ISIS bride case: Judge denies expedition but lawyer 'encouraged' A federal judge has denied Hoda Muthana's request for an expedited case as she seeks to return to the US after leaving to join ISIS in Syria five years ago. The case hinges on whether or not Muthana, born in the US to Yemeni parents and whose father worked in the US as a diplomat, was a US citizen at the time she left and surrendered her passport. A lawyer for Muthana's father says he was "encouraged" by the judge's comments, despite his denial to expedite the case. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES