A federal appeals court has stopped a lower court’s ruling that ordered the government to rehire 24,000 probationary workers. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals stated that the government is likely to succeed in showing that the lower court did not have jurisdiction over the claims. The ruling effectively ends the injunction directing the workers to be rehired. The decision comes after a federal judge in Maryland sided with a coalition of states, stating that the government did not follow proper procedures for firing the employees. The Supreme Court also issued a similar ruling halting the reinstatement of around 16,000 workers in response to a California judge’s order. The judges who supported the pause were Trump appointee Allison Jones Rushing and Reagan appointee J. Harvie Wilkinson III, while Biden appointee U.S. Circuit Judge DeAndrea Benjamin dissented. Benjamin argued that the government should have informed the states at least 60 days before any reduction in force, a requirement that was not met in this case. The appeals court will continue to review the government’s full appeal while the workers remain without their jobs.
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