Event Brief
Judge holds government in contempt over phone imaging
Filed: Aug 04, 2026 at 8:00 PM ET
Summary: A California federal judge ordered forensic imaging of immigration agents’ phones; the government was held in civil contempt for not doing so.
WHO: A California federal judge; the federal government; immigration agents
WHAT: Held the government in civil contempt for failing to forensically image agents’ personal phones as required by a court order
WHEN: Aug 04, 2026 at 7:26 PM ET
WHERE: California
WHY: The government violated a court order requiring forensic imaging of cell phones used by agents at more than a dozen identified immigration operations.
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