A courtroom standoff over construction at the White House has shifted, at least for now, in favor of Donald Trump.

A federal appeals court has cleared the way for the president to keep work moving on a planned $400 million ballroom, pausing a lower court order that had partially halted the project. The decision came just a day after a judge blocked visible construction at the site where the East Wing once stood.

Late Friday, a three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit stepped in, temporarily suspending the ruling issued by Richard Leon. The panel has reportedly set June 5 to hear arguments as the legal fight continues.

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In his earlier decision, Leon drew a line between what could proceed and what could not. He stopped above-ground work on the proposed 90,000-square-foot ballroom but allowed excavation and construction tied to a bunker and other “national security facilities” to move forward.

The dispute follows Trump’s decision to demolish the East Wing last fall to make space for the new structure. That move triggered a lawsuit from the National Trust for Historic Preservation, which argues the president bypassed required approvals from federal agencies and Congress before launching the project.

Leon sided with the preservation group at the end of March, though he briefly delayed enforcement of his ruling and permitted underground construction to continue. The administration then took the matter to the appeals court.

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Trump has defended the project as an overdue expansion of the White House complex, insisting he is within his rights to proceed since private donors will fund the ballroom itself, while public funds will cover the associated security infrastructure.