Federal judge partially grants state and city bid to block Trump administration National Guard deployment
Judge’s order temporarily bars Trump administration ‘from ordering the federalization and deployment of the National Guard of the United States within Illinois’
By Jon Seidel and Tina Sfondeles
Oct 9, 2025, 5:59pm CDT
A federal judge in Chicago on Thursday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from ordering the federalization and deployment of the National Guard of the United States within Illinois.
U.S. District Judge April Perry ruled orally from the bench, and she said her order will last 14 days. A written ruling is expected to follow, and the Trump administration will surely appeal.
Illinois and Chicago sued the Trump administration Monday over the deployment, setting the stage for Thursday’s hearing.
Earlier this week, Perry cautioned the Trump administration to “strongly consider taking a pause on this until Thursday, so that we are not in a position where we are doing a full-fledged hearing with whatever has happened.”
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