PORTLAND, Ore. — The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday temporarily suspended its earlier ruling that would have allowed federal deployment of National Guard troops in Portland.

The brief pause, known as an administrative stay, will remain in effect until 5 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 28, while the court decides whether to take another look at the case.

The National Guard will not be deployed to Portland, at least until Tuesday, while the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals decides whether to rehear the case.

The order allows time for the full Ninth Circuit to decide whether to rehear the case before an expanded 11-judge panel rather than the three-judge panel that issued Monday’s ruling.

It comes after a phone hearing in federal court Friday, where U.S. District Court Judge Karin Immergut is co

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