendment claims and entering a permanent injunction, Defendant-Appellants' appeal from the district court's prior preliminary-injunction order is now moot. The Court should therefore dismiss this appeal.

Update: As expected, the plaintiffs challenging Tennessee's abortion "recruiting" criminal ban have moved to dismiss the preliminary injunction appeal pending at the Sixth Circuit as moot, given the district court's summary judgment — a final ruling — in their favor on Friday.

"Federal district judges, by and large, have shown they are up to the task of this moment—regardless of the president who appointed them. (It’s as we go up the line—to appeals courts and then the Supreme Court—that the rulings start to look more and more politicized.)"

The Warren Commission is not looking at any bullet wounds or the video shot by Abraham Zapruder, according to six people briefed on the report.

District judge presses forward with mass-firings challenge following SCOTUS's order Judge Susan Illston provided a great example on Friday of how to deal with the current Supreme Court in an order that the Trump admin turn over its mass-firing plans.

5 tips on judging in the Trump era with the Roberts court, care of U.S. District Judge Susan Illston: www.lawdork.com/p/illston-ma...

Wyoming Is Now Requiring Would-be Voters to Document Their Citizenship The rules were pushed by Wyoming’s ultraconservative secretary of state despite no pattern of noncitizen voting. A lawsuit warns it risks tripping up eligible citizens who wish to register.

Wyoming’s constitution already prohibits voting for non-citizens, and a recent investigation in its most populous county found zero cases of noncitizen voting there in the 2024 election. But the GOP has passed strict new restrictions.

boltsmag.org/wyoming...

This is especially good Chris analysis, which is saying something:

Lost his green card and was arrested while at an immigration office trying to get it replaced.

And it’s not petty! It’s a huge problem!

Welcome to my world!

NEW statement from Dow Jones, the parent company of The Wall Street Journal:

"We have full confidence in the rigor and accuracy of our reporting, and will vigorously defend against any lawsuit."

Two things both true:

The loved ones of Venezuelans are celebrating that they are no longer in CECOT; some are celebrating their return home.

And.

It is a violation of international law to cause someone to be returned where they’ll be persecuted. Most of them never got a chance to make that case.

Maria Quevedo, the mother of Eddie Adolfo Hurtado Quevedo, told us she was feeling relieved but still scared.

“Happy because God gave me the gift of seeing my son free on my birthday. Scared because my son is going to Venezuela, where he was threatened by the [paramilitary group] colectivos.”

This is an excellent, informed piece.

District judge presses forward with mass-firings challenge following SCOTUS's order Judge Susan Illston provided a great example on Friday of how to deal with the current Supreme Court in an order that the Trump admin turn over its mass-firing plans.

@chrisgeidner.bsky.social explains why many recent SCOTUS rulings are by no means the end of the story. And *everyone* should support his invaluable work!

District judge presses forward with mass-firings challenge following SCOTUS's order open.substack.com/pub/chrisgei...

Amazing AP image from Ariana Cubillos of Arturo Suárez, a Venezuelan musician sent to CECOT, walking off the plane. (Identified to me by a relative.)

“We spent four months without any contact with the outside world,” Suárez told teleSUR today. “We were kidnapped.”

CONFIRMED: Neri Alvarado, the Venezuelan man imprisoned by the Trump admin without due process for 4 months in El Salvador because of bureaucratic errors stemming from his autism awareness tattoo honoring his brother, is FREE.

One of the men @jessicaschulberg.bsky.social and I wrote about is Ysqueibel Yonaiquer Peñaloza Chirinos. He came into the U.S. legally, through the CBP One app. His family has worked tirelessly to secure his release from CECOT. Tonight, they got to hug him again. His mother Ydalys shares this video:

Andry’s case is Exhibit Number 1 for why due process matters.

No independent decision-maker, looking at evidence, ever found that he was a gang member. It was all some low-level immigration officers and staff at detention centers. Then suddenly, imprisonment without warning.

Andry Hernández Romero, the innocent make-up artist imprisoned without trial for 4 months in El Salvador by the Trump admin, is FREE.

He was wrongfully accused of being a gang member because of his “mom” and “dad” tattoos, and illegally sent to El Salvador without due process.

Extraordinary reading to understand the human impact of what’s going on.

Very kind, folks.

“…judges also need not hide their eyes from the broader landscape.” 🫡

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Thanks!

This has likely fallen under the radar with all of Trump’s Epstein scandal and lawsuits.
But read this (especially if somehow you’re a district judge). A great breakdown of a smart ruling by a lower court judge after SCOTUS used the shadow docket to overturn the judge’s ruling to benefit POtUS

District judge presses forward with mass-firings challenge following SCOTUS's order Judge Susan Illston provided a great example on Friday of how to deal with the current Supreme Court in an order that the Trump admin turn over its mass-firing plans.

BREAKING: District judge presses forward with mass-firings challenge following SCOTUS's order.

Judge Susan Illston provided a great example on Friday of how to deal with the current Supreme Court in an order that the Trump admin turn over its mass-firing plans.

New, at Law Dork: