I think this is a question of semantics.

I suspect that the Government would not have been willing to dismiss their appeals of her habeas case and her student SEVIS case if she had stayed in the country — her departure effectively mooted that litigation which made dismissal more palatable.

idk!

There is no indication of a financial component to the settlement. It looks like just an agreement to dismiss all five cases.

(But money is not impossible, I guess.)

But the judgment is explicit about that "the court will retain jurisdiction to enforce the parties' settlement agreement."

« I remain a little perplexed…was it perhaps filed under seal with the Court? »

As to the D. Vt. dismissal of Öztürk's habeas and enforcement of the settlement agreement… bsky.app/profile/john... … Judge Sessions SO ORDERED the dismissal motion, which did not tell us much, but judgment also entered…

Not that this minutia is important, but the First Circuit acted on the dismissal motion quite quickly, 3:46pm. [ unlike a certain other pending motion in that case, ahem. ]

So, too, Öztürk habeas dismissal in D. Vt.

[ All these references to settlement agreement enforcement, although they did not publicly file the agreement? Feels odd. ]

And they filed a similar (presumably) motion in the First Circuit just now, although we can't actually see what it says because FRAP 25(a)(5) is annoying.

Anyhow, here's the Government's motion-to-dismiss their appeal in the 2nd circuit Öztürk case:

Err…sorry…to the Second Circuit, not the First Circuit. Sorry.
Apparently there's too much for me to keep track of.

«* is it "completely" redacted if they left a space unredacted? »

Öztürk's lawyers submitted a (completely*) redacted version last night of a sealed filing to the First Circuit from April 9.
One might speculate it was disclosing her departure to the Court, but maybe not.

The settlement agreement resolves the Government's BIA appeal of her deportation case dismissal, as well as her habeas (on appeal to 2nd circuit) and SEVIS (student status; on appeal to 1st circuit) cases.

Rümeysa Öztürk, the Tufts student detained be ICE last March who repeatedly won legal battles, has finished her Ph.D and returned to her native Türkiye (aka Turkey), the ACLU says in a press release.

There is a settlement agreement as well.

www.aclu.org/press-releas...

Here's Kathy Watkins in the automated Zoom transcript from tonight.

This suggests that the discussion was at the May 2025 budget hearings (which were public meetings), and I do remember (vaguely) such a discussion of the city's intention with respect to artificial turf conversion.

I am not quite sure that I followed the discussion sufficiently carefully. I had the impression it was made during the 2026 budget planning which went from fall 2024–spring 2025.

That might not be right.

Adjourned 8:14:43pm.

We seem to have lost the gavel.

Anyhow, resolution passes.
On to Announcements.

EDS is expressing concern about why this is an appropriate late order, "but I'm not going to be cranky."

She says something about how AAZ could have done it in 2 weeks and finalized it «which ignores the possibility of a charter right?»

On to the San José Las Flores (El Salvador) late order.

AAZ: "This expresses our strong message of solidarity."

We're now on Committee REports and MM pulls the ordinance report for adopting the two underlying orders (A, B). [study direction to CDD on formula business and active uses ]
Both pass.

Err, and also the O'Brien Highway thing with no letter.

Amendment passes, further amendment to add more co-sponsors (CZ, TF, BA, AAZ), and amended adopted.
Done with policy orders.

SS briefs us on what Charter Right means and also reminds us Patriot's Day is next week and there's no meeting.

Here again is the amendment on-screen:

Err…AAZ just referenced FIFA.

« Please channel my inner John Oliver. »

Kathy Watkins explains that this decision was made last year and is part of the budget.

Also, if it's not clear, the argument in favor of artificial turf over grass is that it allows a much greater utilization of the field, and there is a big shortage of fields in Cambridge.

Sorry, CZ not AAZ. bsky.app/profile/john...

On to Ahern field.

And oops, I mixed up my Z councillors!
This is CZ's amendment, not AAZ's. My bad!

bsky.app/profile/john...

Tim Flaherty charter-rights the Garden St. order, postponing it a week, after going on a fair bit about "res judicata" and relitigating past decisions.

First up, Brooke McKenna (3rd from left), Transportation Commissioner.

Now we're on Garden Street.
BUCKLE UP!

We start with AAZ, who authored the PO, and asks the Manager to "walk us through the recommendations."

JSW has an amendment to change number in the 6th WHEREAS.
We…have not been told what the number is actually changing to?
« what the heck? »