He’s a former law school roommate of Brett Kavanaugh and his personality has poked through his rulings with quirky references to Star Trek and Fugees lyrics.

U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg won’t lift his earlier ban on the deportation of immigrants under the Alien Enemies Act, denying a Trump administration request and ruling it likely violated the due process rights of migrants who were deported to El Salvador.

A D.C. federal judge blocked a bid by the Trump administration to restart removals under the Alien Enemies Act in a thundering Monday order. Chief D.C. judge James Boasberg denied a request from the administration to overturn an earlier freeze he put in place on removals of Venezuelans under the proclamation.