9th Circuit Denies Discovery Stay In DACA Suit, Defers To Trial Court

Mealey's (November 22, 2017, 10:11 AM EST) -- PASADENA, Calif. — After denying mandamus to the U.S. government from a trial court’s order requiring an expanded administrative record in a lawsuit seeking to block the termination of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Nov. 21 denied the government’s motion for an emergency stay of discovery, ruling that it lacked authority to consider the motion (In re United States, et al., No.17-72917, 9th Cir.)....