The federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., permitted the Biden administration’s eviction moratorium to remain in place on Friday, denying relief to landlords who have sought a court-ordered end to the monthslong pause during the coronavirus pandemic.

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit declined to vacate a judicial stay that U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich, a Trump appointee, put on her own decision back in May in order to delay enforcement of her ruling that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention exceeded its legal authority with the moratorium.