9th Circuit freezes DOJ appeal over AZ voter rolls while it weighs similar California, Oregon cases

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals paused the U.S. Department of Justice’s appeal of a ruling blocking the Trump administration’s access to Arizona’s voter registration database until it rules on similar cases in California and Oregon. The DOJ requested the hold, arguing the legal issues in all three cases are identical and that resolving the California and Oregon appeals first would streamline proceedings.