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US judge clears legal hurdle for Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan
Judge removes Georgia from Republican-led lawsuit blocking debt relief and transfers case to Missouri
A federal judge has dealt a setback to a legal challenge by seven Republican-led states to the latest student debt forgiveness plan from Joe Biden’s administration, removing Georgia from the case and moving it to Missouri.
J Randal Hall, a US district judge based in Augusta, Georgia, took the action on Wednesday, one day before a temporary restraining order he issued on 5 September blocking the administration from proceeding with the plan - a USDepartment of Education regulation that is still not finalized – was set to expire.
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