A federal appeals court on Wednesday temporarily blocked an order from U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan directing Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to turn over records and answer questions about its efforts to slash the federal bureaucracy.
A three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit granted a stay of Chutkan’s directive, suggesting that the lower court judge must rule on the Trump administration’s motion to dismiss before allowing any discovery. It’s not a final ruling on whether DOGE must eventually turn over the records.
Soon after the panel’s decision, Chutkan canceled a status hearing scheduled for Thursday.
Chutkan’s order granting discovery marked the first time a judge ordered Musk to produce documents in a legal challenge to his and DOGE’s efforts to downsize the federal government and cut costs.
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