Neither side, Robart wrote, had filed a motion for him to consider, and the state’s previous complaints were directed at an executive order that is now revoked.

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“Accordingly, the court also declines to resolve the apparent dispute between the parties concerning the applicability of the court’s injunctive order to the New Executive Order until such time as an amended complaint that addresses the New Executive Order is properly before the court,” Robart wrote.

The Washington attorney general’s office wrote on Twitter that its legal team was reviewing the order to “determine next steps.” The state had already indicated it would file an amended complaint, but it is unclear how soon the judge could take that up.

Trump’s new order, which is set to take effect on Thursday, temporarily blocks the issuance of visas to citizens of six majority-Muslim countries, and it suspends the U.S. refugee program. Like the first order — which suspended the refugee program, blocked citizens of seven majority-Muslim countries from entering the United States, and resulted in the provisional revocation of tens of thousands of visas — it has encountered significant legal resistance.

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