DOJ seeks to postpone deadlines in Abrego Garcia's deportation case due to government shutdown

Source: ABC News

October 1, 2025, 3:57 PM


The Department of Justice on Wednesday moved to postpone all the deadlines in the Maryland deportation case of wrongly deported Salvadoran native Kilmar Abrego Garcia, due to the government shutdown.

An evidentiary hearing in the case had been scheduled for Monday.

"Absent an appropriation, Department of Justice attorneys and employees of the federal Defendants are prohibited from working, even on a voluntary basis, except in very limited circumstances, including "emergencies involving the safety of human life or the protection of property," Assistant Attorney General Brett A. Shumate said Wednesday in a court filing.

In the filing, the DOJ requested that if the motion for to stay the deadlines is granted, all current deadlines for the parties be extended "by the total number of days of the lapse in appropriations." The DOJ noted that Abrego Garcia "does not consent to the stay."

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