司法部要求两名明尼苏达联邦法官回避移民案件
明尼苏达州：据路透社 10 月 21 日报道，美国司法部正寻求让两名明尼苏达州联邦法官分别回避各自审理的两起案件，理由是两人此前接受纽约时报采访，谈论特朗普政府在该州移民执法行动给法院带来的压力。司法部协理部长 Stanley Woodward 于周二（10 月 20 日）提交了回避动议，对象是联邦地区法官 Patrick Schiltz 和 John Tunheim。两人的采访刊登于 9 月 17 日的纽约时报，内容涉及去年冬季大都会突袭行动期间大量移民案件涌入法院的情况；Schiltz 当时表示，其法院的遭遇对法治构成严重威胁，并在今年 1 月的一项裁决中指责移民与海关执法局在行动期间违反了近 100 项法院命令。司法部一个月前已就此对两名法官提出司法不当行为投诉。明尼苏达联邦地区法院发言人 Rebecca Parks 拒绝置评，称法官不能对未决事项发表评论。
Justice Department Seeks to Bar Two Minnesota Federal Judges From Immigration Cases
In Minnesota, Reuters reported on October 21 that the U.S. Justice Department is seeking to have two Minnesota federal judges step aside from separate cases after they gave interviews to The New York Times about the pressures their court faced as a result of the Trump administration's immigration crackdown in the state. Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward made the recusal requests in court filings on Tuesday, October 20, targeting U.S. District Judges Patrick Schiltz and John Tunheim. The judges spoke to the newspaper for an article published September 17 about the cases that flooded their court last winter during Operation Metro Surge. Schiltz said at the time that what happened in his court created a grave threat to the rule of law, and in an order in January he took U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to task for violating nearly 100 court orders during the surge. The Justice Department filed a related judicial misconduct complaint against the two judges a month ago. Rebecca Parks, a spokesperson for the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, declined to comment, saying the judges could not comment on matters pending in the court.
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