The ruling means control of the California National Guard will stay in federal hands as the lawsuit continues to unfold.

A federal appeals court ruled that President Trump can keep control of the National Guard troops he deployed to Los Angeles. The service members can continue to operate under the direction of the Trump administration.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California’s challenge of the Trump administration’s military deployment on the streets of Los Angeles returned to a federal courtroom in San Francisco on Friday for a brief hearing after an appeals court handed President Donald Trump a key procedural win in the case.