A federal appeals court has paused a judge’s order to bring a Turkish Tufts University student from a Louisiana immigration detention center back to New England so it can consider an emergency motion filed by the government.

A federal judge ruled Thursday that a detained Tufts student must be returned to Vermont, according to a court order.

A federal appeals court filed an emergency motion on Monday, pausing the transfer of detained Tufts University student Rumyesa Ozturk from Louisiana to Vermont until a review by a judicial panel in May. Ozturk was supposed to be returned no later than May 1 for a detention hearing.