U.S. District Judge Karin J. Immergut zeroed in on the question of whether she must honor an appeals court ruling that essentially ordered her to pause her first temporary restraining order banning the federal deployment of only Oregon troops to protect the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland.

The deployment of National Guard troops on the streets of Washington faces challenges in two courts on Friday — one in the nation’s capital and another in West Virginia — while across the country a judge in Portland,

The appeals court's announcement came hours after a federal judge heard arguments on whether she should dissolve an order stopping the deployment.

An Oct. 20 decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit took a step toward National Guard troops deploying in Portland.

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has paused any deployment of National Guard troops to Portland until Tuesday evening, October 28. The order was issued as a decision was pending from a different court on whether to lift a temporary restraining order barring out-of-state National Guard troops from deploying to Oregon.

State lawyers reveal only 31 Federal Protective Service officers were reassigned to Portland at any time since June, not the 115 federal officials claimed.