The motions panel of a U.S. federal appellate court is ready Thursday to rule whether to lift or continue a temporary restraining order imposed by a lower court judge against the travel ban in a presidential executive order. Three judges sitting on the motions panel of the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, based in San Francisco, heard oral arguments Tuesday pertaining to the executive order signed by President Donald Trump that bars entry into the United States by nationals of Iraq , Syria , Iran , Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen .