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Matthew Isihara

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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
U.S. District Judge Laura Provinzino ordered Justice Department attorney Matthew Isihara to pay $500 per day in civil contempt after the government failed to return identification documents to Rigoberto Soto Jimenez, a detained Mexican immigrant released by court order. The contempt sanction marked the first such personal fine against a DOJ attorney in the wave of ICE-court conflicts in early 2026. The government returned the documents the following day, purging the contempt and shielding Isihara from paying accumulated fines.
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