section_path: Contesting deportation/Initial appeal to the Fourth Circuit
section_name: Initial appeal to the Fourth Circuit
paragraph_text: Initial appeal to the Fourth Circuit
  
  On April 5, the Department of Justice appealed the ruling to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. On April 7, an appeals court panel of the Fourth Circuit consisting of judges Stephanie Thacker, Harvie Wilkinson III, and Robert King unanimously denied the Trump administration's appeal of Xinis's order. The appellate court stated that " has no legal authority to snatch a person who is lawfully present in the United States off the street and remove him from the country without due process... The Government's contention otherwise, and its argument that the federal courts are powerless to intervene, are unconscionable."
  
  On April 5, the Department of Justice appealed the ruling to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. On April 7, an appeals court panel of the Fourth Circuit consisting of judges Stephanie Thacker, Harvie Wilkinson III, and Robert King unanimously denied the Trump administration's appeal of Xinis's order. The appellate court stated that " has no legal authority to snatch a person who is lawfully present in the United States off the street and remove him from the country without due process... The Government's contention otherwise, and its argument that the federal courts are powerless to intervene, are unconscionable."