Trump's name to be removed from Kennedy Center as appeals court denies board's request for administrative stay

Hours later, the appeals court denied the board's request for an immediate administrative stay.

The filing asks the court to issue an administrative stay by 7 p.m. Friday.

A three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit later denied the board's request for an immediate administrative stay, declining to temporarily block enforcement of the district court's order while the appeal proceeds.

The appeals court ordered Beatty to respond to the broader stay-pending-appeal motion by June 22, with a reply due June 29.

Fox News Digital observed Friday afternoon that Trump's name remained mounted on the Kennedy Center facade as of 5:30 p.m. ET, with scaffolding erected around portions of the signage.

The Kennedy Center board argued in its emergency filing that removing and potentially reinstalling signage would force it to incur costs that could not be recovered if it ultimately prevails on appeal.

The judge concluded that Congress gave the Kennedy Center its name and that only Congress can change it.

Following the May 29 decision, Kennedy Center Vice President of Public Relations Roma Daravi said the board intended to appeal.

"We will review the decision carefully though the reality remains - the Center requires an urgent and significant restoration - a truth that even the plaintiff acknowledges," Daravi told Fox News Digital at the time.

Beatty praised the ruling, saying in a statement that the Kennedy Center "belongs to the American people, not to Donald Trump."

The board sought emergency relief from the appeals court Friday to temporarily block Cooper's order. By late Friday, the D.C. Circuit denied that request.

The court has not yet ruled on the board's broader request for a stay pending appeal and instead set a briefing schedule extending into late June.

Fox News Digital's Louis Casiano contributed to this reporting.