Government,
Civil Litigation
May 21, 2021
DeVos ordered to testify June 3 on actions as Cabinet member
While U.S. District Judge William Alsup recognized that the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals cautioned “heads of government agencies are not normally subject to deposition,” it has established several categories of “exceptional circumstances” that warrant the deposition of a Cabinet secretary.
Former U.S. education secretary Betsy DeVos must testify next month in a class action accusing her of mishandling student loan forgiveness applications, a federal judge in San Francisco ruled this week.
DeVos attempted to quash a testimony subpoena last month but U.S. District Judge William Alsup denied it Wednesday, saying in a 12-page order that a failed settlement ...
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