U.S. District Judge James Boasberg made headlines earlier this month when he attempted to block the deportation of alleged Venezuelan gang members.

However, the Obama-appointed judge is back in the spotlight following a lawsuit over White House text messages.

Watchdog group seeking details of text message group

That case came about after The Atlantic magazine editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg revealed that he had been accidentally added to a chat group on the text messaging app Signal.

The group was dedicated to discussing planned military strikes against Houthi terrorists and featured Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Vice President J.D. Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, as well as National Security Adviser Mike Waltz.

Waltz has since acknowledged that it was he who inadvertently added Goldberg to the group, something he took "full responsibility" for during an interview with Fox News host Laura Ingraham.

According to Breitbart, the left-leaning watchdog group American Oversight has filed a lawsuit on Tuesday seeking details of the chat group.

Judge Boasberg to preside over lawsuit

It maintains that "messages and communications sent through the Signal application in the course of conducting agency business are agency records subject to the FRA [Federal Records Act]."

Breitbart noted Judge Boasberg will preside over the lawsuit and pointed out how it comes less than two weeks after the judge tried to stop deportation efforts by the Trump administration.

As Politico reported, the White House sought to remove several hundred alleged members of Venezuela's Tren de Aragua gang, an outfit which has been designated as foreign terrorist organization. 

Boasberg conducted a hearing in which lawyers for the purported gang members argued against their removal under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798. 

Aliens taken to El Salvador despite verbal order from Boasberg

As Politico explained, Boasberg at one point paused the hearing to issue a verbal order that forbade the individuals from being expelled.

"Any plane containing these folks that is going to take off or is in the air needs to be returned to the United States however that is accomplished," the judge was quoted as saying.

Yet despite demanding that his instructions be "complied with immediately," Politico cited flight tracking data showing that the aircraft in question were already nearing their destination. 

The alleged Tren de Aragua members were later disembarked in El Salvador, whose government has agreed to incarcerate them in exchange for monetary compensation.