Public records litigation making its way through Washington, D.C.’s federal court is slowing down as officers tasked with combing through the documents work from home or are cut off from accessing databases that house the records.

In court filings made in recent days in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, lawyers representing several different federal agencies have laid out the difficulties Freedom of Information Act officers are facing in responding to court-ordered deadlines. Some are asking judges to adjust or stay deadlines, and the filings indicate that plaintiffs are agreeing to the temporary delays.