An appellate court has just put a stop to District Court Judge James Boasberg's attempt to hold Trump administration officials in contempt of court. 

The New York Post reports that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has placed an administrative stay on the contempt order.

The matter, of course, is far from over, but this is a temporary win for the Trump administration, as it temporarily halts the contempt order.

There is still a possibility, however, that the appellate court will ultimately uphold the order.

Here's what's going on:

Boasberg, a Bush appointee who was promoted by Obama, recently held the Trump administration in contempt of court for not returning to the United States two planes that were escorting illegal immigrants out of the country.

Fox News reported:

In a 48-page order, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg said that the court had determined that the Trump administration had demonstrated a "willful disregard" for his March 15 emergency order, which temporarily halted all deportation flights to El Salvador under the Alien Enemies Act, a 1798 wartime immigration law, to allow the court to better consider the merits of the case.

That order required the Trump administration to "immediately" return all planes to the United States, but this did not happen.

Accordingly, Boasberg decided to hold the Trump administration in contempt of court. The Trump administration immediately appealed the ruling.

Newsweek reports:

United States Attorney General Pam Bondi filed an emergency appeal Friday for a stay or court-ordered pause on any criminal contempt of court proceedings for disobeying Judge James Boasberg's order to turn back planes carrying deportees to El Salvador.

Now, an appellate court has temporarily stopped Boasberg's contempt order.

"In a 2-1 ruling, a panel of judges on the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit 'administratively stayed' Boasberg’s April 16 order 'pending further order of the court,'" the Post reports.

The outlet quotes the appellate court as writing:

The purpose of this administrative stay is to give the court sufficient opportunity to consider the emergency motion for a stay pending appeal or a writ of mandamus and should not be construed in any way as a ruling on the merits of that motion.

Now, the Trump administration is waiting to see how the appellate court will come out on the matter.

Either way, there is a decent chance that the matter may end up before the U.S. Supreme Court.