Judge blocks Trump admin's bid to move Tufts student case to Louisiana; sends it Vermont

A federal judge on Friday denied a Trump administration request to dismiss or move a case involving a Tufts University doctoral student from Turkey who has been detained by immigration authorities, instead moving the proceedings to Vermont. 

Judge Denise Casper denied the government's request to dismiss the case against Rumeysa Öztürk or move it to the Western District of Louisiana.

"Although the Petition raises serious issues as to the conduct of her arrest and detention as alleged in each of these Counts...