US EditionJudge blocks Trump from firing federal workers during government shutdown for now
- On Wednesday, Judge Susan Illston of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted a temporary restraining order pausing reductions-in-force at more than 30 federal agencies.
- The unions filed suit after the Office of Management and Budget issued a memo urging agencies to use the funding lapse for layoffs, which plaintiffs say misinterprets the Antideficiency Act.
- On Friday, at least seven agencies sent RIF notices to more than 4,000 federal employees, with nearly 800 erroneous Department of Health and Human Services notices and CDC reversals.
- Illston ordered the administration to file by Friday an accounting of layoffs under her temporary restraining order and set a follow-up hearing for Oct. 28 to consider an indefinite pause.
- Judge Illston's prior ruling in May found that `agencies may not conduct large-scale reorganizations and reductions in force in blatant disregard of Congress's mandates` and emphasized presidential limits, relevant to the current dispute.
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Judge Puts Temporary Hold on Trump’s Mass Firing of Federal Workers During Government Shutdown
The federal government shutdown has entered its 16th day. On Wednesday, a federal judge temporarily halted the Trump administration from laying off 4,000 government workers across eight agencies, siding with unions. In her ruling, Judge Susan Illston wrote that the White House budget office and Office of Personnel Management have “taken advantage of the lapse in government spending and government functioning to assume that all bets are off, that
Judge blocks Trump’s shutdown layoffs, calls them illegal
A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from laying off federal employees during the government shutdown on Wednesday, calling the firings illegal. U.S. District Judge Susan Yvonne Illston from the Northern District of California granted a temporary restraining order after two unions sued the administration. The American Federation of Government Employees and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees …
Judge Halts Shutdown Layoffs—for Now; Virginia AG Candidates Will Debate Tonight; Flying Ferry to Be Tested on Potomac
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A U.S. judge on Wednesday ordered President Donald Trump to suspend the planned redundancies of federal public servants during the budget paralysis ("shutdown"), following the White House's announcement of his intention to dismiss at least 10,000 employees.
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