Appeals Court Denies Trump Administration Request to Enforce Military Transgender Ban

Appeals Court Denies Trump Administration Request to Enforce Military Transgender Ban


A United States appeals court rejected a request from the Trump administration to be allowed to enforce its ban on transgender-identifying individuals serving in the U.S. military.

The Trump administration filed an appeal with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit after U.S. District Judge Benjamin Settle “issued a preliminary injunction putting on hold the military’s new policy of identifying and discharging any transgender service members,” according to Reuters.

In its appeal of Settle’s ruling, the Trump administration asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit “to put the ruling on hold,” according to the outlet.

Per the outlet:

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The Trump administration appealed Settle’s ruling, and asked the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to put the ruling on

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