U.S.Litigation
Cities ask Supreme Court to pause Texas-DOJ judgment wiping out immigration administrative closure
Baltimore, New Haven, Columbus and Centro Legal de la Raza have asked the Supreme Court to stay a consent judgment between Texas and the Justice Department that threw out a 2024 EOIR administrative-closure rule, SCOTUSblog reported on October 15, 2026. The application, docketed as 26A500 on October 15, calls the judgment collusive and says it bypassed notice-and-comment rescission. Justice Alito called for a response by October 22.
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Key points
- The application is City of Baltimore, Maryland v. Texas, docket 26A500.SCOTUSblog
- Judge Reed O'Connor entered a Texas-DOJ consent judgment tossing the administrative-closure rule.SCOTUSblog
- He denied the cities' and Centro Legal's bid to intervene for lack of standing.SCOTUSblog
- The Fifth Circuit refused to block the judgment while their appeal continues.SCOTUSblog
- Counsel Joshua Salzman called the judgment indefensible and said agencies could evade rulemaking rules by declining to defend them.SCOTUSblog
- The application was submitted to Justice Alito on October 9; he requested a response by October 22, 2026.Supreme Court of the United States
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