Aug. 27 (UPI) — Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Salvadoran native who was deported despite a court order barring his removal, cannot be deported again until at least October.

U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis said Wednesday that the Trump administration has been temporarily blocked from deporting Abrego Garcia until his latest challenge against deportation is resolved in court.

Abrego Garcia had been transferred to a detention center in Tennessee, where officials stated he possibly could be deported to Uganda, but he now has a hearing slated for Oct. 6 to challenge that.

Xinis said she’ll issue a ruling within 30 days of that hearing. She also ordered that custody of Abrego Garcia, who is currently being held in a detention center in Virginia, must remain within a 200-mile radius of the court in Maryland.

However, she further said she won’t order that Abrego Garcia be released from immigration custody, which she ruled should be decided by an immigration judge. His attorneys moved on Monday to reopen his immigration case and apply for his asylum.

Abrego Garcia was deported in March by the Trump administration on contentions that he was a member of the criminal MS-13 gang. He was sent to El Salvador’s CECOT prison, even though a 2019 court order was in place to bar deportation back to his native country due to fear of persecution.

He was returned to the United States in June to face allegations that he was transporting undocumented migrants while he lived in Maryland, to which he has pleaded not guilty.

His attorneys also stated his case should be reopened to allow Abrego Garcia to designate deportation to Costa Rica, should he be ruled for removal.