It is unclear exactly how long the pause will last, though The Washington Post reported the division will halt action for at least a few weeks.

The Justice Department instructed its civil rights division to pause ongoing litigation and refrain from initiating any new cases, according to The Washington Post. The directive, issued Wednesday (Jan.

The new Justice Department leadership has put a freeze on civil rights litigation, and suggested it may reconsider police reform agreements negotiated by the Biden administration.

The Justice Department froze civil-rights litigation to allow the incoming Trump administration to review the agencies priorities, reports said.

The Justice Department has put a freeze on civil rights litigation and indicated it could rethink numerous police reform agreements with local departments that were negotiated under the Biden administration.

Donald Trump’s new DOJ leadership has ordered a pause on any ongoing Civil Rights litigation. Prosecutors have also been ordered against opening any new cases, essentially freezing any action in the division.

The new leadership under President Trump has imposed a halt on civil rights litigation and may revisit police reform consent agreements set during Biden's era. The shift could abandon agreements in cities like Louisville and Minneapolis,

The Justice Department has reached an agreement with the owner of the DoubleTree Hilton Hotel at SeaWorld in Orlando for allegedly discriminating against people of Arab descent by canceling a conference at the hotel.

The lawsuit filed in Seattle has been progressing the fastest of the five cases brought over the executive order.

The new Justice Department leadership has put a freeze on civil rights litigation, and suggested it may reconsider police reform agreements negotiated by the Biden administration. That's according to

The U.S. Justice Department has ordered its civil rights division to pause any existing litigation left over from the administration of former President Joe Biden, and to not pursue any new cases or settlements,