Hawaii Injunction Against Travel Ban Goes To Appeals Court In May
In Honolulu, Judge Derrick Watson suspends all proceedings in the case until the聽9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rules.
A federal appeals court in San Francisco decided Monday that it will hold a hearing in May over an injunction issued by a federal judge in Honolulu against President Donald Trump’s revised executive order on immigration.
U.S. District Court Judge Derrick Watson ruled against the travel ban three weeks ago, putting it on hold nationwide with a temporary restraining order and then extending his ruling last week with a preliminary injunction.
The Trump administration appealed Watson’s ruling Thursday in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, saying that it “strongly disagrees” with Watson’s ruling.
The 9th Circuit, which ruled against the in February, granted the Trump administration’s appeal, setting an expedited schedule to complete the filings by April 28.
Meanwhile, Watson on Monday suspended all proceedings in Hawaii’s lawsuit while the appeal in the 9th Circuit is pending.
A three-judge panel of the appeals court will hold a hearing next month, but the court has not set a date or specified if the same panel that issued the February ruling will hear this appeal.
It appears unlikely that the hearing will be held sooner than the week of May 15, given that lead attorneys for both parties aren’t available during the first two weeks of next mont.
That means the 9th Circuit’s decision is unlikely to come before a ruling by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which is set to hold a hearing Mary 8 over a similar injunction issued by a Maryland judge.
