The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday evening stacked with leftist judges denied the Trump Administration’s stay of injunction on the transgender troop ban.
The three judges: Wallace Tashima (Clinton), John Owens (Obama), and Roopali Desai (Biden) denied the request for a stay.
Ninth Circuit panel (Clinton, Obama, Biden) denies Trump Administration stay of injunction re transgender military members. In other words, court’s order that Trump can’t kick out/keep out trans remains in force & trans remain in military. pic.twitter.com/ABSVx5kPaI
— Margot Cleveland (@ProfMJCleveland) April 18, 2025
In January President Trump signed the “Restoring America’s Fighting Force” executive order and the “Prioritizing Military Excellence and Readiness” executive orders, which direct every element of the U.S. military to “operate free from any preference based on race or sex” and root out gender insanity and made up pronoun usage, respectively.
US District Judge Benjamin Hale Settle in Washington State, issued a nationwide preliminary injunction last month.
Judge Settle, a George W. Bush appointee, said the Trump DOJ’s arguments have not been persuasive.
President Trump’s DOJ filed an appeal and the DC Circuit Court denied the administration’s motion to stay Judge Settle’s preliminary injunction.
“Appellants have not demonstrated that they will suffer irreparable harm absent a stay,” the appeals court said in a Friday evening order.
Last month the same three judge panel in the 9th Circuit Court denied the Trump DOJ’s request for an administrative stay.
JUST IN: The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has *denied* the Trump administration’s request to allow immediate removal of transgender troops from the military. pic.twitter.com/28lKq9oPRK
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) March 31, 2025
Additionally, Judge Ana Reyes, a Biden appointee from Uruguay, previously issued a temporary nationwide injunction blocking Trump’s transgender military ban.
