A transgender ninth-grade student will be allowed to keep using the boys' restrooms at his South Carolina school after the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, September 10, rejected the state's emergency request to block him.

The unsigned order permits the student, identified in court papers as John Doe, to continue using facilities consistent with his gender identity while the case proceeds.

In a brief notation, the Court wrote: "The application for a stay of injunction pending appeal … is denied. The denial of the application is not a ruling on the merits of the legal issues presented in the litigation. Rather, it is based on the standards applicable for obtaining emergency relief from this Court."

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