NEW YORK, N.Y. — Job Corps centers around the country have been given an additional eight days of life, after a federal judge extended the temporary restraining order keeping them open.

The move comes following a hearing in Manhattan federal court in a lawsuit filed by the National Job Corps Association against the U.S. Department of Labor. The group is suing over the agency’s May 29 decision to close 99 Job Corps centers across the county, including the Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Center in Prestonsburg.

On June 4, the judge issued a temporary restraining order blocking any actions related to the closures until a hearing could be held Wednesday.

The subject of Wednesday’s hearing was over whether or not the judge should issue an temporary injunction blocking the closures while the matter is litigated. No decision was reached on that issue, and the judge gave parties on both sides until Friday to file a status report.

In the meantime, he extended the temporary restraining order until June 25, while he weighs a decision on the injunction.