Xinis was born in Mineola, New York, graduated from the University of Virginia and went to Yale Law School. She clerked for ...

U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis said the administration is attempting to “obstruct” efforts to unearth details about Abrego Garcia’s improper deportation to El Salvador and had provided ...

Federal Judge Paula Xinis is at the center of the case of a Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration that has emerged as a critical test of Trump’s aggressive ...

We don’t know why U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis agreed to the initial delay or declined to extend it. The litigation came in sealed motions. We do know that Xinis had agreed to pause discovery ...

Earlier this month, Xinis ordered the administration to “facilitate” Abrego Garcia’s return. That decision was affirmed by the Supreme Court, although the justices said her order needed to ...

The judge hardly minced her words. “Wholly illegal from the moment it happened,” U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis wrote Friday in describing the Trump administration’s mistaken deportation of ...

In her order, Judge Xinis accused the DOJ of engaging in a "willful and bad faith refusal to comply" with discovery obligations.

U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis is the latest judge at odds with the Trump administration. On the federal bench for nearly a decade, Xinis has experienced partisan pushback since her nomination by ...

Maryland District Court Judge Paula Xinis is taking a stand against the administration by forcing it to rescue a man who was wrongfully deported. Breaking News Intern Maryland District Court Judge ...

Federal Judge Paula Xinis is at the center of the case of a Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration that has emerged as a critical test of Trump’s aggressive ...

“To date, what the record shows is that nothing has been done. Nothing,” U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis said at a court hearing Tuesday. Xinis’ order sets up a high-stakes sprint that may ...