The memo doesn’t state how long the freeze will last. However, it widely shuts down the civil rights division for at least for the first few weeks of the Trump administration. Trump’s nominee to lead the department, Harmeet K. Dhillon, is awaiting Senate confirmation.
The Department of Justice sent a memo to the interim director of the civil rights division, ordering a freeze to all ongoing litigation and a stop to any new cases.
The U.S. Department of Justice has ordered its civil rights division to pause any ongoing litigation left over from the administration of former President Joe Biden, according to an internal memo reviewed by Reuters on Wednesday.
It also signaled it could seek to back out of Biden-era agreements with police departments that engaged in discrimination or violence.
It is unclear exactly how long the pause will last, though The Washington Post reported the division will halt action for at least a few weeks.
The memo doesn’t state how long the freeze will last, but it essentially shuts down the civil rights division for at least the first weeks of the Trump administration.
The new Justice Department leadership has put a freeze on civil rights litigation, and suggested it may reconsider police reform agreements negotiated by the Biden administration.
According to a memo, DOJ attorneys cannot file new complaints, briefs or certain court papers “until further notice.”
The Justice Department has reached an agreement with the owner of the DoubleTree Hilton Hotel at SeaWorld in Orlando for allegedly discriminating against people of Arab descent by canceling a conference at the hotel.
The new leadership under President Trump has imposed a halt on civil rights litigation and may revisit police reform consent agreements set during Biden's era. The shift could abandon agreements in cities like Louisville and Minneapolis,
The U.S. Department of Justice investigation of the Kansas City Police Department ended on the last full work day of the Biden administration
The U.S. Justice Department's new leadership under President Donald Trump ordered cutbacks on Friday on federal prosecutions of people accused of blocking access to reproductive health centers and abortion clinics,
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