Maine can’t hold Ebola nurse without judge’s order

Hickox has shown no symptoms of Ebola. She has been abiding by the state’s voluntary quarantine but says she’ll stop doing so Thursday. That sets up a showdown with the state, which wants her quarantined for 21 days.

Hickox was the first person forced into New Jersey’s mandatory quarantine after arriving at an airport there. She’s now in Fort Kent, near the Canadian border.

Mayhew says Maine’s request for the court order could be filed by Wednesday night.