Overview

• The preliminary injunction blocks additional detainees and any further construction at the Everglades site while the case proceeds.
• Judge Kathleen Williams found violations of the National Environmental Policy Act and cited irreparable harm, including reduced Florida panther habitat and curtailed Miccosukee Tribe access.
• Florida filed an immediate appeal of the ruling, and the order allows only safety or mitigation work on existing structures.
• Within 60 days, temporary fencing, industrial lighting, generators, and sewage and waste systems must be removed as detainees are relocated.
• A separate detainee-rights case saw some legal-access claims dismissed in Miami, with remaining conditions claims transferred to another federal court.