Government Seeks Filing Stay in T-Mobile Data Case Due to Shutdown
The federal government shutdown is already trickling down to the courts. DOJ and the FCC Wednesday asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit for a stay in filing a response on a T-Mobile petition asking the court to rehear en banc its challenge of an FCC data fine (see 2509220056).
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“Absent a further Congressional appropriation, the United States is required to impose significant restrictions on the ability of many of its employees to carry out their ordinary duties,” said a filing Wednesday in docket 24-1224. “Specifically, certain DOJ attorneys, agency attorneys, and other employees of the federal government are prohibited from working, even on a voluntary basis, except in very limited circumstances,” the government said. “The lapse in appropriations thus requires a substantial reduction in the workforces of the FCC and DOJ, particularly with respect to the defense of civil cases. This reduction has effectively eliminated the ability of counsel who have worked on and are familiar with this case to handle the litigation while the lapse in appropriations continues.”