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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jun 4, 2021

A day after a three-judge panel of the U.S. District Court for the D.C. Circuit rejected their effort to resume evictions, a group of landlords has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on the matter, News 5 reports. The group is asking the court to vacate a stay imposed by U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich on her ruling that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention overstepped its authority in imposing the nationwide moratorium. Though Friedrich found the action unconstitutional, she agreed to delay her ruling from taking effect to allow time for the Biden administration to appeal. The group submitted an emergency application to Chief Justice John Roberts stating that the current order would "prolong the severe financial burdens borne by landlords under the moratorium for the past nine months." The moratorium is set to expire on June 30.