A Massachusetts federal judge has dismissed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and several other Florida defendants from a lawsuit filed on behalf of immigrants who were flown to Martha’s Vineyard in an immigrant-relocation program funded by the state.

Judge Allison Burroughs of the District of Massachusetts handed down the decision on March 29. The opinion allows three migrants from Venezuela and Peru and others similarly situated to proceed with legal claims against a plane company, Vertol Systems, which contracted with the state of Florida to fly the migrants to the Massachusetts island.

The actions of the defendant state officials – including Florida Department of Transportation Secretary Jared Perdue; Florida’s public safety czar, Lawrence Keefe; and James Uthmeier, DeSantis’ chief of staff – were not sufficiently tied to actions on the ground in Massachusetts to make them parties in the litigation, according to Burroughs’ opinion.

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