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Trump travel ban case could be on fast track to appeals court's full bench
http://www.politico.com/blogs/under-the-radar/2017/03/donald-trump-travel-ban-appeals-court-236552By JOSH GERSTEIN 03/27/17 03:18 PM EDT
The full, 15-judge bench of a federal appeals court is considering taking up the legality of President Donald Trump's revised travel ban executive order.
A federal judge in Maryland blocked a key part of Trump's directive earlier this month, prompting the Justice Department to appeal the injunction to the Richmond-based 4th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Typically, appeals go to a three-judge panel, but in an order Monday the 4th Circuit asked both sides in the case to address whether the court's full bench should hear the appeal in the first instance.
"The parties are directed to file responses to this order....stating their position on the appropriateness of initial en banc review in this case," the court's clerk said. The position papers are due by Thursday.