In all 37 cases, Ms Ashcroft said there had been poor decision-making or a delay in taking action.

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The decision to seek an alternate route necessitated a delay of the decision-making process so that route could be identified and then assessed.

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Judge Wilken also denied the government's request for a further delay, and ordered it to forgo the traditional 30-day waiting period between making a decision and implementing it.

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