The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday denied DeVos’ request that it immediately intervene in an ongoing fight over whether she must testify in a class-action lawsuit about the Trump administration’s handling of borrower defense claims.
— DeVos last week asked the appeals court for “urgent intervention” to halt the transfer of her subpoena dispute from a federal court in Florida to the judge in California who has been overseeing the lawsuit. That judge, William Alsup, has issued rulings critical of the Trump administration’s sweeping rejections of loan forgiveness claims and he’s previously signaled that he’s open to requiring DeVos to testify in the matter.
— The 11th Circuit on Friday issued a two-page order denying that request to immediately halt the transfer of the subpoena dispute to Alsup while the appeals court considers the entire emergency request made by DeVos. DeVos has also asked that the 11th Circuit strike down the subpoena compelling her to testify.
— Meanwhile, over the weekend, DeVos’ personal attorney asked Alsup to suspend his consideration of the subpoena fight until the 11th Circuit rules.