9th Circuit denies full court review of Trump travel ban

The San Francisco-based 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday denied the Justice Department’s request that the full 15-member court hear its appeal to a Hawaii judge’s ruling against President Trump’s revised travel ban.

Instead, a three-judge panel will consider the case next month, which is standard before cases are brought before a full panel. The panel will be announced before the case starts.

The Justice Department responded to the initial restraining order with a request to stay the injunction on a temporary basis.

The case is the second of its kind scheduled to go before a higher court in coming weeks. In Hawaii’s case, the judge ruled in favor of the state’s request to block the order’s 120-day suspension of refugee admissions and studies on visitors to the U.S.

The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Va., announced in March that it will hear arguments on an aspect of Trump’s revised travel ban on May 8 and could rule on whether to uphold the Justice Department’s request for a stay in the first week of April.

Both circuit courts were considering skipping these next steps and sending the cases to the full 15-judge bench, before the 9th circuit balked.

Trump’s second executive action on immigration went into effect on March 16. However, the Trump administration would need both lawsuits to clear for its order to be fully carried out.

The issue could reach the Supreme Court by mid-May.

Related Content