President Donald Trump’s application for an interim stay was denied by a New York state appeals court judge Monday evening in a defamation lawsuit filed by Summer Zervos, a former contestant on “The Apprentice” reality-television program.

Justice Dianne Renwick of the Manhattan-based New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, also ordered that Trump’s motion for reargument or leave to appeal should be expedited, setting a deadline of Dec. 2 for Zervos’ response.