The Department of Justice sent a memo to the interim director of the civil rights division, ordering a freeze to all ongoing litigation and a stop to any new cases.

The Department of Justice is reportedly halting all litigation from its Civil Rights Division carried over from the Biden administration. A memo instructed division supervisor Kathleen Wolfe to ensure that civil rights attorneys do not file “any new complaints,

An internal memo directed attorneys to notify leadership of consent decrees that were finalized within the last 90 days. Louisville's was finalized in that time.

The memo doesn’t state how long the freeze will last. However, it widely shuts down the civil rights division for at least for the first few weeks of the Trump administration. Trump’s nominee to lead the department, Harmeet K. Dhillon, is awaiting Senate confirmation.

The directives halt ongoing civil rights cases and could jeopardize police reform agreements finalized in recent months in Minneapolis and Louisville.

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 Trump administration is putting a halt to agreements that require reforms of police departments where the Justice Department found a pattern of misconduct, according to a memo issued Wednesday.

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

The Justice Department ... Louisville and Memphis could be in jeopardy. The first memo doesn’t state how long the freeze will last, but it largely shuts down the civil rights division for ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's new Justice Department leadership has put a freeze on civil rights litigation ... Biden administration in Louisville, Kentucky, and Minneapolis ...

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) sent a memo to its civil rights division, ordering a freeze to all ongoing litigation originating from the Biden administration and halting the pursuit of any ...

The previous administration’s Department of Justice and Louisville signed the agreement last month, but it has not yet been approved by a federal judge.