* The Sun-Times…

The federal appeals court in Chicago put a temporary hold Wednesday on U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis’ requirement that the Border Patrol’s commander-at-large appear in her courtroom every weeknight until Nov. 5.

But the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals also gave plaintiffs in an ongoing lawsuit a chance to respond by the end of business Thursday. So there’s still a chance Bovino could be spending more time in Ellis’ courtroom.

* Tribune…

Ellis’ unusual request came as allegations have mounted that agents under Bovino’s command are indiscriminately throwing tear gas in Chicago neighborhoods and using inappropriate force against residents and reporters during protests over Operation Midway Blitz, the Trump administration’s ongoing immigration enforcement push.

During a remarkable hourlong session with Bovino on the witness stand Tuesday, Ellis also instructed the 30-year Border Patrol veteran to get his own body camera and send her every use-of-force report — and accompanying bodycam footage — filed since the operation began nearly two months ago.

While she stopped short of finding any specific violations had occurred, Ellis ordered Bovino to appear before her in open court at 5:45 p.m. each weekday to go over any uses of force from that day. The appearances would be required until at least Nov. 5, when Ellis is scheduled to hold a full hearing on a preliminary injunction.

* Capitol News Illinois…

[A]ttorneys from the Trump administration on Wednesday afternoon appealed the matter to the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, calling Ellis’ order for Bovino’s appearances an “extraordinary and extraordinarily disruptive requirement.”

“The order significantly interferes with the quintessentially executive function of ensuring the Nation’s immigration laws are properly enforced by waylaying a senior executive official critical to that mission on a daily basis,” the motion said.

Though Ellis herself said on Tuesday that she didn’t want to “micromanage” Bovino, Department of Justice lawyers accused her of doing just that in their motion, writing that Ellis had “exceeded (her) judicial role by arrogating to (herself) the role of supervising and micromanaging the day-to-day operations of an Executive Branch law-enforcement agency.”

A couple hours later, the 7th Circuit granted the Trump administration’s motion for a stay on Ellis’ order requiring Bovino’s daily appearances. The end-of-day check-ins were scheduled to end on Nov. 4, the day before a hearing on whether to convert the judge’s temporary restraining restricting riot control weapons to a preliminary injunction.

* The AP…

“We are thrilled this act of judicial overreach has been paused,” the Department of Homeland Security said in a statement to The Associated Press.

Attorneys still met with Ellis in the evening to discuss logistics in the evidence-gathering phase of the case. They agreed to a 9 p.m. deadline to submit body camera recordings of federal agents using tear gas on people in the predominantly Mexican American neighborhood of Little Village last week.

* WTTW…

Bovino still remains scheduled to sit for an hourslong deposition on Thursday morning beginning at 10 a.m. in which he’ll face questioning about how his agents are enforcing the law in and around Chicago.

That under-oath questioning will be done behind closed doors, and it’s not yet clear whether a transcript of the deposition will be made public. Beyond Bovino, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement officials Russell Hott and Daniel Parra will also be deposed this week.

Those depositions come as part of a lawsuit brought by the Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Block Club Chicago and other media organizations who’ve alleged immigration agents have engaged in a “pattern of extreme brutality” that’s part of a “concerted and ongoing effort to silence the press and civilians.”