Nate Raymond
September 29, 2025
Summary
1st Circuit allows Trump administration to reduce Education Department’s civil rights staff
Administration cited recent U.S. Supreme Court order in related litigation
Judge Myong Joun called Supreme Court’s order ‘unreasoned’
Sept 29 (Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Monday allowed the U.S. Department of Education to proceed with plans to lay off civil rights staff as it paused an injunction that the Trump administration said should have been removed after a U.S. Supreme Court decision.
A three-judge panel of the Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals put on hold, opens new tab an injunction that President Donald Trump’s administration opposed. The injunction by U.S. District Judge Myong Joun ordered the Education Department to reinstate staff in its Office for Civil Rights.
