Appeals court denies Trump administration’s bid to pause ruling forcing federal agencies to reinstate fired workers

Source: New York Post

A federal appeals court on Wednesday denied an attempt by the Trump administration to pause a lower court ruling forcing government agencies to reinstate thousands of employees who were fired last month.   In a 2-1 ruling, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit refused the administration’s bid to stay US District Judge William Alsup’s March 13 preliminary injunction, which ordered the departments of Veterans Affairs, Defense, Energy, Interior, Agriculture and Treasury to “immediately” offer all probationary employees terminated on or about Feb. 13 their jobs back.