A federal appeals court has temporarily halted a lower court’s ruling that ordered the government to rehire around 24,000 probationary workers. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals stated that the government is likely to succeed in showing that the district court lacked jurisdiction over the claims made by the workers. The decision puts a hold on the previous ruling until the full appeal is heard. This effectively ends the injunction that required the workers to be rehired. This decision mirrors a similar ruling by the Supreme Court the day before, which halted a California judge’s order to reinstate around 16,000 federal workers that the Trump administration had sought to fire. The 4th Circuit decision came from a broader ruling by a federal judge in Maryland who sided with a coalition of states arguing that the government did not follow proper procedures for firing so many employees. The judge wrote that the government conducted massive layoffs without giving advance notice, claiming it was not necessary because each employee was dismissed for individual reasons, which was not true based on the record. The court’s decision will be on hold until the full appeal process is completed.
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