Washington — The Supreme Court on Wednesday gave the green light for a transgender boy to continue using the restroom at his South Carolina school that corresponds with his gender identity while his legal challenge to a state ban continues.

The court declined a request from South Carolina officials to freeze a federal appeals court decision that blocked enforcement of its policy on transgender students' restroom use solely against the ninth-grader, identified in court papers as John Doe. The state conditions funding on a school's compliance with a rule prohibiting transgender students from using the facilities that align with their gender identity.

In an unsigned order , the court said its denial is "not a ruling on the merits of the legal issues presented in the litigation. Rather, i

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