Following oral argument Monday, a three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit (Rogers, Griffith, and Kavanaugh) yesterday ordered a “stay pending appeal” of District Court Judge Royce Lamberth’s preliminary injunction of NIH grants for human embryonic stem cell research. This is clearly good news for the federal government and supporters of embryonic stem cell research. Judge […]
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Judge Denies Stay on Stem Cell Research Injunction
Following the August 23 preliminary injunction issued by federal District Court Judge Royce Lamberth to block NIH funding of embryonic stem cell research, the Justice Department filed a motion requesting that the injunction be stayed pending an appeal to the D.C. Circuit. In a very short, 2-page order this afternoon, Judge Lamberth denied the stay […]