Attorneys representing a man the Trump administration admittedly deported in violation of a court order are asking for the appointment of a special master who will investigate the “unlawful” removal.

The government admitted to deporting Jordin Melgar-Salmeron in early May, citing “a confluence of administrative errors,” including a breakdown in communications, Law&Crime previously reported .

Now, the man’s attorneys are rejecting those explanations in a letter motion filed Monday with the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.

“The Government’s actions in this case constitute no less than a grave affront to the rule of law — both for its ultimate violation of this Court’s court order and the apparently administrative perfidy which lead to that result,” the motion reads. “Mr. Melgar-Salmeron’s

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