A federal judge held Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier in civil contempt for sending a letter to local police suggesting he couldn’t prevent them from disobeying her order pausing a new immigration law.

For the first time in recent history, a federal judge on Tuesday found Florida’s attorney general in contempt of court for referring to the court’s order blocking a new state immigration law as illegitimate and unlawful.

A federal judge has found James Uthmeier to be in civil contempt over her ruling that put on hold a state law making it illegal for undocumented immigrants to enter Florida.