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Immigration,
Civil Procedure

Aug. 19, 2026

Test searches ordered in immigration enforcement discovery dispute

A federal magistrate judge ordered the government to test competing methods for searching Border Patrol electronic records as discovery disputes continue in litigation challenging immigration enforcement practices in Southern California.

Test searches ordered in immigration enforcement discovery dispute
U.S. Magistrate Judge Sheri Pym

A federal magistrate judge Tuesday ordered the government to test competing methods for searching Border Patrol electronic records in Vasquez Perdomo v. Mullin, litigation challenging federal immigration enforcement practices in Southern California.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Sheri Pym directed federal defendants to conduct test searches of records belonging to Daniel Parra, acting chief patrol agent for the El Centro Sector of U.S. Border Patrol, and report the results at another hear...

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