Federal appeals court denies Biden attempt to restore student debt relief plan

• The student loan forgiveness plan has faced multiple legal challenges and the Biden administration has already asked the Supreme Court to lift an emergency injunction by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit that temporarily blocked the debt relief program.

Driving the news: U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman ruled earlier this month that the student relief program was illegal after the Job Creators Network Foundation filed a lawsuit last month alleging the administration violated federal procedures.

• In its brief ruling, a three-judge panel of the 5th Circuit denied the Biden administration's appeal to pause Pittman's ruling, but it ordered that the appeals process be expedited.

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