WASHINGTON, D.C. ? A Texas appeals court Monday granted Rep. Tom DeLay’s request to stop a prosecutor from filing subpoenas in the former majority leader’s pending money laundering case.

The Third Court of Appeals panel in Austin, Texas, also said that several subpoenas issued by Travis County Dist. Atty. Ronnie Earle are null and void because DeLay’s trial is on hold.

In addition, any outstanding subpoenas issued before the trial are suspended during the stay, the court said.

DeLay is awaiting trial on money laundering charges related to accusations that he funneled corporate money through the Republican National Committee and a Texas political committee into the campaign coffers of several 2002 GOP legislative candidates.