A Donald Trump-appointed federal judge has dismissed the case brought by the Department of Justice against the entire Maryland judiciary over a standing order that bars the government from deporting undocumented immigrants for at least one day after they file a legal challenge to their detention.

Trump-appointed Judge Thomas Cullen criticized the administration for filing a confrontational lawsuit against Maryland federal judges over immigration court procedures.

A federal judge on Tuesday threw out an aggressive, unusual lawsuit the Trump administration brought earlier this year against all 15 federal judges in Maryland, rejecting a bid by the Justice Department to limit court power in fast-moving immigration cases.

A district judge in Virginia was specially tapped to oversee the unusual case after DOJ named all 15 federal district court judges in Maryland as defendants in a lawsuit related to deportations.

A federal judge threw out the Trump administration's challenge to a standing order issued by a U.S. district court in Maryland.

Justice Department officials are expected to continue their legal challenge, either by appealing Cullen’s ruling or pursuing separate legal challenges..

A Virginia federal judge has dismissed an unusual lawsuit between the Trump administration and federal judges in Maryland over an order that blocks the immediate removal of any detained immigrant who requests a court hearing.