Attorney General Bonta: Ninth Circuit Rejects Trump’s Emergency Request to Pause Order Barring Deployment of California National Guard

OAKLAND - California Attorney General Rob Bonta today celebrated a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit that​ blocks, for the time being, the deployment of California National Guard troops in Los Angeles. In issuing a partial administrative stay, the Ninth Circuit allows the first part of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California's order barring the deployment of California National Guard troops in Los Angeles to remain in effect for now, while pausing the second part of the order returning federalized California National Guard troops to the Governor's command.

"The Ninth Circuit's decision means that, come Monday, there will be no National Guard troops deployed in California. Let me repeat: For the first time in six months, there will be no military deployed on the streets of Los Angeles," said Attorney General Bonta. "While this decision is not final, it is a gratifying and hard-fought step in the right direction. California did not ask to be a testing ground for the President's militarized vision of America. There is no crisis to justify the National Guard's continued presence, and we look forward to continuing to prove that in court."