(The Hill) -- A federal appeals court late Sunday rejected the Trump administration’s bid to halt an order requiring full Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) payments during the government shutdown.

The three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit ruled a judge did not abuse his discretion in finding the government’s plan for partial food stamps payments would cause unacceptable delays.

“It also knew full well that making partial payments would be technically difficult, as it had never been done before,” U.S. Circuit Judge Julie Rikelman wrote for the unanimous panel.

“But it proceeded to do nothing to attempt to solve that problem over the following three weeks. It made no calculations, prepared no tables, and took no other logistical steps to prepare

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