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Judge 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 temporarily blocks the Trump administration from firing workers during the government shutdown (copy)
A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from firing workers during the government shutdown, saying the human cost "cannot be tolerated.” U.S. District Judge Susan Illston in San Francisco on Wednesday granted a temporary restraining order halting…
US judge halts mass layoffs during government shutdown as Trump threatens 10,000 jobs
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Judge temporarily blocks firing government workers
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from firing workers during the government shutdown, saying the cuts appeared to be politically motivated and were being carried out without much thought.
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