Willis v. United States of America

Filing 172

ORDER granting 171 Motion to Stay. This case is hereby STAYED until the DOJ's funding is restored, and all pending deadlines in this matter, if any, are extended for the same number of days as the DOJ's lapse in funding. Signed by Chief Judge J. Randal Hall on 12/26/2018. (jlh)

FILED
U.S. DISTRICT COURT
AUGUSTA niV.
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA

2018 DEC 26 PHli:2l

AUGUSTA DIVISION

SHERECIA WILLIS, Individually

and as Next Friend, Parent, and

CLERK

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SO.OIST.Or GA.

Natural Guardian of Minor Child, *

CW,

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Plaintiff,
CV 117-015

V.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

et al.,
Defendants.

ORDER

Before

the

motion to stay.

Court

is

Defendant

(Doc. 171.)

United

States

of

America's

On December 21, 2018, appropriations

for funding the Department of Justice ("DOJ") and other Federal
Government
shutdown.

operations

lapsed

causing

a

partial

government

Because the DOJ is prohibited from engaging in its

duties - including litigation activities - without appropriations,
see 31 U.S.C. §§ 1341(a)(1)(B), 1342, Defendant United States of

America

seeks

a

stay

of this

action

and

an

extension

of all

deadlines.

Upon due consideration, the motion to stay (Doc. 171)

is GRANTED.

This case is hereby STAYED until the DOJ's funding is

restored, and all pending deadlines in this matter, if any, are
extended for the same number of days as the DOJ's lapse in funding.

ORDER ENTERED at Augusta, Georgia, this

of December,

2018.

J. RmB^ HALL,

IEF J^DGE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
>UTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA