Before he can consider releasing Rümeysa Öztürk on bail, the judge said he must first rule on whether he has jurisdiction to decide the legality of the graduate student's detention.

ICE claims to follow Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, which would require Öztürk to have the same access to medical care as everyone else. Denying Öztürk her medication could potentially impede her disability civil rights (failures to provide ICE detainees access to care have been the subject of complaints under Section 504 in the past).