United States Customs and Border officials are set to appear in federal court Monday after allegedly ignoring a judge's order not to deport a Rhode Island doctor who was detained last week.

Alawiech, who had worked and lived in Rhode Island previously, was detained at least 36 hours, through Friday, and was going to be sent back to Lebanon, the complaint said. Alawieh, a kidney transplant specialist, was to start work at Brown University as an assistant professor of medicine.

An assistant professor from Brown University’s medical school with a valid visa was deported from the U.S. despite a judge’s order that she was not to be removed.   U.S. District Judge Leo