Biden Shot-or-Test Litigation Denied Fast-Track Schedule (1)

A federal appeals court in Cincinnati rejected the Biden administration’s request to move up deadlines in the legal challenge to its emergency shot-or-test rule that would accelerate consideration of lifting an order that froze the rule.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit didn’t explain why it turned aside the administration’s petition to move up the briefing schedule on its motion to dissolve the Fifth Circuit’s stay. The Sixth Circuit said in its order issued late Friday that it “reserves judgment” to set deadlines for reviewing the merits of the emergency rule.

The Sixth Circuit—which has control ...