WASHINGTON — The partial government shutdown led federal courts to temporarily delay dozens of challenges to Trump administration policies Wednesday and prompted Justice Department attorneys to seek a pause in civil cases across the country.

The shutdown plan for the DOJ states that civil litigation will be curtailed or postponed when it does not compromise the safety of human life or the protection of property. And the guidance says litigators will approach the courts and request that active cases be postponed until funding is available.

In the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the epicenter of civil cases related to the federal government, Chief Judge James E. Boasberg ordered a blanket pause on government deadlines in civil lawsuits involving the administration until u

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