Federal Judge Enjoins HHS’s Announced Sub-Agency Staffing Cuts

( July 3, 2025, 1:05 PM EDT) -- PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A federal judge in Rhode Island granted a motion for a preliminary injunction filed by more than a dozen states and the District of Columbia and enjoined the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and others from implementing a planned reduction-in-force (RIF) that “would substantially cut the number of employees who work for” HHS’s sub-agencies....

Attached Documents

Memorandum and order
New York, et al.’s motion for a preliminary injunction
Kennedy, et al.’s opposition and attachment
New York, et al.’s reply
Kennedy, et al.’s supplemental memorandum in opposition to motion and attachment
New York, et al.’s response to supplemental memorandum
New York, et al.’s complaint

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