Overview
- U.S. District Judge Richard Stearns took the case under advisement after a hearing and has not issued a ruling.
- Stearns suggested the State Department could issue a student visa so Any Lucia Lopez Belloza can resume her studies in the United States.
- Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark Sauter acknowledged the order was violated and offered a formal apology, calling it a rare procedural mistake.
- A Massachusetts judge barred removal or transfer for 72 hours on Nov. 21, but Lopez Belloza had already been flown to Texas and was deported to Honduras the next day, raising jurisdiction concerns.
- Lopez Belloza remains in Honduras taking Babson classes online as her lawyer presses for an order to bring her back and for potential contempt findings.