An appeals court panel on Friday rejected a bid by landlords and real estate groups to block the U.S. government’s latest eviction moratorium. In June, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia denied a motion to block the nationwide moratorium in place at the time. A three-judge panel of the court on Friday referred to that decision, as well as one made by a lower court last week. “In view of that decision and on the record before us, we likewise deny the emergency motion,” the panel said in a one-page order. The panel consisted of Judges Cornelia Pillard, an Obama nominee; Neomi Rao, a Trump nominee; and Ketanji Brown Jackson, a Biden nominee. Plaintiffs, including landlords, had asked the court to block the near-nationwide moratorium that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) put into place on Aug. 3. Plaintiffs alleged the eviction moratorium was illegal …
Read More
RSS Feed | The Epoch Times
