A federal judge in Boston ordered federal immigration authorities to transfer Tufts international student Rumeysa Ozturk's lawsuit over her detainment to Vermont. Why it matters: The ruling enables attorneys for Ozturk,

Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish doctoral student at Tufts University, was taken into custody by immigration officials on March 25.

After holding Rümeysa Öztürk at ICE’s field office in St. Albans the night of March 25, court filings show, ICE officials placed her on a flight out of the Burlington airport.

U.S. District Judge Denise Casper said the case brought by Rumeysa Ozturk, 30, in Boston, Massachusetts, should instead be heard in Vermont, where Ozturk was initially moved into custody after her arrest was captured in a viral video, prompting demonstrations.

In a 26-page ruling, Judge Denise Casper denied the government’s motion to dismiss Rümeysa Öztürk's petition for release and renewed her order that she not be deported.

The federal case against the Turkish Tufts graduate student arrested last month by ICE agents while walking down the sidewalk has been transferred to Vermont from Massachusetts.

Una jueza federal de Boston trasladó el viernes el caso de una estudiante de doctorado de la Universidad de Tufts detenida a Vermont, donde la ciudadana

U.S. Justice Department lawyers say a Tufts University doctoral student from Turkey who was detained by immigration authorities had been moved to Vermont by the time a federal judge ordered that she be kept in Massachusetts.

U.S. District Judge Denise Casper on Friday moved the case to Vermont, where Ozturk was being held at the time the petition was filed.