American Federation Of Government Employees, AFL-CIO, et al. v. United States Office of Personnel Management, et al.

San Francisco, California administrative law lawyers represented the Plaintiffs who sued on Administrative Procedure Act theories.



The Plaintiffs sought an injunction prohibiting the arbitrary and capricious firing of federal government employees.

Judge Alsup issued a preliminary injunction from the bench and extended the order to other federal agencies.



"“The court finds that Office of Personnel Management did direct all agencies to terminate probationary employees with the exception of mission critical employees,” he said, rejecting arguments from the Justice Department that OPM merely issued “guidance” to the agencies that then led to the firings. "