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• Federal judge clears way for 'deferred resignations' - February 12, 2025

• By Erich Wagner, Government Executive

  The federal judge who had temporarily blocked President Trump and Elon Musk’s plan to offer most federal workers paid administrative leave if they resign by September 30 reversed course Tuesday, dissolving the temporary restraining order upon concluding he lacked jurisdiction in the case.
  
  The American Federation of Government Employees had sued to block the "deferred resignation" program, arguing that its chaotic rollout and shifting legal justifications constituted violations of the Administrative Procedure Act’s protections against “arbitrary and capricious” decision-making, and that the promise to pay employees past the March 14 shutdown deadline could constitute an Anti-Deficiency Act violation.

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