The Department of Justice filed a motion Friday morning to dissolve a preliminary injunction barring the Pentagon from enforcing the Trump administration’s ban on transgender people from serving in the military.

On Feb. 11, the Pentagon said it would no longer allow transgender people to join the military, in accordance with President Donald Trump’s Jan. 27 executive order that declared the United States recognizes two sexes, male and female.

In a memo on Feb. 26, the Pentagon directed military leadership to begin identifying transgender service members within 30 days and to begin “separation actions” within 60 days.

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