counsel for the plaintiffs filed a motion to strike the motion to dissolve the preliminary injunction, noting the defendants had violated local rule 7-3, which requires each side to meet and confer with the other side at least seven days before filing any motion. the two sides agreed to a schedule allowing responses to the motion to dissolve the preliminary injunction starting in late april. after briefing and oral argument, the court denied the motion on september 18, 2018, holding that "the new policy is essentially the same as the first policy ... trump specifically announced that he was banning transgender people from the military. this second iteration of the policy continues to do exactly that."