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The Division confronts significant policy issues, which often rise to constitutional dimensions, in defending and enforcing various Federal programs and actions. In April 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Javier Guzman to lead the division as Assistant Attorney General. [1] That nomination was withdrawn on July 20, 2021. [2]
The United States Department of Justice Civil Division (USDOJ) filed a motion to dismiss on October 16, 2017, repeating arguments made in similar motions to dismiss for the related suits Jane Doe v. Trump, Stone v. Trump, and Stockman v. Trump. In the motion to dismiss, USDOJ called the challenge "premature several times over", asserting the ...
The division was established on December 9, 1957, by order of Attorney General William P. Rogers, after the Civil Rights Act of 1957 created the head office of Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights (AAG-CR; appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate).
The department also has eight divisions of lawyers who represent the federal government in litigation: the Criminal, Civil, Antitrust, Tax, Civil Rights, Environment and Natural Resources, National Security, and Justice Management Divisions. The DOJ includes the U.S. Attorneys' Offices for each of the 94 U.S. federal judicial districts.
January 2, 1939 January 18, 1940 57: Robert H. Jackson: Lawyer, United States Assistant Attorney General for the Tax Division (1936–1937), United States Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division (1937–1938), 24th United States Solicitor General (1938–1940) New York: January 18, 1940 August 25, 1941 58: Francis Biddle: Pennsylvania
The United States Department of Justice Civil Division (USDOJ) filed a motion to dismiss on October 12, 2017, calling the request for a preliminary injunction "premature several times over" as Secretary Mattis's Interim Guidance of September 14, 2017 would prevent involuntary discharge, separation, or denied re-enlistment at least until March 2018.
[2] On October 2, the Plaintiffs filed a motion for a preliminary injunction. [ 8 ] The United States Department of Justice Civil Division (USDOJ) filed a motion to dismiss on October 23, using the same arguments as previously filed in Jane Doe v.
The United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas (in case citations, N.D. Tex.) is a United States district court.Its first judge, Andrew Phelps McCormick, was appointed to the court on April 10, 1879.