Federal District Court Judge Rules that the CDC Lacks Authority to Impose Nationwide Eviction Moratorium (with update on reversal by S. Ct.) | Practical Law
A federal district court judge for the District of Columbia has ruled that the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) lacks the authority to impose a nationwide eviction moratorium. The court's ruling, in response to a lawsuit by property owners challenging the constitutionality of an order by the CDC extending the expiration of the nationwide eviction moratorium to June 30, 2021, was stayed, pending an appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals. Following the denial of the motion to vacate the stay by the Court of Appeals, an emergency petition to the United States Supreme Court was filed. On June 29, 2021, the Supreme Court declined to vacate the stay.