Mahmoud Khalil, a leader of the encampment protests at Columbia University last spring, was detained on March 8 at his ...

Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil's case will remain in New Jersey after a federal judge Tuesday rejected the Trump ...

A New Jersey-based federal judge on Tuesday declined the Trump administration’s request to transfer pro-Palestinian activist ...

The Justice Department had moved to dismiss a petition that claims Khalil's detention violates his constitutional rights.

A federal judge has ruled that the legal battle over Mahmoud Khalil’s deportation should continue to play out in New Jersey, ...

A federal district court declined to say whether the US government’s case against Mahmoud Khalil, the prominent ...

Khalil’s attorneys challenged the argument, telling the court the government’s ongoing efforts to challenge its jurisdiction are part of their legal strategy to delay the case. In arguments ...

In a written decision Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Michael Farbiarz in Newark said jurisdiction over the case should remain in New Jersey since Khalil was being held there at the time his lawyer's ...

That vested this Court with jurisdiction ... a federal judge in New York last month moved the case to New Jersey. Lawyers for Khalil urged a federal judge to keep his habeas case in New Jersey ...

“Everyone knows about this case and is wondering if they’re going to get ... a judge determined a federal court in New Jersey was the proper jurisdiction for the lawsuit. Khalil served as a negotiator ...

But the New Jersey court has jurisdiction because Khalil was in ... the Court has rightfully reaffirmed that Mahmoud Khalil’s case belongs in New Jersey ‒ significantly closer to his wife ...