1st Circuit: No Preliminary Injunction Stay In Fed Agencies Staff Reductions Case

( September 12, 2025, 2:06 PM EDT) -- BOSTON — A First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Sept. 11 denied a motion by federal government agencies and President Donald J. Trump to stay a trial court’s preliminary injunction in a case brought by nearly two dozen states that restrains the federal government from implementing an executive order (EO) “attempt[ing] to dismantle congressionally sanctioned agencies” as applied to the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) and the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS)....