A federal appeals court in Washington has temporarily blocked an order by U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan that had previously ordered Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency to turn over their records regarding efforts to drastically reduce the size of the federal government.
A three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit granted a stay on Chutkan’s ruling on Wednesday, saying that she must first rule on the Trump administration’s motion to dismiss before allowing any discovery. Immediately after the court’s decision, Chutkan canceled a status hearing scheduled for Thursday.
On March 12, Chutkan granted a request for an expedited discovery in a lawsuit brought by Democratic-led states challenging Musk and DOGE’s authority. The states were seeking to “to identify DOGE personnel and the parameters of DOGE’s and Musk’s authority — a question central to Plaintiffs’ claims,” Chutkan wrote in her decision.
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