Rumph v. United States of America

Filing 23

ORDER granting 21 Motion to Stay. Signed by Chief Judge J. Randal Hall on 12/26/18. (cmr)

PILED
U.S. DISTRICT COURT
AUGUSTA D!V.
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA

2018 DEC 26 PH V 22

AUGUSTA DIVISION

MARTHA T. RUMPH, Administrator
of

CLERK
SO.DIST. OF GA.

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*

the

Estate

of

Darrie

D.

Rumph, deceased.

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Plaintiff,
CV 118-066

V.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Defendant.

ORDER

Before

the

motion to stay.

Court

is

(Doc. 21.)

Defendant

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 seeks a stay of
this

action

and

an

extension

of

all

deadlines.

Upon

due

consideration. Defendant's motion to stay (Doc. 21) 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

day of December,

2018.

J. RAN-D^ HALL, ^IEF JUDGE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
OOTHEml DISTRICT OF GEORGIA