The Trump administration abandoned its appeal to a federal judge’s decision halting government staff cuts stemming from last year’s government shutdown.
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Friday granted the government’s motion to dismiss. The lower court had found that the government violated a congressional funding agreement by laying off workers at several agencies, including the departments of State and Education.
Before dismissing the case, the appeals court had halted part of the district court’s order requiring the government to notify workers who had been wrongfully fired.
The dismissal comes as Congress races to pass another funding bill by Jan. 30. The November deal reversed the Trump administration’s layoffs during the shutdown, which initially exceeded 4,000.
The government didn’t give a reason in its request to drop the appeal.
The case is AFSCME v. OMB, 9th Cir., 1/2/26.
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