US EditionFederal appeals court rules against states in challenge to Trump probationary employee firings
The Fourth Circuit ruled the 19 states lacked legal standing to sue over the mass firing of approximately 20,000 federal probationary workers, vacating a prior rehiring order.
- On Monday, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia, dismissed the lawsuit, ruling the states lacked standing to challenge federal employee terminations.
- On Monday, the states alleged the government failed to provide proper notice, violating the 60-day notice requirement for mass layoffs, leading to legal challenges.
- The 4th Circuit split 2-1, with Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson stating the states lacked legal standing; Judge DeAndrea Gist Benjamin dissented.
- The ruling leaves tens-of-thousands of probationary federal workers potentially affected, vacating an earlier order reinstating approximately 20,000 workers across 18 federal agencies earlier this year.
- Citing Supreme Court precedent, the panel noted the U.S. Supreme Court paused an order reinstating nearly 17,000 probationary workers and emphasized personnel disputes belong in the Civil Service review system.
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Divided appeals court dismisses states’ challenge of probationary federal employee firings
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia. (Photo by Ned Oliver/Virginia Mercury)By Jory Heckman A divided federal appeals court ordered the dismissal Monday of a case by a group of states challenging the Trump administration’s termination of thousands of probationary federal employees. The 2-1 ruling, by a three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, deals a significant blow to one of the two major cases that h…
US appeals court rejects states' lawsuit over Trump mass firings
A federal appeals court ruled on Monday that 19 mostly Democrat-led states and Washington, D.C., cannot pursue a legal challenge to the mass firings of 25,000 recently hired federal workers carried out by U.S. President Donald Trump's administration.
Federal appeals court rules against states in challenge to Trump probationary employee firings
(The Hill) -- A federal appeals court panel on Monday ruled against Democratic attorneys general who sued the Trump administration over its mass firings of probationary employees, finding the states do not have standing to bring the legal challenge. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, in a 2-1 decision, vacated a lower court's decision that indefinitely barred the Trump administration from terminating thousands of probationary employe…
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