A federal judge ruled on Friday that US President Donald Trump’s administration had unlawfully directed the firing of thousands of federal workers, but the judge did not order their reinstatement, citing recent US Supreme Court decisions. US District Judge William Alsup in San Francisco stuck by his preliminary conclusion in the case that the US Office of Personnel Management in February unlawfully ordered numerous agencies to fire probationary employees en masse.

Months have passed since the lawsuit was filed, and many of the fired employees have moved on, the judge noted.

A federal judge ruled on Friday that US President Donald Trump’s administration had unlawfully directed the firing of thousands of federal workers, but the judge did not order…