Ninth Circuit panel upholds order reinstating federal employees

A divided Ninth Circuit panel has denied the Trump administration’s request to stay an injunction requiring the reinstatement of about 16,000 probationary federal employees across six agencies. The court found the administration unlikely to succeed in its argument that the firings were not directed by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. The case includes advocacy groups such as Vote Vets Action Fund, which argued the mass terminations disrupted government services. The administration is seeking an emergency stay from the U.S. Supreme Court.