The case involves deportation flights to El Salvador and whether the administration ignored the judge’s order that they return to the United States.

The 2-1 decision finds that Judge James Boasberg abused his powers in seeking compliance with a court order that had been thrown out by the Supreme Court.

An appeals court on Friday tossed out a judge’s contempt finding against the Trump administration in a case over deportations to an El Salvador prison. The decision from a divided three-judge panel based in the nation’s capital vacates a finding from U.