A US federal appeals court early Sunday rejected a request by the
Department of Justice to immediately reinstate President Donald Trump’s
travel ban.
Trump’s administration had lodged the request with the Ninth Circuit Court
of Appeals as part of an appeal against a lower court order temporarily
suspending the travel ban on citizens from seven mainly Muslim countries.
For now, the travel ban suspension remains in place.
Both the State and Homeland Security Departments said Saturday they were
resuming normal practices concerning travelers from the affected
countries.
Judge William Canby, Jr. in Phoenix and Judge Michelle Friedland in San
Francisco did not give a reason for their denial in a two-paragraph
ruling.
However, they told the states of Washington and Minnesota, which had filed
the original suit against Trump’s travel ban, to provide documents
detailing their opposition to the government’s appeal by 11:59 pm Sunday
(0759 GMT Monday).
The Department of Justice was given a deadline of 3 pm Monday to supply
more documents supporting its position.