The Trump administration does not have to reinstate some 16,000 fired federal probationary employees pending the outcome of a federal case in northern California, the Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday.
April 8 The Trump administration does not have to reinstate some 16,000 fired federal probationary employees pending the outcome of a federal case in northern California, the Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday.
«The district court’s injunction was based solely on the allegations of the nine non-profit-organization plaintiffs in this case», the unattributed two-page decision states. «Under established law, those allegations are presently insufficient to support the organizations’ standing.»
Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented.
Earlier, U.S. District Court for Northern California Judge William Alsup on on March 13 had ordered the Office of Personnel Management to «offer reinstatement to any and all probationary employees terminated on or about February 13» after ruling the firings were illegal.
His preliminary injunction required the reinstatement of fired probationary workers at the departments of Agriculture, Defense, Energy, Interior, Treasury and Veterans Affairs in the case filed by the non-profit organizations.
