The Supreme Court's November argument session begins Monday with two cases. In Maxwell v. Dinis, the justices will consider whether a federal inmate can use a habeas statute, 28 U.S.C. § 2241, to challenge the Federal Bureau of Prisons' refusal to accelerate his transfer to a halfway house or home confinement. In Younge v. Fulton Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office, Georgia, the court will address whether an affirmative defense may serve as a basis for summary judgment if not presented earlier in a pleading.
This week, the Supreme Court denied a request from three cities and a legal services group to pause an agreement between Texas and the Department of Justice that prevents enforcement of a Biden-era rule allowing immigration judges to pause certain deportation proceedings. There were no noted dissents.
An environmental group, a local landowner, and a church preservation group filed a brief Thursday urging the Supreme Court to deny the Trump administration's request to resume construction of its border wall in the Big Bend region of southwestern Texas.