Excerpt of "Order of Transfer" document from court in Rumeysa's case from Federal Judge Casper, reading, "In accordance with the Memorandum and Order dated April 4, 2025, D. 42, this case is
transferred to the United States District Court, District of Vermont. "
Excerpt from memo from federal court judge says, "merits of the Petition, the Court must first address the parties’ dispute about its jurisdiction. For the reasons articulated below, the Court denies the government’s motion to dismiss this Petition or its request to transfer this matter to the Western District of Louisiana and, relying upon the
“interest of justice” under 28 U.S.C. § 1631, transfers this matter to the District of Vermont, where Ozturk was confined overnight at the time that the Petition was filed. "
NEW: A federal judge has DENIED the government's request to transfer Rümeysa Öztürk's case to Louisiana and will instead be heard in Vermont. Rümeysa was jailed there when her atty filed a petition for her release. ICE secretly shuttled her between FOUR locations.
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