Overview
- Plaintiffs are seeking formal dismissal at a 2:30 p.m. hearing Thursday at the Dirksen Federal Building, with no class objections filed by the court’s deadline.
- Judge Sara Ellis’s November order limited tear gas and other chemical munitions and required body cameras and clear identification before the Seventh Circuit paused it as overbroad.
- The Department of Justice says Operation Midway Blitz has not ended, and Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino returned to the Chicago area this week with about 70 agents.
- Media organizations are pushing to unseal use-of-force reports and closed October testimony, including a transcript involving DOJ attorney Sean Skedzielewski.
- A Minneapolis enforcement action on Wednesday left a woman dead after an agent fired; federal officials cited self-defense, while the city’s mayor called the shooting reckless.