CHICAGO — Less than two hours before U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino was set to appear before a federal judge Wednesday evening for the first of five court-ordered daily check-ins, the 7 th Circuit Court of Appeals said he didn’t have to.

U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis had ordered Bovino to show up for end-of-day appearances in her courtroom after the longtime Border Patrol official spent an hour on the witness stand Tuesday. During that hearing, the judge went through various recent alleged violations of her Oct. 9 temporary restraining order restricting immigration agents’ use of force against civilians, including the deployment of tear gas in four separate Chicago neighborhoods three days in a row last week.

Read more: Bovino ordered to make daily court appe

See Full Page