Center for Taxpayer Rights v. Internal Revenue Service
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Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
CENTER FOR TAXPAYER RIGHTS, et al.,
Plaintiffs, V. Civil Action No. 25-0457 (CKK) INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, et al.,
Defendants.
ORDER (October 1, 2025)
On September 9, 2025, the Court ordered Defendants to "file the administrative record
underlying the decisions challenged in this case on or before October 24, 2025." Minute Order,
Sept. 9, 2025. The Court issued this order because it had "determined that it requires the
administrative record to resolve Plaintiffs' Motion" for a preliminary injunction. Id.
Defendants now move the Court to stay their deadline to file the administrative record "[i]n
light of Chief Judge Boasberg's Standing Order No. 25-55," which, due to the current lapse in
government appropriations, provides for the extension of deadlines in matters involving the United
States. Defs.' Mot., ECF No. 42 at 1. Specifically, Standing Order No. 25-55 provides that "[i]n
all civil actions" pending before the Court, "all filing and discovery deadlines imposed upon the
United States ... shall be extended" in a manner to be determined by the ultimate length of the
lapse in appropriations. Standing Order No.25-55 ,r 1. Standing Order No.25-55 further provides,
however, that it "shall not extend the United States' deadlines to respond to motions for temporary
restraining orders or preliminary injunctions." Id. ,r 3.
As the Court explained in its September 9 order, the administrative record is necessary to
the resolution of Plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction. Filing the administrative record,
1 therefore, is part and parcel of Defendants' response to Plaintiffs' motion. Accordingly, because
Standing Order 25-55 "shall not extend the United States' deadlines to respond to motions for ...
preliminary injunctions," ,-i 3, the Court shall DENY Defendants' [42] motion to stay their deadline
to file the administrative record.
SO ORDERED.
COLLEEN KOLLAR-KOTELLY United States District Judge
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