Supreme Court temporarily pauses discovery in DOGE lawsuit

Chief Justice John Roberts temporarily paused a lower court’s order for discovery in a lawsuit against the Department of Government Efficiency days before it would have needed to produce documents.

The Supreme Court issued the order, signed by Roberts, on Friday afternoon, pausing a pair of orders from lower courts requiring DOGE to produce documents and take the deposition of U.S. DOGE Service Acting Administrator Amy Gleason. The pause will remain in place until further action by Roberts or the rest of the high court.

Solicitor General D. John Sauer filed an appeal to the court earlier this week, urging the Supreme Court to block discovery in a legal battle over whether DOGE is subject to a Freedom of Information Act request.

Sauer argued the “sweeping,

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