A Texas federal judge publicly reprimanded an attorney for migrants facing deportation over an improper out-of-court voicemail a lawyer left for the judge in the dispute over President Donald Trump‘s Alien Enemies Act policy.

U.S. District Judge James Wesley Hendrix, presiding over a habeas petition involving Venezuelans allegedly tied to the Tren de Aragua gang, criticized American Civil Liberties Union attorney Lee Gelernt for leaving a voicemail on his chambers’ line after hours on April 17. The message sought emergency relief to block deportations under the Alien Enemies Act, without notifying the Trump administration’s legal team, a move the judge deemed a prohibited “ex parte” communication.