Meanwhile, What's Going to Happen With All Those Paused Cases?
The Trump administration's agreement Friday to temporarily fund the government for three weeks, ending a record-breaking shutdown, creates fresh uncertainty for the courts.
January 25, 2019 at 05:26 PM
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The Trump administration's agreement Friday to temporarily fund the government for three weeks, ending a record-breaking shutdown, creates fresh uncertainty for the courts, federal agency lawyers and private attorneys who have grappled with delayed litigation for more than a month now.
The U.S. Justice Department had asked federal trial and appellate courts across the country to pause thousands of civil cases over the past month, amid the lapse in federal appropriations that has left hundreds of thousands of federal workers furloughed without pay.
The government's lawyers had mixed success. Some judges spurned the government's requests, while others paused cases until funding is restored. In their stay requests, Justice Department lawyers said they would alert the court when the government reopens.
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