Five transgender service members are requesting a judge block the Trump administration from enforcing a policy that bars trans people from serving openly in the military, while a case against the executive action proceeds.

A motion filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia asks the court to issue a temporary restraining order blocking enforcement on behalf of the five plaintiffs, each of whom “are currently being subjected to specific adverse treatment,” according to court filings.

It asks the court to shield them from the Pentagon’s policies effectuating Trump’s order, arguing the plaintiffs otherwise face “immediate and irreparable harm.”

Last week, U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes, an appointee of former President Biden,

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