A federal judge has thrown out significant portions of a lawsuit challenging conditions at the temporary immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades known as “Alligator Alcatraz.” In a 47-page order issued late Monday, U.S. District Judge Rodolfo Ruiz ruled that the detainees’ Fifth Amendment claims were rendered moot after the Trump administration designated the Krome North Processing Center in Miami to hear their immigration cases. Ruiz declined to dismiss the plaintiffs’ separate First Amendment allegations that they lack confidential and timely access to attorneys, but transferred that part of the suit to the federal court in Florida’s Middle District, which covers Collier County where the facility is located. The decision represents a partial victory for federal and state defendants, who had argued the original venue in Miami was improper. Opened in July on a remote airstrip, the site officially called the South Detention Facility can hold up to 3,000 migrants pending removal proceedings. The legal challenge is one of several aimed at the Everglades complex; a separate environmental case remains pending before another judge who last week paused construction at the center for 14 days while compliance with federal laws is reviewed.