The 11th Circuit Court will expedite the DOJ’s appeal of a special master appointed to review documents seized at Mar-A-Lago:
Appellant’s “Motion to Expedite Appeal” is granted. The Court directs the Clerk to expedite the appeal for merits disposition purposes.Having consulted with the Chief Judge, the appeal will be assigned to a special merits panel from the classified appeals log randomly selected by the Clerk. That panel will decide when and how to hear oral argument.The Court sets the following expedited briefing schedule, with no extensions allowed:
Appellant’s initial brief is due on or before October 14, 2022.Appellee’s response brief is due on November 10, 2022.Appellant’s reply brief, if any, is due on November 17, 2022.
The DOJ disapproves of District Court Judge Aileen Cannon’s decision to appoint a special master to review the documents. The decision momentarily stopped the DOJ from pursuing what Trump calls a “witch hunt.”
The decision comes a day after Trump filed an emergency SCOTUS application to vacate the 11th Circuit Court’s stay order regarding classified documents.
Trump claimed: “The Eleventh Circuit lacked jurisdiction to review, much less stay, an interlocutory order of the District Court providing for the Special Master to review materials seized from President Trump’s home, including approximately 103 documents the Government contends bear classification markings. This application seeks to vacate only that portion of the Eleventh Circuit’s Stay Order limiting the scope of the Special Master’s review of the documents bearing classification markings.”
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