Protesters hold a photo of Kilmer Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man who gathers together to protest the deportation of immigrants to El Salvador outside of El Salvador’s permanent mission to the United Nations in New York City on April 24, 2025. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON – Maryland’s mistakenly deported lawyer Kilmer Abrego Garcia requested a civil fine on Trump administration officials for repeatedly ignoring a court order from the U.S. Supreme Court and repeatedly ignoring clients to bring back to the United States from El Salvador.

In submission, The lawyers urged Maryland District Judge Paula Sinis to impose court sanctions on the government to avoid a discovery request that sought to determine action to return Abrego Garcia. The Trump administration has admitted his deportation to the infamous mega prison in March was a “administrative error.”

“For nine weeks, the government ignored this court’s order, affirmed by the unanimous Supreme Court, to promote Kilmer Abrego Garcia’s return to the United States after the illegal removal to El Salvador,” he wrote.

In addition to fines against the government for failing to comply with the court’s order, Abrego Garcia’s lawyers proposed that “the courts can personally impose monetary sanctions on government lawyers,” and that “the courts can go further and prohibit the government from reimbursing its costs.”

And they support civil contempt sanctions against parties who have proven to the Fourth Circuit “ignoring the discovery process.” It reflects government actions, for example, failure to prepare discovery materials in accordance with court orders. ”

The timing of the Tennessee charges has been raised doubts

Abrego Garcia It was brought back to the US June 6th, however, he faces criminal charges against accusations of participating in the smuggling of people in the country without legal approval. He is currently in custody and will face an arrest before Judge Nashville on Friday.

His lawyers questioned the timing of the charges, saying Attorney General Pam Bondy “when asked by reporters, he refused to state when the criminal investigation began, but the public report shows the public report at the same time that the court ordered the discovery of the government’s public order into the apparent dispute.”

“The government had told this court and the world something else, but it was secretly working to accuse Abrego Garcia of two felony immigration charges based on alleged conduct that took place years ago.

The lawyers specifically cite possible sanctions against Joseph N. Mazzarra, a lawyer for the Department of Homeland Security. Based on the story of the New York Times Mazzara is said to have said the Trump administration is trying to keep Abrego Garcia in El Salvador.

“Dividing the identity of these officials has been made difficult by the violation itself, but at least a few people, such as Mazzara, are already known, which is why it is appropriate for the court to order an investigation that deliberately avoids the court’s discovery order,” the application said.

Continue the lawsuit

The lawyers are pushing to continue the discovery process to identify the involvement of other government officials who ignored court orders to return Abrego Garcia.

“The length of the government’s resistance to discoveries related to these core questions raises a strong inference that the government is trying to hide its actions from the scrutiny of this court, plaintiffs and the public,” he submitted. “What the government is trying to inappropriately hide must be exposed for everyone to see.”

Trump administration on June 6th Moved to fire Abrego Garcia’s civil lawsuit It was filed in U.S. District Court in Maryland and claimed it was a controversy after Abrego Garcia landed in the United States to face criminal charges in Tennessee.

However, Abrego Garcia’s lawyers are trying to keep his civil suit open to pursue the potential sanctions cited in the latest summary.

“The case is not over until the government takes responsibility for the blatant, intentional, permanent violation of a court order at unbearable costs to Abrego Garcia and his family,” according to Abrego Garcia’s brief. The lawyer filed it on Sunday.