| Imran Ahmed
Christmas Eve Order to Show
Cause on Sanctions Extended to
Jan 5
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
Dec 29 – At 7 pm on Christmas
Eve, lawyers for Imran Ahmed
filed a lawsuit in the U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York,
which Inner City Press closely
covers, even on
holidays.
The
lawsuit seeks to enjoin the US
from expelling or sanctioning
Imran Ahmed for his work at
the Center for Countering
Digital Hate.
As of
December 26 it has yet to be
assigned to a District Judge.
But Judge Vernon S. Broderick,
the Part 1 Judge for the week,
reported signed the Temporary
Restraining Order early on
Christmas Day and set a
hearing for sometime on
Monday, December
29.
As of noon on
December 26, Judge Broderick's
Order was not public in PACER.
Apparently, Imran Ahmed's
lawyers distributed the order
to some media (it is not on
the law firm's website).
On December 29
Inner City Press went to the
courtroom of Judge Broderick
and heard him say that the
day's 4:30 conference was off,
though it had nothing to with
him, he joked. Later it was
docketed: the "conference
scheduled for today at 4:30 PM
is adjourned. The parties
shall appear for a conference
on January 5, 2026, prepared
to address venue, this Court's
jurisdiction to hear this
case, including how long
Plaintiff intends to be in New
York, and what steps
Defendants have taken to
impose visa restrictions and
initiate removal proceedings
against Plaintiff and others
pursuant to the same or
similar State Department
sanctions. The parties should
also be prepared to discuss
the schedule for briefing
during the conference. The
Temporary Restraining Order
previously granted by this
Court remains in effect."
The case
is Ahmed v. Rubio, et al.,
1:25-cv-10705 (Preska)
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