Biden’s Student Debt Cancellation Plan Again Blocked by Judge

The threatened injury outweighs the harm that a block would cause the government, U.S. District Judge Matthew Schelp said.

President Joe Biden arrives to speak during an event to announce that his administration has approved $1.2 billion in student debt cancellation for almost 153,000 borrowers, at the Julian Dixon Library in Culver City, Calif., on Feb. 21, 2024. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

A federal judge on Oct. 3 blocked President Joe Biden’s student loan cancellation plan, one day after a different judge said he would not extend a block on the program.

U.S. District Judge Matthew Schelp, citing an earlier appeals court decision in a case against a separate loan cancellation plan, said that plaintiff states that sued over the program will be irreparably harmed if he did not enter a preliminary injunction against it as the case moves forward.