Xinis was born in Mineola, New York, graduated from the University of Virginia and went to Yale Law School. She clerked for ...

In her order, Judge Xinis accused the DOJ of engaging in a "willful and bad faith refusal to comply" with discovery obligations.

“To date, what the record shows is that nothing has been done. Nothing,” U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis said at a court hearing Tuesday. Xinis’ order sets up a high-stakes sprint that may ...

Federal Judge Paula Xinis is at the center of the case of a Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration that has emerged as a critical test of Trump’s aggressive ...

A federal appeals court rejected the Trump administration’s request that it halt the next steps Judge Paula Xinis is seeking to take in the case concerning a migrant who was wrongly deported to ...

The federal judge handling the case of a wrongly deported Maryland dad is losing patience with the Trump administration’s foot-dragging over his return to the U.S. U.S. District Judge Paula ...

"We have to give process to both sides, but we're going to move… there will be no tolerance for gamesmanship or grandstanding," U.S. District Court Judge Paula Xinis said at the start of a ...

"I'm not asking for state secrets," Judge Paula Xinis told a deputy attorney general at a tense hearing Friday. "…All I know is he's not here. The government was prohibited from sending him to ...

U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis of Maryland ordered the U.S. to show what steps it is taking to comply with a court ruling to release Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national who was expelled ...

The federal government’s attempt to avoid returning the mistakenly deported man “runs contrary to law and logic,” Judge Paula Xinis wrote. By Jordan Rubin The Trump administration argued ...