The DC Circuit Court docket of Appeals on Wednesday briefly blocked Choose Tanya Chutkan’s order doxxing DOGE employees.
Earlier this month Choose Chutkan demanded Elon Musk and DOGE flip over delicate paperwork and information inside 21 days—all to appease a coalition of Democrat state attorneys basic.
Chutkan’s order mandated that DOGE disclose delicate info and inner paperwork regarding staff, contracts, and federal engagements immediately linked with states taking part within the lawsuit.
Based on the ruling:
- Plaintiffs’ Discovery Requests shall be restricted to info and supplies concerning businesses, staff, contracts, grants, federal funding, authorized agreements, databases, or information administration programs that contain or have interaction with Plaintiff States, together with entities and establishments operated or funded by Plaintiff States;
- “Really useful” and “suggestion” shall be deleted from Plaintiffs’ Fourth Interrogatory and changed with “directed” and “course.”
The DC Circuit Court docket of Appeals on Wednesday granted a brief keep of Chutkan’s order.
The three decide panel on the DC Circuit Court docket: Henderson (George W. Bush appointee), Millett (Obama appointee), and Walker (Trump appointee) granted a keep on Chutkan’s order and advised the decide she should rule on the Trump DOJ’s movement to dismiss the case first.
This isn’t a closing ruling on the case.
JUST IN: The DC Circuit has *blocked* Choose Chutkan’s order for discovery towards DOGE, saying she ought to rule on the administration’s movement to dismiss the case first. pic.twitter.com/sh92qCNaK5
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) March 26, 2025
Choose Chutkan canceled her standing listening to scheduled for Thursday after the appeals courtroom granted the keep.
