As attorneys for Leandra English and the federal government went to court three days before Christmas to conduct arguments concerning a preliminary injunction, the initial debate shifted from a month earlier, when the two sides discussed the chaos of the first days of transition in leadership at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).
D.C. District Judge Timothy Kelly began the Dec. 22 arguments with a discussion between the two sides of what the status quo at the CFPB was, as it relates to the case. Kelly asked whether there were developments the sides wanted to make him aware of, and English lead counsel Deepak Gupta brought up the status quo.
Read on for more about the discussion, and how it sets up Thursday’s oral arguments before the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.
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