Enlarge / President Donald Trump, as seen on January 27, 2017 in Arlington, Virginia. (credit: Pool Photo/Getty Images)

Late Saturday evening Pacific Time, the Department of Justice officially filed its request for an emergency stay in the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals, in its attempt to halt the temporary restraining order issued by a federal judge in Washington just one day earlier.

The case, State of Washington v. Trump, which officially moved to the largest federal appellate district earlier in the day, is now just one step below the Supreme Court.

On Friday, US District Judge James L. Robart ruled against President Donald Trump’s executive order that aimed to restrict immigration by people from seven largely-Muslim countries—stopping it immediately nationwide. Following the order, the Department of State and the Department of Homeland Security said they would comply, according to the Washington Post.