By Diana Novak Jones

CHICAGO (Reuters) -A U.S. court on Friday threw out a Chicago judge’s order directing a top U.S. border official to report to her daily on his agents’ activity as part of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in the city.

U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis went too far in directing U.S. Customs and Border Protection commander-at-large Gregory Bovino to come to her courtroom every weekday evening to answer questions about his agents’ interactions with protesters, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said in response to a government challenge to the order.

The court found in a brief order that Ellis had improperly assumed the role of an “inquisitor” and supervisor of Bovino’s work.

Bovino had not yet made an appearance before the judge as required by her orde

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