A Louisiana civil court judge on Monday halted state agencies' plans to forcibly clear homeless encampments in New Orleans. Orleans Parish Civil District Court Judge Ethel Julien issued a temporary restraining order blocking state police and two other agencies from evicting homeless people from their encampments in New Orleans or seizing their property without following city laws and due process.

Republican Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry earlier this month pushed the city of New Orleans to clear out the homeless encampments ahead of the upcoming holiday, and threatened to intervene if they failed to do so.

A Orleans Civil District judge issued a temporary restraining order on Monday to stop all homeless sweeps in New Orleans.The order is effective immediately.According to Judge Ethel Simms Julien's order Louisiana State Police,

This is the second time a temporary restraining order has been issued. The first one was granted in October after crews began their sweep of the Calliope encampment ahead of the T