Appeals Panel Partially Lifts CFPB Layoff Order

On April 29, 2025, the Consumer Finance Monitor reported that the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has upheld a temporary injunction issued by Judge Amy Berman Jackson of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. On April 18, Judge Jackson issued an order after finding that the CFPB's firings affected more employees than a layoff plan she had tried to stop earlier in the case. 

According to the Consumer Finance Monitor, the appeals court subsequently issued a stay partially blocking that ruling, giving the Trump Administration some flexibility. The order allows the agency to remove employees who, after “a particularized assessment,” were determined to be non-essential for CFPB operations.

The appeals court has scheduled an oral argument on May 16, 2025.

Read the Consumer Finance Monitor’s report here.

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