DOJ Pauses All Civil Rights Litigation - Articles

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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jan 23, 2025

The U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division has put a pause on all active civil rights litigation and indicated it may want to revisit settlements made during the final months of the Biden administration, the Associated Press reports. The Commercial Appeal looks at how that decision might affect the department’s case against the Memphis Police Department and sentencing in the Tyre Nichols federal case.