FILED IN CLERK'S OFFICE
U.S.D.C. Atlanta
NOV 13 2025
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA KEf f~£.EIMER. Clerk
By: 1..,/1 •7 Deputy Clerk
IN RE LIFTING OF STAY OF ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER 25-03
CIVIL PROCEEDINGS IN
WHICH THE UNITED STATES
IS A PARTY IN LIGHT OF
RESTORATION OF
APPROPRIATIONS
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER LIFTING STAY OF
CIVIL LITIGATION IN WHICH THE UNITED STATES IS A PARTY
IN LIGHT OF RESTORATION OF APPROPRIATIONS
Due to a lapse in federal appropriations that began on October 1, 2025, the
Court issued Administrative Order 25-01 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 until appropriations are restored.
The lapse in appropriations ended and appropriations were restored after
business hours on November 12, 2025, when President Trump signed the
Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction
and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026. As a result, the stay imposed by
Administrative Order 25-01, is hereby LIFTED effective November 13, 2025.
All deadlines in place as of October 1, 2025, in cases stayed by
Administrative Order 25-01 are hereby EXTENDED by 46 days.
SO ORDERED this 13 th day ofNovember 2025.
Hon. Leigh Martin May D
Chief United States District Judge
Northern District of Georgia
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