Anonymous ID: 58ea6b Dec. 23, 2018, 1:58 p.m. No.4442608   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>2631 >>2847 >>2995

The DOJ Contingency Plan is in Place Due to the Govt Shutdown - Doc Dated Sept. 11 2018

 

"With respect to litigation, the Department’s plan assumes that the Judicial Branch will continue

to operate through the furlough.4 Therefore:

  • Criminal litigation will continue without interruption as an activity essential to the safety

of human life and the protection of property.

  • Civil litigation will be curtailed or postponed to the extent that this can be done without

compromising to a significant degree the safety of human life or the protection of

property. Litigators will continue to approach the courts and request that active cases,

except for those in which postponement would compromise to a significant degree the

safety of human life or the protection of property, be postponed until funding is available.

If a court denies such a request and orders a case to continue, the Government will

comply with the court’s order, which would constitute express legal authorization for the

activity to continue. The Department will limit its civil litigation staffing to the minimum

level needed to comply with the court’s order and to protect life and property. Receipt of

summonses, pleadings and motions by mail may be delayed."