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Seventh Circuit Splits Over Whether to Vacate a District Court Order Against Federal Immigration Agencies Upon a Fed. R. App. P. 42(b)(2) Voluntary Motion to Dismiss

In Chicago Headline Club v. Noem, No. 25-3023 (7th Cir. Mar. 5, 2026) (per curiam), a Seventh Circuit panel issues a 2-1 decision ordering that, as part of granting the government’s voluntary dismissal of its appeal under Fed. R. App. P. 42(b), the underlying order on appeal be vacated. The case arose from the surgeContinue reading “Seventh Circuit Splits Over Whether to Vacate a District Court Order Against Federal Immigration Agencies Upon a Fed. R. App. P. 42(b)(2) Voluntary Motion to Dismiss”