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The California Supreme Court has denied Brad Pitt's appeal regarding the actor's ongoing custody case with Angelina Jolie, PEOPLE reports.

In September, attorneys for Pitt petitioned the high court to review the case after Judge John Ouderkirk was disqualified, effectively voiding a previous ruling that granted Pitt more time with the former couple's five minor children.

On Wednesday, the high court upheld the appellate court's disqualification decision in a ruling obtained by PEOPLE, simply stating: "Petition and stay denied."

The custody arrangement now adheres to the Nov. 2018 agreement regarding their minor children — Pax, 17, Zahara, 16, Shiloh, 15, and twins Vivienne and Knox, 13.

A representative for Pitt tells PEOPLE that the appeals court's previous decision "was based on a technical procedural issue and the Supreme Court's decision not to review that procedural issue does not change the extraordinary amount of factual evidence which led the trial judge — and the many experts who testified — to reach their clear conclusion about what is in the children's best interests."

"We will continue to do everything that's legally necessary based on the detailed findings of the independent experts," the representative tells PEOPLE.