Third Circuit chief judge halts New Jersey inquiry into Delaney Hall detention
Trump chief Circuit Judge Michael Chagares granted an administrative stay of a June 8 hearing after the Justice Department, led by Todd Blanche, sought a writ of mandamus against a district court probe of DHS.
WHITE HOUSE — A federal appeals court chief judge froze a lower-court inquiry into the Delaney Hall detention facility, Trump promoted on a Truth Social post on July 6, 2026 at 9:49 AM EST.
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Here is the full post on truthsocial: “Mike Davis @mrddmia Subscribe Major legal victory by @DAGTodd Blanche and the Trump Justice Department: The chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit halted the lawless judicial inquisition of DHS by Biden New Jersey Judge Zahid Nisar Quraishi, the first Muslim judge in America.”
The post reproduces court filings from a petition for a writ of mandamus to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. The named petitioners include Todd Blanche, in his official capacity as Acting Attorney General; Markwayne Mullin, as Acting Secretary of Homeland Security; Todd M. Lyons, as Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement; Luis Soto, warden of the Delaney Hall Detention Facility; and Arthur J. Wilson, Jr., of the ICE New Jersey Field Office. Counsel listed on the filing include Assistant Attorney General Brett A. Shumate and Deputy Assistant Attorney General Drew C. Ensign.
A docket entry attributed to Chief Circuit Judge Michael Chagares granted an administrative stay of a hearing scheduled for June 8, 2026. The order said the hearing was stayed pending further consideration of the petition for a writ of mandamus and a motion for stay by a panel of the court.
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The post carried a timestamp of 4:34 PM on June 7, 2026, and recorded 173,400 views on the original account. Mike Davis, who posts under the handle @mrddmia, is a conservative lawyer and political strategist whose commentary frequently circulates in Republican legal circles (see wikipedia.org).
The characterizations of a “lawless judicial inquisition” and the description of the district judge are the author’s framing rather than confirmed findings, and the underlying documents shown in the post could not be independently verified.
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