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Ms. Toad

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24. Different issue. This isn't a motion.

Mon Oct 13, 2025, 10:29 PM

Oct 13

The court previously set the briefing schedule - discovery was already due today (it might have even been earlier - I can't easily find the original deadline). The DOJ asked for an extension. The court said nope.

So there isn't a response to a motion that is at issue. Motions are done. DOJ lost.
The DOJ had tried to do an end run around deadlines it found inconvenient, by filing a last-minute request for an extension. The court called them on it and told them to get busy producing stuff.

(It's a bit more complicated than that - there are some underlying disputes. But the court said they were not relevant to meeting the deadline.)

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I'm not defending the DOJ, but usually 30 days is given to give a response to a motion. Jacson6 Oct 13 #14

In this case BumRushDaShow Oct 13 #15

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I agree. H2O Man Oct 13 #22

Different issue. This isn't a motion. Ms. Toad Oct 13 #24

"discovery was already due today (it might have even been earlier - I can't easily find the original deadline) " BumRushDaShow Oct 14 #27

That's the process for setting the timing. Ms. Toad Oct 14 #36

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