A federal appeals court on Sunday evening denied the Trump Administration’s request to halt a judge’s order forcing the full payment of SNAP benefits for November.
The order is on hold for 48 hours, per Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.
The Department of Agriculture late Saturday evening instructed states to “immediately undo steps” taken to fund SNAP benefits for November.
“The US Supreme Court granted the US Department of Agriculture an administrative stay of the orders issued by the District Court of Rhode Island,” the memo read.
“Pending any explicit direction to the contrary from Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), States must not transmit full benefit issuance files to EBT processors. Instead, States must continue to process and load the partial issuance files that reflect the 35 percent reduction of maximum allotments detailed in the November 5 guidance,” the memo stated.
“To the extent States sent full SNAP payment files for November 2025, this was unauthorized. Accordingly, States must immediately undo steps taken to issue full SNAP benefits for November 2025.”
The US Supreme Court on Friday evening temporarily halted a lower court’s order requiring the Trump Administration to fund SNAP benefits for November.
On Thursday, Judge John McConnell, a Rhode Island-based district court judge, ordered the Trump Administration to fund SNAP benefits amid the Schumer Shutdown.
The lawless judge ordered the Trump Administration to take funding from child nutrition programs and redirect it to SNAP.
Justice Jackson stayed the judge’s order to allow the First Circuit Court of Appeals to review the ruling.
On Sunday evening, the First Circuit Court of Appeals denied the Trump Administration’s request to stay Judge McConnell’s order forcing the full SNAP payments to states.
The three-judge panel included two Biden judges and one Obama judge.
BREAKING: 1st Circuit denies Trump administration request to stay judge’s order forcing full payment of SNAP for November. Opinion by Rikelman (Biden), Joined by Barron (Obama), Gelpi (Biden). Order remains on hold for 48 hours per Justice Jackson. Doc: https://t.co/YQTgTYf9Av
— Josh Gerstein (@joshgerstein) November 10, 2025
The appeals court ruling may soon be moot after the Senate voted to invoke cloture and advance legislation to reopen the government on Sunday evening.
The Senate adjourned late Sunday evening and will reconvene on Monday morning.
The House will return to session by Wednesday to vote on the legislation, allowing it to reach Trump’s desk.
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