Here is an excerpt from the Judge Jackson’s order:
Given the scope and speed of the agency’s action, the apparent lack of consultation with the heads of the statutorily mandated agency components involved, and the troubling description of the RIF meetings set forth in plaintiffs’ declarations, the Court has significant grounds for concern that the defendants are not in compliance with its Order as it was refined by the Court of Appeals. While the Chief Legal Counsel has intoned the phrase “particularized assessment,” there is reason to believe that the defendants simply spent the days immediately following the Circuit’s relaxation of the Order dressing their RIF in new clothes, and that they are thumbing their nose at both this Court and the Court of Appeals.
The Hill has an account of the hearing and order here.
