Elon Musk's aerospace venture SpaceX is suing the federal government, seeking to block its lawsuit alleging that the company discriminates by falsely claiming it can't hire asylum seekers and refugees and almost never doing so.

SpaceX's lawsuit, filed Sept. 15 in the Northern District of Texas, targets Administrative Law Judge Carol Bell of the Office of the Chief Administrative Hearing Officer, who was assigned the discrimination case on Sept. 11, along with Chief Administrative Hearing Officer James McHenry and Attorney General Merrick Garland.