The Justice Department ordered its civil rights division to pause ongoing litigation and not engage in any new cases, according to The Washington Post, issuing the order Wednesday as Republican lawyer Harmeet Dhillon awaits Senate confirmation to lead the division.
The order was issued Wednesday. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
The memo, obtained by the Post, instructs Civil Rights Division supervisor Kathleen Wolfe to ensure attorneys do not file “any new complaints, motions to intervene, agreed-upon remands, amicus briefs, or statements of interest.”
The memo says the pause is being implemented to “ensure that the President’s appointees or designees have the opportunity to decide whether to initiate any new cases.”
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