4th Circuit Allows Probationary Staff Firings To Temporarily Resume At EPA

A divided appellate court panel has temporarily stayed a lower court order that required EPA and other agencies to reinstate fired probationary workers and refrain from future unlawful reductions in force (RIFs), citing two recent Supreme Court rulings boosting Trump administration legal arguments. In an April 9 ruling , a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit ruled 2-1 that the administration is “likely to succeed” in showing that a federal district court in Maryland lacked...