The CFPB is likely to be on its own when it attempts to defend its current structure before a federal appeals court this Spring, according to recent developments in a lawsuit filed against the agency.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has granted a request by the Trump Administration to file a brief in the case. That request likely means that the administration intends to side with the plaintiffs in the suit challenging the agency's structure.

The court again also rejected a request from Democratic state attorneys general, two congressional Democrats, consumer groups and the Self-Help Credit Union to intervene in the suit.

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