US EditionJudge Sounds Ready to Expand Block on Shutdown Layoffs
Judge Susan Illston considers expanding her order to block layoffs affecting additional federal labor groups amid claims of illegal shutdown workforce reductions.
- On Wednesday, Judge Susan Illston temporarily barred the Trump administration from federal layoffs and signaled on Friday she would expand the block to three additional labor groups.
- Illston called an urgent hearing after unions said they learned from multiple credible sources that the Interior Department was preparing a large-scale reduction in force that could begin on Monday.
- The department had planned to eliminate posts in 68 competitive areas but paused layoff notices while the order is active, and Danielle Leonard said undisclosed layoffs may be underway.
- The judge highlighted potential irreparable harms to employees if layoffs proceed, noting protected employees risk loss of health care, income and relocation, while Elizabeth Hedges said no layoffs are imminent.
- Illston's legal finding positions the unions to seek broader relief as she found the unions likely to succeed arguing Office of Personnel Management and Office of Management and Budget directions rest on illegal grounds.
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Federal judge broadens order blocking Trump administration layoffs during shutdown
The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 1, 2025, with a sign advising the Capitol Visitors Center is closed due to the government shutdown. (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom)WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Friday clarified and broadened a temporary restraining order she issued earlier this week that blocks the Trump administration from laying off federal employees during the ongoing government shutdown. U.S. District Court for the…
Judge sounds ready to expand block on shutdown layoffs
A federal judge in California indicated Friday she would expand her temporary ruling blocking federal worker layoffs during the government shutdown, signaling her support for adding members of three additional labor groups. Judge Susan Illston of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, who is overseeing a challenge to the Trump administration’s shutdown layoffs, warned the government to err on the side of caution and sai…
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The Daily Signal6 Things About Judge Who Blocked Trump From Culling Bureaucracy During Shutdown
(The Daily Signal)—The federal judge who blocked the Trump administration’s ouster of federal employees on Wednesday has a record of controversial rulings spanning from siding with environmentalists to presiding over the trial of baseball legend Barry Bonds. U.S. District Judge Susan Illston of the Northern District of California determined the administration’s Office of Management and Budget as well as the Office of Personnel Management “have t…
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udgtvA U.S. judge on Wednesday ordered President Donald Trump to stop the mass layoffs of federal workers during the government’s closure, after the White House said it hoped to kick out 10,000 public employees. Budget paralysis, which results in the closure of public activities, has entered its third week, with Congress stalled in a budget confrontation and Trump complying with its threats to dramatically reduce the workforce in response. District J…
The dismissal of 10,000 federal public servants by the White House is illegal, Justice Illston decided.
Federal judge temporarily blocks layoffs during the shutdown
A federal district judge in California has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from laying off thousands of additional federal workers during the ongoing government shutdown, various news organizations reported Wednesday. Following a hearing, U.S. District Judge Susan Illston in San Francisco agreed to a request from unions, such as the American Federation of Government Employees, to put the brakes on a layoff notice the …
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