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,

The student, Rumeysa Ozturk, was detained by ICE agents in Massachusetts, driven to Vermont and flown to a detention center in Louisiana, where the government was trying to argue her court case.

A federal judge has moved a case involving at Tufts University doctoral student being held at an immigration facility in Louisiana to Vermont.

Tufts doctoral student and research assistant was picked up on the street close to her home by masked federal agents in plain clothes

Tufts University wants a federal judge to release, without delay, Rumeysa Ozturk, the Fulbright Scholar from Turkey grabbed off the street by masked ICE agents.

Judge Denise Casper ruled Ozturk's petition will be heard in Vermont, not Louisiana as requested by Trump administration

Rumeysa Ozturk’s legal team, which now includes the ACLU, has filed an amended habeas petition in Massachusetts federal court — challenging the pro-Palestinian international

Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish national legally in the U.S. with a F-1 visa, was arrested by ICE agents near her home as she was on her way to meet friends to break her Ramadan fast, her attorney, Mahsa Khanbabai, told USA TODAY on Wednesday.

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.