U.S. appeals court sets quick schedule to consider COVID-19 eviction ban
WASHINGTON, Aug 14 (Reuters) – A three judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia late Saturday set a quick schedule to consider whether to allow a new Biden administration COVID-19 residential eviction ban to remain in place.
Earlier on Saturday, lawyers for Alabama and Georgia realtors filed an emergency request seeking to overturn the new 60-day eviction ban that was ordered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Aug. 3.
On Friday, a U.S. district court judge in Washington said he would have blocked the new ruling but said her hands were tied by an earlier appeals court ruling.
The appeals court said the Justice Department has until Tuesday at 9 a.m. EDT to respond and then lawyers for the landlords have until Wednesday at 9 a.m. EDT to reply. Both sides asked the court to rule by Thursday.
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[…] COVID eviction bans are still in court. It. Is hard to tell which way things will go. For a long time, many landlords have not been able to collect rent. And they have not been able to evict tenants. For some, this will lead to financial ruin. The courts have to weigh whether the good of the many outweigh the rights of the few. Where are the Vulcans when we need them? This has been a rather disastrous time for landlords and renters alike. […]