UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER RE: Administrative Order No. 25-MS-100
CONTINUED STAY IN SOCIAL
SECURITY CASES
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Funding lapsed for some portions of the federal government, including the Department of
Justice, on September 30, 2025. This requires affected agencies of the federal government to limit
operations to matters deemed essential under applicable law, and to shutdown other operations
until a funding vehicle is in place. Consistent with this, the Department of Justice has furloughed
attorneys and staff that were working on Social Security appeals pending in this Court. Attorneys
on furlough status are prohibited by law from working on matters assigned to them.
In light of this, the Court determined that the government shutdown provided good cause
for a temporary thirty-day stay of all pending Social Security cases, and that entry of a single
Administrative Order on this issue will serve the interests of judicial economy. The Court entered
Administrative Order 25-MS-093 on October 2, 2025, staying Social Security cases for thirty days,
or until November 3, 2025.
As no funding vehicle is yet in place, the Court has determined that the continuing
government shutdown provides good cause for an additional thirty-day stay of all pending Social
Security cases. The Court therefore enters this Administrative Order, which applies to all pending
Social Security cases in which the briefing schedule has not yet been completed by the
Commissioner, as well as cases with scheduled oral argument or anticipated or pending motions
related to attorney fees. Accordingly,
IT IS ORDERED that all proceedings in any Social Security case pending before this
Court, in which the briefing schedule has not yet been completed by the Commissioner or in which
oral argument is set, are hereby STAYED until thirty (30) days from the date of this Order.
Following expiration of the stay, Magistrate Judges of this Court may set new briefing deadlines
and make all necessary scheduling adjustments in particular cases. The Clerk need not file a copy
of this order in any individual case.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that any party may seek relief from this temporary stay for
good cause shown in a particular case, and the Magistrate Judges of this Court are authorized to
decide such requests.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this Court reserves to itself the power to cancel or to
extend the stay by further Administrative Order.
FOR THE COURT:
Dated: November 4, 2025
HALA Y. JARBOU
CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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