 A federal appeals court blocking the Biden administration from implementing more student debt relief. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday granting a request by seven Republican-led states to put parts of the Biden student debt relief plan on hold. Other parts of the plan were blocked last month by a U.S. district judge in St. Louis. The plan would lower monthly payments for eligible borrowers, that is, and allow those with balances of $12,000 or less to have their debt forgiven after 10 years.