Overview
- U.S. District Judge Kyle Dudek ruled that detainee M.A. did not show the irreparable harm required for a preliminary injunction to close the facility.
- Dudek wrote that closure would be an extraordinary step and that any cited deficiencies did not meet the standard for immediate relief.
- A separate Miami order to wind down the site over a missing environmental review remains paused after an appellate panel’s stay.
- In a different case over attorney access, court‑ordered settlement talks failed after nine hours, with plaintiffs citing delayed, nonconfidential visits and transfers.
- The state‑run facility opened this summer at a remote Everglades airstrip under Gov. Ron DeSantis, with federal involvement through DHS transfers and a reported $608 million reimbursement.