Civil Litigation
Jan. 13, 2021
Ex-Cabinet member can be deposed as ‘Citizen DeVos’
U.S. District Judge William Alsup ruled a “prior order restricted deposition of the secretary” but that it “imposed no such restriction regarding Citizen DeVos.” Former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos resigned Thursday.




Plaintiffs can depose former U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos in a lawsuit challenging her department's decision to halt processing applications by defrauded students seeking debt relief, a federal judge in San Francisco ruled Tuesday.
Explaining he "appreciates class counsel's request to depose DeVos," U.S. District Judge William Alsup ruled a "prior order restri...
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