UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
In re: Stay of Deadlines in Social Security GENERAL ORDER
Disability Cases Pending the Restoration of No. 169
Department of Justice Funding
Upon the application of the United States Attorney for the Western District of New
York ("USAO WDNY"), and due to the lapse in appropriations necessary to fund the
United States Department of Justice, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that, absent other
direction or Court order:
1. All deadlines set forth in the Supplemental Rules for Social Security Actions under
42 U.S.C. § 405 (g), Rule 5.5 of this District's Local Rules of Civil Procedure, or
any court order in social security disability cases in which the USAO WDNY has
appeared as counsel of record for the Commissioner of the Social Security
Administration are tolled during the government shutdown and extended thereafter
for a period of time equal to the number of days between October 1, 2025, and the
date the President signs into law a budget appropriation that restores funding for the
Department of Justice;
2. The USAO WDNY must notify the Court immediately upon the restoration of
Department of Justice funding; and
3. The Court may renew or modify this General Order depending on subsequent
developments. Any litigant affected by this General Order may seek relief from it
by motion. The Court may vary the General Order's effect or operation by a
separate ruling in any individual case.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: October 3, 2025
Rochester, New York
• f Judge
United States District Court
