State and federal officials filed court motions on Monday to request a lift on the court order that prevents Gov. Roy Cooper from proceeding with his Medicaid expansion plan.

U.S. District Judge Louise Flanagan filed a restraining order on Saturday against Cooper, which suspends the governor’s ability to take action before President Barack Obama leaves office, according to an article from The Charlotte Observer. 

“Governor Cooper’s blatant attempt to breathe a last bit of life into Obamacare should outrage taxpayers,” Flanagan said.

The order came as a result of a federal lawsuit filed on Friday by North Carolina lawmakers, who argue that Cooper cannot expand the program under 2013 legislation that prevents the executive branch from doing so, according to The Charlotte Observer

“Cooper’s brazen decision to press on with his unconstitutional Obamacare expansion scheme and ignore the General Assembly’s constitutional role to make laws requires swift legal action,” said Tim Moore, speaker of the state House, and Phil Berger, president pro tempore of the state Senate, in a joint statement on the lawsuit. 

The Cooper administration argues that both the restraining order and the lawsuit infringe upon the executive branch’s authority.

“North Carolina will miss out on more jobs and better health care without Medicaid expansion, and it’s frustrating and disappointing that we’re having to fight our own legislature in court to get it done,” Cooper said in a statement late Monday. “Tax dollars already paid by North Carolinians are funding Medicaid expansion in other states, and we want to bring that money back home to work for us here.”