WASHINGTON — Same-sex couples will not be able to marry on May 16 in Idaho following a temporary order from a federal appeals court May 15.

The order follows the request from Idaho Gov. Butch Otter to stay the enforcement of this week's trial court decision finding Idaho's ban on same-sex couples' marriages to be unconstitutional. Otter is appealing that decision, which was scheduled to take effect at 9 a.m. May 16, and asked for a stay pending the appeal.

In a one-sentence order, a three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals wrote, "The district court's May 13, 2014 order is temporarily stayed pending this court's disposition of appellants' emergency motions for a stay pending appeal."

The appeals court judges — Judges Edward Leavy, Consuelo Callahan, and Andrew Hurwitz — issued a temporary stay until the 9th Circuit decides whether to issue a stay that will last throughout the state's appeal.