In a 17-page opinion released Friday, U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan called Trump’s latest motion to stay the case “frivolous” and said it was “yet another such attempt to delay unduly the resolution” of Carroll’s lawsuit. The judge said Trump’s lawyers have not made any argument different from points the court has rejected in their three previous attempts.

“For the foregoing reasons, Mr. Trump’s motion for a stay pending appeal (Dkt 185) is denied. This Court certifies that the appeal itself is frivolous,” Kaplan wrote.

[That case will come to trial in January, just before election contests in Iowa and New Hampshire. Carroll already won one defamation case against Trump; this is a new claim based on public comments Trump made after the earlier loss. — Ed]