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The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday ruled against a Trump administration request to halt a court order forcing the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to reinstate federal workers who had been fired.
Thisdevelopmentcomesamideffortstoshrinkthesizeandscopeofthegovernment–especiallyintheexecutivebranch.
TheAmericanFederationofGovernmentEmployees(AFGE)filedalawsuitagainsttheadministrationaftersixfederalagenciesterminatedprobationaryemployeesinFebruary.Thedistrictcourtruledagainsttheadministration,claimingthefiringswerewrongful.Itissuedapreliminaryinjunctionandorderedtheagenciesto“immediatelyofferreinstatementtoanyandallprobationaryemployees”wholosttheirjobs.
TheWhiteHousesoughtanemergencystay,arguingthatreinstatingtheemployeeswouldcreateasignificantadministrativeburden.However,theappealscourtdeniedtherequest,sayingthatissuingastayontheorderwould“disruptthestatusquoandturnitonitshead.”
Thegovernmentsoughtanemergencystay,arguingthatreinstatingemployeeswouldimposeasignificantadministrativeburden,b
