Firing of Federal Workers
10 proceedings tracked · Active
Mass terminations of federal employees beginning in January 2025 swept across agencies, targeting probationary employees, DEI personnel, and workers perceived as ideologically opposed to the administration. The firings drew legal challenges on multiple grounds: violation of civil service protections under the Civil Service Reform Act, lack of individualized cause, due-process failures in OPM-directed mass actions, and First Amendment retaliation. Courts have enjoined portions of the firings at agencies including the VA, Education Department, and HHS.
Firing of Federal Workers
Case No. 3:25-cv-01780
N.D. Cal. challenge to OPM's mass termination directives for probationary federal employees; reached a decided disposition establishing key civil service protection precedents.
Firing of Federal Workers
Case No. 1:25-cv-00624
D.D.C. civil service challenge by federal employees fired without individualized cause, contesting OPM's authority to direct agency-wide terminations.
Firing of Federal Workers
Case No. 1:25-cv-00748
D.D.C. federal worker termination challenge that has reached a decided disposition, setting precedent on the due-process rights of probationary employees.
Firing of Federal Workers
Case No. 1:25-cv-00696
Active D.D.C. suit by HHS employees terminated in mass RIF actions, raising Civil Service Reform Act and First Amendment retaliation claims.
Firing of Federal Workers
Case No. 1:25-cv-00760
D.D.C. federal worker firing challenge that reached a decided disposition, addressing the statutory framework for reinstating employees terminated through OPM mass actions.
Firing of Federal Workers
Case No. 1:25-cv-03107
Active fall 2025 federal worker termination challenge reflecting continued mass firings at agencies including the VA and State Department.
Firing of Federal Workers
Case No. 1:25-cv-07625
Civil service challenge by employees fired in a second wave of agency RIFs targeting mid-career career professionals deemed ideologically opposed to the administration.
Firing of Federal Workers
Case No. 1:25-cv-04170
Late 2025 federal worker termination suit raising Schedule F reclassification claims alongside civil service and First Amendment retaliation arguments.
Firing of Federal Workers
Case No. 1:25-cv-04206
Active federal worker challenge targeting DEI-focused terminations and alleging the firings constituted viewpoint-discriminatory government action.
Firing of Federal Workers
Case No. 1:25-cv-04258
December 2025 civil service challenge by career employees contesting OPM-directed terminations as exceeding the President's removal power over competitive-service workers.