Judge Extends Portland Ban on Troop Deployment | JQJO

U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut extended for 14 days her temporary orders blocking deployment of National Guard troops to Portland, keeping President Donald Trump’s federalization plan on hold while appeals proceed and a trial looms on October 29. The Trump-appointed judge previously broadened the bar to any U.S. troops after an attempted reassignment from Los Angeles. A Ninth Circuit panel, which allowed administrative federalization last week, is still weighing whether deployments can occur. Oregon’s attorney general vowed to keep fighting, as a separate Illinois case limits troop use during appeal.