Ninth Circuit declines to put 'Don't Ask Don't Tell' appeal on hold

[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit [official website] on Friday denied [order, PDF] the government’s request to put on hold all appeals in Log Cabin Republicans v. USA, a case regarding the constitutionality of the military’s "Don’t Ask Don’t Tell" (DADT) policy [10 USC 654 text; JURIST news archive]. The government’s motion [text, PDF] requested that the court suspend its own appeal of an injunction [JURIST report] issued by the US District Court of the…