Overview
- The San Francisco-based appeals court reinstated a lower-court injunction and paused the Portland deployment indefinitely, with an 11-judge panel set to review the case at a later date.
- U.S. District Judge Karin J. Immergut previously found the deployment unlawful, concluding there was neither an uprising in Portland nor a threat to national security.
- Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield welcomed the decision, saying it sends a clear message that military forces cannot be sent into cities without necessity.
- President Trump had ordered about 200 National Guard troops to Portland and directed deployments to Los Angeles, Washington, Memphis and Chicago, though courts have also blocked the Chicago deployment.
- Local officials rejected the president’s description of Portland as “war-torn,” and the city’s police chief testified that the deployment order intensified protests.