A district court judge on Wednesday denied the Trump administration's request to halt a lawsuit over its proposed Medicaid cuts to Planned Parenthood during the current shutdown of the federal government.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services sought a motion for a stay in the proceedings because the Appropriations Act funding the Department of Justice and the majority of other executive agencies lapsed when the government shut down on September 30.

The administration said that without the appropriations, DOJ attorneys and other federal government employees are prohibited from working, even on a voluntary basis, except in limited circumstances. They wanted a stay of proceedings until DOJ attorneys are "permitted to resume their usual civil litigation functions."

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