The appeals court ruled on Wednesday, a day after U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis ordered Bovino to give her daily briefings on Operation Midway Blitz, which has resulted in more than 1,800 arrests and complaints of excessive force, The Associated Press reported.

CHICAGO — Less than two hours before U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino was set to appear before a federal judge Wednesday evening for the first of five court-ordered daily check-ins, the 7 th Circuit Court of Appeals said he didn’t have to.

Border Patrol commander-at-large Greg Bovino came under questioning about the crowd-control tactics he and his agents are using in their Chicago immigration crackdown.

U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis made the comment Wednesday evening, after the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed to put a temporary hold on her standing appointment with U.S. Border Patrol Commander-at-Large Gregory Bovino.

The DOJ is appealing a federal judge's order that mandated CBP Commander-at-Large Greg Bovino to check-in with the judge daily to ensure compliance with an order that restricted federal agents' use of force.

A U.S. judge on Tuesday intensified her monitoring of President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown in Chicago, requiring a top official to appear daily in court and ordering his agency to detail the use of force by its agents including firing tear gas at protesters and bystanders and to hand over body-camera video.

CHICAGO (Reuters) -A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Border Patrol official who leads U.S. President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown in Chicago to appear in court daily for the next week and to wear a body camera after chastising him over his agency's frequent use of force and tear gas during enforcement actions in the city.

A federal judge in Chicago has ordered Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino to meet with her daily in person after numerous alleged violations of a use of force restraining order.

District Judge Sara Ellis had ordered top CBP official Greg Bovino to appear in person at Northern Illinois District court every weekday at 5:45 p.m. to provide a briefing on “Operation Midway

The top U.S. Border Patrol commander spent an hour on the stand Tuesday, responding to U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis' concerns about how federal agents have handled themselves, people they’ve detained,

Lawyers for the Justice Department are asking a federal appeals court for an administrative stay pausing an order that requires Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino meet in person with Judge Sara Ellis each day.