The order was made from the bench during a court hearing.
The Trump administration on March 13 was ordered to reinstate thousands of workers it terminated across six agencies, including the U.S. Department of Defense.
U.S. District Judge William Alsup ruled during a hearing in a federal courtroom in San Francisco that the administration must restore the workers because the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) does not have power to order firings and there is evidence the office improperly directed the termination of newer employees at the agencies.
Under the order, six agencies—the Pentagon, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Department of Interior, and the U.S. Treasury Department—must reinstate the workers they fired on or around Feb. 14 based on guidance from OPM and its acting director.
The White House and the Department of Justice did not immediately respond to messages seeking comment.
Reuters and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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