A federal judge on Monday denied the state of Alaska’s request for a preliminary injunction to kill wolves.

A federal judge refused to issue Alaska a temporary restraining order on Thursday, June 3 and instead scheduled a hearing for Monday, June 7.

After the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service warned Alaska not to trespass, which would have been the ultimate result of the proposed wolf cull on Unimak Island, the state has responded by filing a lawsuit against the Federal government.

Alaska announced their intention to shoot wolves on Unimak Island, which they plan to begin by June 1, but the land is Federally owned and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service published a press release announcing their response.

Unimak Island, a 1,571 square miles and the largest of the Aleutians, is home to caribou and about four packs of wolves and it’s Federal-controlled.