9th Circuit Eyeing Oral Argument in Mont. AG’s Appeal of TikTok Ban Injunction

The 9th U.S. Circuit Appeals Court is considering for an upcoming oral argument calendar in San Francisco Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen’s (R) appeal to reverse the preliminary injunction that blocks him from enforcing Montana’s statewide TikTok ban (see 2401030007), said a text-only docket notice Thursday (docket 24-34). The 9th Circuit is eyeing sitting dates in September or October, said the notice. U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy for Montana in Missoula granted the joint motion of the parties in the consolidated case that challenges the state's statewide TikTok ban to stay their proceedings pending the "final adjudication" of TikTok’s constitutional challenge to the federal TikTok ban in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (see 2405160031). Molloy said Wednesday that the stay will be lifted if the 9th Circuit reverses his preliminary injunction order.