The Trump administration is asking a D.C.-based federal judge to dissolve a previous injunction blocking the administration’s ban on transgender troops. (Getty Images | Senator Durbin via YouTube)
The filing cites a memo sent on Friday with the new guidance.
Under the requirements, a party requesting to dissolve a preliminary injunction must demonstrate "a significant change either in factual conditions or in law" that shows that continued enforcement of the order would be "detrimental to the public interest."
"The March 21, 2025, guidance constitutes a ‘significant change,’" the filing reads. "Whereas the Court has broadly construed the scope of the DoD Policy to encompass all trans-identifying servicemembers or applicants, the new guidance underscores Defendants’ consistent position that the DoD Policy is concerned with the military readiness, deployability, and costs associated with a medical condition — one that every prior Administration has, to some degree, kept out of the military."
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The Trump administration further requested that, if the motion to dissolve was denied, the court should stay the preliminary injunction pending appeal.
During a Friday hearing, U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes, a Biden-appointed federal judge, expressed that she wanted the Defense Department to push back their implementation deadline of the ban, allowing for more time in the appeals process. Reyes gave the government a 3 p.m. Friday deadline to circle back with her.
"I don’t want to jam up the DC Circuit, that’s my main concern here," Reyes said during the in-person hearing. "My chambers worked incredibly hard to get out an opinion on time."
"Use your considerable charm and skill to get your clients to agree to this," she told government lawyers.
Reyes issued a preliminary injunction in favor of the plaintiffs earlier this week, writing that the plaintiffs in the suit, which include transgender individuals, "face a violation of their constitutional rights, which constitutes irreparable harm" that would warrant a preliminary injunction.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth previously said the Pentagon would be appealing Reyes' decision. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
At issue in the case is a Jan. 27 executive order signed by Trump requiring the Defense Department to update its guidance regarding "trans-identifying medical standards for military service" and to "rescind guidance inconsistent with military readiness."
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth previously said Wednesday the Pentagon would be appealing Reyes' decision.
"We are appealing this decision, and we will win," Hegseth posted on X.
Fox News' Jake Gibson, Andrew Mark Miller, Cameron Cawthorne and Morgan Phillips contributed to this report.
Haley Chi-Sing is a politics writer for Fox News Digital. You can reach her at @haleychising on X.
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