London mayor Ken Livingstone is asking the High Court to put off his suspension while he appeals.
Mr Livingstone has been banned from his post for four weeks from Wednesday for likening a Jewish reporter to a concentration camp guard.
He called for the suspension to be "stayed" while he appealed against the decision and the finding he brought his office into disrepute.
The Standards Board for England found against Mr Livingstone on Friday.
It said he brought his office into disrepute by likening the Evening Standard's Oliver Finegold to a Nazi.
The mayor's statement read: "I have instructed my legal representatives to lodge an appeal today and will be asking for the suspension to be "stayed" - in effect lifted - until an appeal on both whether there was a breach of the code of conduct, and also whether the sanction was appropriate, has been heard."
(BBC)
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