HONOLULU – The state of Hawaii has moved to convert the temporary restraining order issued last week by Hawaii federal judge Derrick K. Watson in the travel ban case into a preliminary injunction, Hawaii Attorney General Doug Chin said Tuesday.
On March 15, Judge Derrick Kahala Watson issued a 43-page opinion enjoining the federal government nationwide from enforcing or implementing Sections 2 and 6 of a second Executive Order issued by President Trump, which would have restricted immigration from Iran, Syria, Somalia, Sudan, Libya, and Yemen, and also temporarily suspended refugee admissions.
A hearing on the motion is scheduled before Judge Watson at 9:30 a.m. March 29. The court has advised that the hearing date and time may be changed or vacated upon review of the written briefs, a release from Chin’s office stated.
The parties also stipulated that Watson’s nationwide order shall remain in place until such time as the court rules on whether the TRO should be converted to a preliminary injunction or until otherwise ordered by the court.