The state is seeking documents, internal reports and photos of the National Guard and military “in operations … on the streets of communities in Southern California.”
California National Guard stand guard as protesters gather in front of the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building during the ‘No Kings’ protests Day in Los Angeles on Saturday, June 14, 2025. in the continuing legal battle over President Donald Trump’s federalization of the state’s National Guard and deployment of troops to Southern California, asAppeals court lets Trump keep control of National Guard troops deployed to LALawyers for Trump administration, California make their cases for who should control National Guard In the discovery request, attorneys for the state said it would “largely be seeking discovery on enforcement actions that have already taken place and generalized instructions on authorized use of these federalized troops and Marines, rather than sensitive information specific to future federal law enforcement actions.
” The request said it seeks documents, internal reports, photos and “other such evidence related to the operations or practices” of the National Guard and military “in operations that are not taking place on federal property, but rather on the streets of communities in Southern California.” Attorneys for the state also said they wish to depose an Immigration and Customs Enforcement field officer who they alleged has “operational visibility into the military’s actions in California since the deployment as well as any continued ICE operations before or after the military was deployed,” as well as a major general who they said “has visibility and knowledge of orders issued to the troops on rules of engagement, the scope of the duties, and the nature of the deployment with ICE.” Attorneys for the Trump administration objected to the discovery request on Wednesday, June 25, calling it “improper and substantively unjustified.” They said the state has “lost this case, full stop, and this Court should read the writing on the wall and refuse to entertain the unbelievably broad and unnecessary requested discovery, including the request to depose two national security officials during defense operations.”Breyer, last week, asked both sides for briefings on whether the Posse Comitatus Act is being violated in Los Angeles. Attorneys for the Trump administration also said that if any discovery were to take place, “expedition is unwarranted,” and the case should be transferred to the Central District of California. Brett Shumate, an attorney for the Trump administration, told federal appeals judges last week that the National Guard is needed to protect federal buildings and agents in Los Angeles amid “ongoing violence.” Without the Guard, Shumate argued, properties and people would be at risk. “The situation on the ground has not changed,” Shumate, an assistant attorney general in the Justice Department, said. Breyer, meanwhile, is weighing whether to issue a more durable preliminary injunction restricting what Trump can do with some 4,000 National Guard troops or 700 active-duty Marines his administration has also deployed into the city.a federal appeals court last week handed a win to Trump , unanimously concluding that conditions in the Los Angeles area were sufficient for the president to deploy the troops, allowing him to keep control.in overturning Trump’s decision to federalize members of the California National Guard. Trump has used what’s called Title 10 — which allows the president to federalize the National Guard when the country “is invaded,” when “there is a rebellion or danger of a rebellion against the authority of the government,” or when the president is otherwise unable “to execute the laws of the United States” — as the basis for his actions. Newsom, though, has vowed to continue to fight the administration’s use of the National Guard and Marines. “The president is not a king and is not above the law,” he said Monday. “We will press forward with our challenge to President Trump’s authoritarian use of U.S. military soldiers against citizens.”A look at how Trump’s big bill could change the US immigration systemTrump judicial nominee Emil Bove denies advising lawyers to ignore court orders2 dead, including LAPD sergeant, in crash on 405 in Brentwood areaLAUSD scales back retiree benefits, boosts LGBTQ+ programs in revised budgetAfternoon quake was small, but bigger in Sherman OaksCallback
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