Thu, 20 Mar 2025 16:45:15 GMT

HERE'S THE DEAL WITH THE RASHA ALAWIEH CASE (THE KIDNEY DOCTOR), AND WHAT YOU LIKELY WOULDN'T HEAR UNLESS YOU TOO DIG INTO THE MINUTIAE OF COURT RECORDS (THE BELOW IS DIRECTLY FROM THE COURT RECORDS)

The timeline is that after the lawyers made the allegation that Alawieh was removed in violation of the 48 hour order, it's highly notable that *they withdrew from the case*, AND that after the government complied with the court order to produce information by Monday (3/17) morning, ALAWIEH's (new) attorney requested that the government's information be *sealed*. Draw from that your own conclusions, but my take away from this (speculation, but educated speculation) is that there is likely *something* that the government had on Alaweih that she doesn't want to be made public. Something that supported deporting her under one or more laws.

Here's what the court record says:

"On March 14, 2025 a habeas petition was filed on behalf of Dr. Rasha Alawieh after which the Court, per standard practice, issued an Order directing that Dr. Alawieh not be removed from the district without forty-eight hours notice to the Court. This Order issued at 7:18 p.m., thereafter the Clerk’s Office transmitted the Order to the United States Attorney’s Office. The Court also scheduled a hearing on the petition for Monday March 17, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. On Sunday March 16, 2025, in response to allegations by counsel for the petitioner that the government had allegedly “willfully” disobeyed the Court’s Order Late in the evening on March 16, 2025, the lawyers filing this allegation moved to withdraw from this case stating that “as a result of further diligence, they no longer represent the petitioner”."

"Petitioner’s remaining lawyer simultaneously filed a motion asking the Court continue the hearing scheduled for today noting both a change in circumstance (Dr. Alawieh is now in Lebanon) and that new lawyers requiring additional time to prepare will be appearing. Meanwhile, the government has responded to the Petition by requesting its dismissal. The government has also responded to the allegations made by withdrawn counsel that CBP disobeyed the Court’s Order. The Court appreciates the prompt response by the government. Supported by an affidavit from the CBP Watch Commander, the government explains that CBP Officers at Logan did not receive notice of the Court’s Order from their legal counsel until after Dr. Alawieh “had already departed the United States” and that “[a]t no time would CBP not take a court order seriously or fail to abide by a court’s order.” In light of all of the foregoing the Court ALLOWS the Motion to Continue, CANCELS the hearing scheduled for today, provides the government until March 24, 2025, to supplement its response to the extent it wishes regarding the factual allegations on the notice issue, and directs Petitioner to respond, by March 31, 2025, to the request by the government to dismiss the petition. (SED) (Entered: 03/17/2025)"

Mar 17, 2025 "Emergency MOTION to Seal Document 16 Answer to Complaint and all exhibits by Yara Chehab.(Marzouk, Stephanie) (Entered: 03/17/2025)" <-- Alawieh's attorney

Mar 17, 2025 "District Judge Leo T. Sorokin: ELECTRONIC ORDER entered. Petitioner has filed a motion to seal the response of the government to the petition, including the exhibits to the response. Those documents shall remain sealed while the motion remains pending. (SED) (Entered: 03/17/2025)"

Thu, 20 Mar 2025 16:45:05 GMT

HERE'S THE DEAL WITH THE RASHA ALAWIEH CASE (THE KIDNEY DOCTOR), AND WHAT YOU LIKELY WOULDN'T HEAR UNLESS YOU TOO DIG INTO THE MINUTIAE OF COURT RECORDS (THE BELOW IS DIRECTLY FROM THE COURT RECORDS)

Here's what the court record says:

Mar 17, 2025 "Emergency MOTION to Seal Document 16 Answer to Complaint and all exhibits by Yara Chehab.(Marzouk, Stephanie) (Entered: 03/17/2025)" <-- Alawieh's attorney

Wed, 19 Mar 2025 22:42:03 GMT

FULL TIMELINE OF THE 'PLANES IN THE AIR' DEPORTATION CASE OF THE VENEZUELANS TO EL SALVADOR - WHEN THE ORDERS HAPPENED AND WHEN THE PLANES TOOK OFF:

Now that we know so much more, here are the full facts and timeline of the Alien Enemies to El Salvador deportation case, as we know them as of today, March 19. All times are Eastern time:

Saturday, March 15, 2:16 a.m.: The ACLU and advocacy group Democracy Forward file the lawsuit

Saturday, March 15, 9:40 a.m.: Court issues initial temporary restraining order (TRO) saying that the administration is restrained from removing noncitizens in U.S. custody using Trump's Alien Enemies proclamation about "the Invasion of The United States by Tren De Aragua" (unless they are subject to removal otherwise)

Saturday, March 15, 5:26 p.m.: Plane #1 takes off from Texas

Saturday, March 15, 5:45 p.m.: Plane #2 takes off from Texas

Saturday, March 15, 5:55 p.m.: Court goes back into session and says he needs to issue order so nobody is immediately deported

Saturday, March 15, 6:45 p.m.: Judge issues verbal order saying any plane "that is going to take off or is in the air needs to be returned to the United States... you shall inform your clients of this immediately, and that any plane containing these folks – because it's going to take off or it's in the air – needs to be returned to the United States... those people need to be returned to the United States, however that's accomplished, by turning around the plane or not embarking anyone on the plane... This is something that you need to make sure is complied with immediately."

[NOTE: However at this point in time Plane 1 and Plane 2 were already in the air for more than an hour, almost certainly putting them outside of U.S. airspace - this is key to one of the administration's defenses and argument.]

Saturday, March 15, 7:26 p.m.: Judge issues follow-up written order which does *not* contains the "planes in the air need to turn around" that was in the verbal order

Saturday, March 15, 7:37 p.m.: Plane #3 takes off from Texas

Sunday, March 16, 7:46 a.m.: El Salvador's Bukele posts a screenshot of a headline about the Court ordering the planes to turn around, saying "Oopsie... Too late 😂"

Monday, March 17, 5:00 p.m.: Judge holds hearing to determine what exactly went down, and when. (This is the hearing I sat in on, and when I heard the lawyer for the administration emphasize several times that "no planes took off from any U.S. territory after the verbal order.")

During the hearing the Trump administration's arguments were Plane 3 took off after the written order (which didn't have the 'any planes in the air' language) was issued, and that:

a) The written order supersedes the oral order, and the written order does not say anything about "any airplanes in the air needed to turn around", and so the administration believes that it complied with the order;

AND / OR

b) That at the time that the order was made the plane was already in the air *outside of U.S. airspace*, so not subject to the jurisdiction of the court's injunction, and so the administration believes that it was not in violation;

AND / OR

c) All of the people on Plane 3 that went to El Salvador were there under *other* laws and acts, *not* under the president's Alien Enemies Act proclamation (this is somewhat plausible as some of those deported were members of the Tren de Aragua gang which has been designated a terrorist organization, making them deportable under other laws), and so the administration believes that it wasn't in violation of the order and/or that it didn't have to follow the order owing to lack of jurisdiction;

AND / OR

d) That the president, as the executive and as the commander in chief of the military, has supremacy when it comes to matters of national security, and so that it didn't have to follow the order owing to lack of jurisdiction and a conflict with the constitution.

Wed, 19 Mar 2025 22:41:37 GMT