Laura Provinzino

U.S. District Judge, District of Minnesota

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Minnesota judge fines Trump DOJ attorney $500 daily in first contempt sanction

U.S. District Judge Laura Provinzino held DOJ attorney Matthew Isihara in civil contempt on February 19, 2026 — the first court-ordered sanction against a Trump administration official in his second term — after ICE released a detainee in Texas instead of Minnesota and withheld his identification documents in defiance of three parts of her order

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Feb 19, 2026 · court_ruling

Minnesota judge holds DOJ attorney in contempt over ICE document order

Jan 14, 2026 · judicial

Federal judge blocks USDA from cutting Minnesota's SNAP funding over "likely illegal" 30-day deadline

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