A federal appeals court on Friday temporarily halted a trial judge’s move to open contempt proceedings against the Trump administration, pausing a legal showdown over deportations of Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador under a wartime-era statute, The New York Times reported.

A federal appeals court late Friday issued a temporary stay blocking a trial judge’s plan to launch contempt proceedings against the Trump administration over the deportation of Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador, a move the judge said may have violated a prior court order.

The ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit came in a one-page order granting an administrative stay. The court said it needed additional time to evaluate whether U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg overstepped his authority by threatening contempt proceedings.

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