TRO opened floodgates for visa holders from 7 high risk countries before new screening procedures were in place.

The federal government has filed for an emergency stay [full embed at bottom of post] with the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals seeking to stay a temporary restraining order issued by the District Court for the Western District of Washington (Seattle).

For background, see our earlier post, Absurd Fed Ct TRO halts enforcement of entire Executive Order on visas, refugees. In the past day, visa holders from the 7 high risk nations subject to the EO have flooded into the U.S. trying to beat the court clock for an appellate stay.

The papers are not yet posted to the PACER electronic docket, but we will provide links and an embedded version once available. [See Update below]

AP reports:

The Justice Department is asking a federal appeals court to set aside a judge’s order that temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s travel ban. The federal government’s request for an emergency stay was filed Saturday night with the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The filing asks the court to lift an order from a day earlier from a judge in Washington state. The ruling from U.S. District Judge James Robart temporarily halted a Trump administration executive order that suspended America’s refugee program and halted immigration to the U.S. from seven Muslim-majority countries.

This post will be updated.

UPDATE 2-5-2017 2:35 a.m. Eastern: The Emergency Motion is below. (Pdf. here) There is no indication in the court docket when it will be heard by the court. It is quite strong. I’ll have more later today.

Emergency Motion for Stay – 9th Circuit – Trump Immigration Executive Order by Legal Insurrection on Scribd



