Judge Gina Rodriguez of Colorado freed another noncitizen after immigration judge Bobbie Masters made the same error as before: misstating the evidence about the petitioner's criminal history. It is very unusual and perhaps telling that Judge Rodriguez is consistently naming these IJs.
Michael Karlik@michaelkarlik.bsky.social · 5d agoColorado's federal judges have found immigration judge Bobbie Masters violated their orders in at least four cases. An ex-immigration attorney-turned ICE lawyer, Masters credited an error-riddled arrest form and dubious ICE narrative to deny one man bond: www.coloradopolitics.com/2026/07/31/f...
![In order to state a claim for violation of § 20703, the United States must allege
that it requested a “record or paper required by section 20701.” 52 U.S.C. § 20703.
Because the Court finds that Colorado’s SVRL is not a record or paper that must be
produced pursuant to §§ 20701 and 20703, the United States has failed to state a claim
under § 20703. Accordingly, the Court will grant the motions to dismiss of the
Secretary, the Common Cause Intervenors, and the Alliance Intervenors and deny the
United States’ motion to compel and dismiss its claims.
V. CONCLUSION
Therefore, it is
ORDERED that the United States’ Motion for Order to Compel Records
Demanded Pursuant to the Civil Rights Act of 1960 [Docket No. 2] is DENIED. It is
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![Screenshot of a federal indictment stating in part:
On or about December 19, 2024, within the District of Alaska, the defendant,
PAUL MCKAY EASTER, knowingly did transmit in interstate and foreign commerce a
communication, and the communication contained a threat to kidnap and injure
VICTIM 1, specifically by stating “It is time to take action. [VICTIM 1] will die. This is a
direct threat. Come do something about it DoJ.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ejz5uypde6zjpcq6xpmm7mkv/bafkreifgm5zvpqrofpsabme3weqff5i4z4ac643pof4lwirckuc5ivvpmq)
![6. The following morning, the Secret Service submitted an emergency request to
Verizon in which an agent represented that such surveillance “relate[d] to an emergency involving
danger of death or serious physical injury to a person, necessitating disclosure without delay of
information relating to that emergency.” Ex. E. [013475-77] The Secret Service agent who
completed the form signed an attestation stating: “I certify that the foregoing is true and correct
and understand that Verizon may rely upon this form to make an emergency disclosure to my law
enforcement agency … pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 2702(b)(8) or 2702(c)(4).” Id. The declarant
advised the ATSAIC that he “was asked by the SAIC to ping the cellphone of James Comey via
exigency.” Ex. D. [013417] He further added that he did so “with hesitation.” Id. The same
document indicates that an Assistant Special Agent in Charge (“ASAIC”) reported that “the # 3
guy at DOJ ‘wanted to ping the cellphone via an exigency request.’”3
Id.
7. Secret Service case records provided in discovery show that Mr. Comey’s cell
phone was electronically tracked that day as he and his wife drove north on Interstate 95 (“I-95”)
from North Carolina toward his Virginia home. The Comeys were also physically surveilled
during the trip, but trailing agents lost contact when the Comeys exited I-95 at one point to drive
toward the cemetery where the Comeys’ son is buried. The electronic surveillance captured the
trip to the cemetery. (The Government later seized—pursuant to the challenged March 2026](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo/bafkreieobn5egqgq6vjid4fyzhfkbfdq7wbtqkelblvctdqwqaywzgeova)
