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Civil Service / Firings Re-reversed Announced
Probationary federal workers reinstated, then Supreme Court paused the order
Thousands of probationary workers across 6+ agencies
Original action
Mass firings of probationary employees across federal agencies, directed via OPM.
- Office of Personnel Management / multiple agencies
Reversal
Judge William Alsup ordered six agencies to reinstate fired probationary workers (a Maryland judge ordered reinstatement at 18 agencies); the Supreme Court then stayed the Alsup order on April 8, finding the plaintiffs lacked standing.
- Mechanism: court-forced
Notes
The reversal (court-ordered reinstatement) was itself reversed by the Supreme Court's stay; litigation continued on the merits.