Judge extends block on probationary employee firings, but only in some states

[Eugene]

Source: The Hill

A federal judge Tuesday indefinitely barred the Trump administration from terminating thousands of probationary employees, but he declined to extend his order nationwide.

U.S. District Judge James Bredar previously ordered officials to temporarily reinstate probationary employees fired at 18 agencies, no matter where they physically worked.

Replacing that order, the judge’s new preliminary injunction covers two additional agencies, the Defense Department and the Office of Personnel Management. But it simultaneously limits the reinstatements to only those employees whose “duty station” is within Washington, D.C., and the 19 states that are suing.

“Only states have sued here, and only to vindicate their interests as states. They are not proxies for the workers,” wrote Bredar, an appointee of former President Obama

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by Zach Schonfeld - 04/01/25 8:55 PM ET


Read more: https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5226967-judge-extends-block-on-probationary-employee-firings-but-only-in-some-states/

[riversedge]

1. It was the Democrat AGs of the BLUE states that WON for their folks. So, 'red' folks are the losers -for now at least

[James48]

2. That is signaling.

Unions need to step up and file suit, as do individual workers. He only can grant relief to employees who ask for it. States are not the representatives of employees.

[kansasobama]

3. Trump is a cult

Red states are fine with suffering for the sake of the King. It is a cult

[mahatmakanejeeves]

4. Judge who ordered fired federal workers to be reinstated now says ruling applies to 19 states and DC

Judge who ordered fired federal workers to be reinstated now says ruling applies to 19 states and DC

The Associated Press
April 2, 2025, 11:47 AM

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A federal judge who had ordered the Trump administration to reinstate fired federal probationary employees across the country at more than a dozen agencies has narrowed the scope of his ruling so it now applies to workers in the 19 states and the District of Columbia that challenged the mass dismissals.

U.S. District Judge James Bredar in Baltimore issued a preliminary injunction Tuesday night that protects those workers while the lawsuit continues. ... “Only states have sued here, and only to vindicate their interests as states,” Bredar wrote. “They are not proxies for the workers.”

The order requires the 18 agencies originally named in the lawsuit to follow the law in conducting any future reductions in force. Bredar has now added the Defense Department and the Office of Personnel Management to that number.

Bredar previously found that the firings amount to a large-scale reduction subject to specific rules, including giving advance notice to states affected by the layoffs.

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