The judge's ruling also scheduled a hearing next month about whether Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier should be held in contempt or sanctioned. TALLAHASSEE — Attorney General James Uthmeier’s office late Tuesday quickly appealed after a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction against a new Florida law aimed at cracking down on undocumented immigrants who enter the state.

A federal judge has told attorneys for the state of Florida that an order freezing the enforcement of a new state immigration law absolutely did apply to all of the state’s local law enforcement agencies,