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 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,

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

Donald Trump’s Justice Department suspends civil rights lawsuits and police reform consent decrees set up by the Biden administration.

President Trump’s new Justice ... by the Civil Rights Division under Attorney General Merrick Garland. The Justice Department announced last month it had reached an agreement with Louisville ...

After the U.S. Department of Justice froze civil rights actions, Hazleton officials didn’t raise their hopes too high that the federal government will drop a voting rights lawsuit against

Trump’s pardons signaled that as far as Trump cares, the rule of law is an empty slogan, Law Journal columnist Bennett Gershman writes.

Congressman Morgan McGarvey has sent a letter to the acting attorney general saying the Louisville community wants reform and feels federal oversight is necessary.

According to a memo, DOJ attorneys cannot file new complaints, briefs or certain court papers “until further notice.”

MINNEAPOLIS — Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said the city will continue with plans to implement police department reforms outlined in a federal consent decree agreement, even after the Trump Administration ordered a freeze on civil rights litigation and a potential review of such agreements.