On November 16, 2018, Judge Jon S. Tigar of the U.S. District Court Northern California granted a preliminary injunction titled, “ORDER GRANTING CLASS CERTIFICATION, DENYING MOTION TO DISMISS, AND GRANTING PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION“. The order’s conclusion reads, “For the foregoing reasons, the Court (1) GRANTS Plaintiffs’ motion for class certification; (2) DENIES DoD’s motion to dismiss; and (3) GRANTS Plaintiffs’ motion for preliminary injunction. The Court hereby ENJOINS Defendants and their officers, agents, servants, employees, and attorneys, and any other person or entity subject to their control or acting directly or indirectly in concert or participation with Defendants from taking any action continuing to implement the October 13 Memo and ORDERS Defendants to return to the pre-October 13, 2017 practices for the accession of Lawful Permanent Residents into the military. This Preliminary Injunction shall take effect immediately and shall remain in effect pending resolution of this action on the merits or further order of this Court.”