CFPB Preliminary Injunction On Pause: D.C. Circuit Weighs In

As previously reported by Holland & Knight, Judge Amy Jackson of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on March 28, 2025, issued a preliminary injunction and ordered the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to reinstate all probationary and term employees and refrain from dismantling the agency pending a full trial on the merits. The CFPB filed its notice of appeal on March 29, 2025, subsequently asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to stay the preliminary injunction. After the plaintiffs objected to the CFPB's bid for a stay at the D.C. Circuit, the CFPB filed a motion to stay in the district court on April 1, 2025.

On April 3, 2025, Judge Jackson granted, in part, the CFPB's motion for stay, delaying the agency's obligation to report its compliance with the preliminary injunction pending the outcome of the motion in front of the D.C. Circuit. She denied the remainder of the CFPB's motion. Though Judge Jackson