The Department of Justice sent a memo to the interim director of the civil rights division, ordering a freeze to all ongoing litigation and a stop to any new cases.

It also signaled it could seek to back out of Biden-era agreements with police departments that engaged in discrimination or violence.

The directives halt ongoing civil rights cases and could jeopardize police reform agreements finalized in recent months in Minneapolis and Louisville.

The U.S. Justice Department has ordered its civil rights division to pause any existing litigation left over from the administration of former President Joe Biden, and to not pursue any new cases or settlements,

The order does not say how long the freeze will last, but it essentially shuts down the division for at least the first weeks of the Trump administration.

It is unclear exactly how long the pause will last, though The Washington Post reported the division will halt action for at least a few weeks.

The new Justice Department leadership has put a freeze on civil rights litigation, and suggested it may reconsider police reform agreements negotiated by the Biden administration.

Donald Trump’s Justice Department suspends civil rights lawsuits and police reform consent decrees set up by Biden administration

The U.S. Department of Justice has ordered its civil rights division to pause any ongoing litigation left over from the administration of former President Joe Biden, according to an internal memo reviewed by Reuters on Wednesday.

The new leadership under President Trump has imposed a halt on civil rights litigation and may revisit police reform consent agreements set during Biden's era. The shift could abandon agreements in cities like Louisville and Minneapolis,

The U.S. Justice Department has ordered its civil rights division to pause any existing litigation left over from the administration of former President Joe Biden, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday.