CHICAGO — An appeals court has paused an order that required U.S. Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino to appear each day in federal court in Chicago.

Just before Bovino was to report to a judge at 5:45 p.m. local time Wednesday, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals stepped in to “temporarily” grant a government request for a reprieve.

The ruling comes a day after Bovino showed up in Chicago’s federal court to answer questions about a series of aggressive immigration actions in the area since September.

On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis had Bovino take an oath and sit in the witness stand to answer questions about why it appeared — through videos and written witness testimonials plaintiffs’ attorneys offered in an ongoing case — his agents were not abiding by a temporary r

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