ORLANDO, Fla. \u2013 A federal judge in Orlando issued an order this week admonishing the United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, but stopped short of imposing sanctions.<\/p>\n
U.S. District Judge Roy Dalton, Jr\u2019s admonition of Gregory Kehoe and Assistant U.S. Attorney Joy Warner is the latest entry in the docket of Javier Gimenez Rivero.<\/p>\n
Dalton ruled in January that Gimenez Rivero–a high-school student who was brought to the United States from Venezuela as a minor–was unlawfully held at the Orange County Jail. Gimenez Rivero\u2019s case preceded a slew of other habeas corpus cases successfully argued by Phillip and Josephine Arroyo.<\/p>\n
In his order releasing Gimenez Rivero, Dalton criticized the federal government\u2019s attorneys for not including contrary law in their arguments.<\/p>\n
\u201cMembers of this Bar have a duty of candor to the Court,\u201d Dalton wrote in the January order. \u201cThe Government\u2019s response (Doc. 11) does not meet that standard.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dalton ordered that Kehoe and Warner \u201cmust show cause why they should not be sanctioned.\u201d<\/p>\n
In a response in February, Warner apologized for not including contrary law in arguing the Gimenez Rivero case.<\/p>\n
Kehoe and Warner, though, suggested the influx of immigration cases should be factored into Dalton\u2019s decision about sanctions.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Middle District of Florida is currently experiencing an unprecedented onslaught of habeas corpus petitions,\u201d the February response stated.<\/p>\n
In Dalton\u2019s order dated Thursday, the judge dismissed that concern.<\/p>\n
\u201cFirst, the U.S. Attorney blaming \u2018unprecedented\u2019 times for the recent subpar practice rings hollow,\u201d Dalton wrote.<\/p>\n
Dalton reiterated in the order that the government\u2019s attorneys had a \u201cduty of candor\u201d to the court independent of their duties to their client. In this case, the client was ICE, which Dalton said had \u201cfalsified warrants,\u201d \u201cdeported American citizens,\u201d \u201cand defied no-transfer orders.\u201d<\/p>\n
News 6 reached out to the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office for a response from Kehoe or Warner.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur office does not wish to make any comments,\u201d a spokesperson replied.<\/p>\n
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