The Trump administration has withdrawn a request to limit a nationwide injunction on former President Barack Obama Barack Hussein ObamaGOP senator blocks Schumer resolution aimed at Biden probe as tensions run high D-Day for Trump: September 29 Obama says making a voting plan is part of 'how to quarantine successfully' MORE’s transgender policy, according to Politico.

The Justice Department on Friday decided not to move forward with the Obama administration’s challenge to a Texas federal judge’s nationwide order that prevented the implementation of the policy on transgender people.

Thirteen states had filed lawsuits challenging the Obama administration’s transgender policy, resulting in the nationwide injunction. The Justice Department had pushed for the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to limit the order to the states that brought the appeal.

The Obama administration said civil rights laws already in place include discrimination against transgender people. A request to narrow the injunction was set to be argued before an appeals court panel on Tuesday before the request was withdrawn, Politico reported.

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"The parties are currently considering how best to proceed in this appeal," both parties said in a joint filing with the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.

The Justice Department will not adhere to the previous administration’s understanding of transgendered laws as the appeal is ongoing, but could still find that the original injunction is too broad, the report noted.