FILED IN CLERK'SOFFICE
U.S.D.C. Atlanta
OCT - 1 2025
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA KE'f'i1 P ~~MER, Cieri,:
By: l / ty\e:,r loeputy Clertt
IN RE STAY OF CIVIL ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER 25-01
PROCEEDINGS IN WHICH THE
UNITED STATES IS A PARTY IN
LIGHT OF LAPSE OF
APPROPRIATIONS
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER STAYING CIVIL LITIGATION
IN WHICH THE UNITED STATES IS A PARTY
IN LIGHT OF LAPSE OF APPROPRIATIONS
WHEREAS federal funding for certain functions of the United States of
America lapsed at midnight on October 1, 2025,
WHEREAS since that time, no appropriation bill or continuing resolution
has been passed that would restore funding,
WHEREAS attorneys and other employees of the Civil Division of the
United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia, with limited
exceptions, are prohibited from working, even on a voluntary basis, during the
lapse of appropriations,
WHEREAS employees of other federal agencies who may have matters
before the Court, with limited exceptions, also are prohibited from working, even
on a voluntary basis, during the lapse of appropriations, and
WHEREAS the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia,
on behalf of the United States, its federal agencies, and its officers and employees,
has filed an emergency motion for an administrative order staying all civil
litigation in which the United States, its federal agencies, or its officers and/or
employees are named parties, or in which the United States Attorney for the
Northern District of Georgia, any Assistant United States Attorney, or any Special
Assistant United States Attorney is counsel of record, including any such matter
pending before a Magistrate Judge,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that all civil litigation in which the United
States, its federal agencies, or its officers and/or employees are named parties, or in
which the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, any
Assistant United States Attorney, or any Special Assistant United States Attorney is
counsel of record, including any such matter pending before a Magistrate Judge, is
STAYED until appropriations are restored.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the United States Attorney's Office for the
Northern District of Georgia shall notify the Court as soon as Congress has
appropriated funds for the U.S. Department of Justice or enacted a continuing
resolution.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that when appropriations are restored, all
deadlines in place as of the date of this Order shall automatically be extended the
number of calendar days of the lapse in appropriations plus three calendar days
without further order of the Court.
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SO ORDERED this 1st day of October, 2025.
HON. LEIGH MARIN MAY
CHIEF U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
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