A federal judge ruled on Friday that the UNC System cannot enforce the North Carolina law requiring people to use the bathroom in public buildings that corresponds to the gender on their birth certificate. However, this ruling applies only to the three plaintiffs, which include a student at UNC-Greensboro, a high school student at UNC School of the Arts and an employee at UNC-Chapel Hill.

This ruling comes as a limited injunction before the case’s full ruling, which is scheduled for November. 

“The Public Facilities Privacy and Security Act is still in effect,” said Bob Stephens, a legal counsel for Gov. Pat McCrory. “The judge’s limited injunction only applies to three individuals and is based on a Fourth Circuit decision recently stayed by the U.S. Supreme Court. This is not a final resolution of this case, and the governor will continue to defend North Carolina law.”

Thomas Schroeder, the U.S. district judge who made the ruling, returned the state law regarding bathrooms in UNC System schools, for these individuals, to the “status quo” before the law was passed in March.

“On the current record, there is no reason to believe that a return to the status quo ante pending a trial on the merits will compromise the important State interests asserted,” Schroeder said.

The law, House Bill 2, was passed in March and has since been subject to criticism, leading to at least five lawsuits, according to The News & Observer. 

“[HB2] interferes with these individuals’ ability to participate in their work and educational activities,” Schroeder said. “As a result, some of these plaintiffs limit their fluid intake and resist the urge to use a bathroom whenever possible … Such behavior can lead to serious medical consequences, such as urinary tract infections, constipation and kidney disease.”