A federal appeals court on Thursday lifted an emergency stay on United States District Judge James Boasberg’s order concerning due process rights for illegal immigrants deported to a maximum security prison in El Salvador.

Earlier this year, Boasberg issued a preliminary injunction ordering the Trump administration to “facilitate” due process protections for the Venezuelan nationals deported to El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center, otherwise known as CECOT. The federal government quickly appealed the order, winning the emergency stay.

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The court’s most recent action effectively sent the case back to Boasberg for further action, citing changed circumstances. The court said it is expressing “no opinion on what kind of class relief, if any,” may be afforded to the CECOT plaintiffs. Fox News reported on Thursday’s order.

Last month, El Salvador released an estimated 250 Venezuelan deportees in its custody in exchange for Venezuela’s release of 10 jailed Americans. The prisoner swap was made in a deal between the U.S. and the two Latin American countries.

The appeals court said the prisoner exchange, which constituted a “fundamental change in circumstances,” influenced its decision to leave the case to Boasberg.

The Obama-appointed Washington, D.C., judge has fought with the Trump administration for months over the case involving the Venezuelans believed to be members of the Tren de Aragua gang.

The legal saga started in March, when the Trump administration moved to deport the illegal immigrants to El Salvador under the wartime Alien Enemies Act. Boasberg ruled that the deportations were possibly unlawful and ordered the federal government to turn the airplanes carrying the deportees around. The planes were already on their way to Central America as Boasberg issued the order.

The Supreme Court later granted the Trump administration’s request for a temporary pause on Boasberg’s order, allowing deportations under the Alien Enemies Act to proceed pending litigation.

APPEALS COURT OVERTURNS JAMES BOASBERG’S TRUMP CONTEMPT RULING

Earlier this month, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned Boasberg’s April ruling holding the Trump administration in contempt for the challenged deportations.

In Thursday’s order, the appeals court noted that it was not ruling on Boasberg’s order itself or the merit of the Trump administration’s appeal.