D.C. Circuit Speeds Appeal But Refuses To Stop Work On Wall Over Indian Relics

Mealey's (November 30, 2020, 7:31 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — While a District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Nov. 23 expedited an appeal by Native American tribes challenging work being done on the U.S.-Mexico border wall, it denied their emergency request to halt the work pending the appeal over the dissent of one judge, who said “irreparable harm has been shown and is occurring” to the tribes’ artifacts and burial sites (Manzanita Band of the Kumeyaay Nation, et al. v. Chad F. Wolf, et al., No. 20-5333, D.C. Cir.)....