Plaintiffs fighting President Donald Trump’s planned overhaul of a historic Washington, D.C., golf course asked a federal judge Thursday to stop the administration from closing part of East Potomac Park later this month. They are seeking emergency relief before the planned Nov. 15 closure.

The D.C. Preservation League and two individual plaintiffs filed a 276 page motion requesting a temporary restraining order. They urged U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes to intervene before the administration moves forward with closing the park.

The plaintiffs argue that the closure would advance Trump’s redevelopment project before the government completes required environmental and historic preservation reviews. Their filing presents the shutdown as another consequential step toward implementing the broader project.

“Defendants’ plan to close East Potomac Park leaves them poised to take another significant step in implementing the Washington National Plan,” the plaintiffs wrote. “In doing so, they threaten imminent injury to Plaintiffs and the public interest.”

According to the plaintiffs, shutting the park would cause irreparable harm by denying visitors access to its recreational and historic resources. They are asking Reyes to issue a temporary restraining order lasting 14 days while their legal challenge continues.

The filing also offers an alternative request. If Reyes does not grant the temporary restraining order, the plaintiffs want a 14 day stay that would similarly prevent the administration from proceeding with the closure during that period.

The National Park Service previously informed the court that it planned to close the section of East Potomac Park south of Buckeye Drive on Nov. 15. That closure would include the golf course at the center of Trump’s redevelopment plans.

Federal officials have cited safety concerns involving a deteriorating seawall along the Potomac River. The plaintiffs dispute whether those concerns justify blocking access to the entire park and contend that the explanation is a pretext for advancing Trump’s proposed overhaul.

Trump’s plan would replace the existing historic golf course with a championship style course designed by architect Tom Fazio. The legal challenge now seeks to prevent the park closure from clearing the way for that redevelopment before the required reviews are completed.

The new motion follows weeks of exchanges between the administration and the court over the project’s scope. The dispute has also focused on whether federal officials have been forthcoming with Reyes about what they intend to do at East Potomac Park.

Reyes had already intervened in the project before the plaintiffs submitted their latest request. In an Oct. 26 ruling, she blocked further tree removal at the park after finding that the administration had begun carrying out its broader redevelopment plans without completing the required environmental reviews.

The conflict intensified after Trump publicly announced that the course would close on Nov. 15. At the same time, government attorneys initially resisted confirming that timeline during the court proceedings surrounding the redevelopment and its effects on the park.

Federal officials later acknowledged Trump’s directive and told Reyes that the park would close according to the announced schedule. They continued to maintain that safety concerns involving the seawall independently supported the closure decision.

The plaintiffs are now trying to stop that schedule from taking effect while the underlying legal challenge moves forward. Their request places the planned closure, access to the park and the administration’s compliance with environmental and historic preservation requirements squarely before Reyes.

The next hearing is scheduled for Nov. 13, only two days before the administration plans to close the park. Reyes must now consider whether to pause the closure temporarily as the plaintiffs challenge Trump’s push to remake the historic golf course.