Tell Judges to Hold ICE in Contempt

Use the addresses and script ideas to contact U.S. District of Massachusetts judges. The goal is to urge enforcement when ICE violates court orders. Postcards are provided at Bearing Witness and Justice 4 All protests outside the Burlington ICE office. If you cannot attend, either email [email protected] or download and print your own postcard.

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Postcard image urging judges to hold ICE in contempt — Postcards are provided at Bearing Witness and Justice 4 All protests outside the Burlington ICE office. If you cannot attend, download and print your own.

How to write and send	Postcard script ideas
Tell U.S. District of Massachusetts judges to hold ICE in contempt Choose a judge. Review the scripts and choose one. Write your selected judge a postcard. Federal judges in the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts Chief Judge Denise J. Casper Judge Richard G. Stearns Judge Indira Talwani Judge Mark G. Mastroianni Judge Leo T. Sorokin Judge Brian E. Murphy Judge Allison D. Burroughs Judge Angel Kelley Judge Margaret R. Guzman Judge Myong J. Joun Judge Julia E. Kobick Mailing address The Hon. [Judge's Full Name] John Joseph Moakley U.S. Courthouse 1 Courthouse Way Boston, MA 02210	The next time the government violates one of your orders, follow through with sanctions up to and including holding them in contempt. ICE has been violating court orders here in MA. Please use your authority to hold them in contempt when they do so. ICE has been violating the 4th amendment by failing to return people's documents when released from custody. Please sanction them for doing so. Please stop accepting statements of fact from ICE, CBP and DHS unless made under oath by a named individual. ICE, nearly universally, does not return people's documents. When ordering a release, explicitly order their personal effects returned. ICE transfers people out-of-state to deny due process. Issue a stay of transfer or removal for each habeas case with a penalty for violation. ICE has regularly failed to return people's personal effects upon release. Order them to do so in a timely fashion and sanction any violations. When issuing any court order on a habeas case, include the penalty for non-compliance. ICE cannot be trusted to follow court orders.

How to write and send

Postcard script ideas

Tell U.S. District of Massachusetts judges to hold ICE in contempt

Choose a judge.
Review the scripts and choose one.
Write your selected judge a postcard.

Federal judges in the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts

Chief Judge Denise J. Casper
Judge Richard G. Stearns
Judge Indira Talwani
Judge Mark G. Mastroianni
Judge Leo T. Sorokin
Judge Brian E. Murphy

Judge Allison D. Burroughs
Judge Angel Kelley
Judge Margaret R. Guzman
Judge Myong J. Joun
Judge Julia E. Kobick

Mailing address
The Hon. [Judge's Full Name]
John Joseph Moakley U.S. Courthouse
1 Courthouse Way
Boston, MA 02210

The next time the government violates one of your orders, follow through with sanctions up to and including holding them in contempt.
ICE has been violating court orders here in MA. Please use your authority to hold them in contempt when they do so.
ICE has been violating the 4th amendment by failing to return people's documents when released from custody. Please sanction them for doing so.
Please stop accepting statements of fact from ICE, CBP and DHS unless made under oath by a named individual.
ICE, nearly universally, does not return people's documents. When ordering a release, explicitly order their personal effects returned.
ICE transfers people out-of-state to deny due process. Issue a stay of transfer or removal for each habeas case with a penalty for violation.
ICE has regularly failed to return people's personal effects upon release. Order them to do so in a timely fashion and sanction any violations.
When issuing any court order on a habeas case, include the penalty for non-compliance. ICE cannot be trusted to follow court orders.