Although the Obama government recently received some good news from the Supreme Court on two issues—the Affordable Care Act and Same-Sex marriages it recently did not get good clout regarding its immigration activities, these are still tied up in federal court.

A Circuit court of Appeals announced the establishment of a 3-judge panel which is supposed to hear the case next week, and it was made up of 2 of the same conservative individuals who had refused to open up the programs at the end of May.

When last known the Obama government was still having hopes that it would draw some more friendly judges, but these hopes have now come to naught.

The end of May judgment occurred when the appeals court denied a request from Justice Department lawyers to allow Obama’s controversial immigration actions to go into effect pending appeal.

The decision was a victory for the state of Texas and 25 other states that were appealing against the Obama administration’s actions, which were blocked by a District Court judge in February. The May decision means that while the issue is appealed, eligible undocumented immigrants will be unable to apply for the programs aimed at easing deportation threats.

“Because the government is unlikely to succeed on the merits of its appeal of the injunction, we deny the motion for stay and the request to narrow the scope of the injunction,” according to the panel of judges.