"While administrative stays are more common in appellate courts, district courts have recognized their applicability in cases seeking emergency relief—including in this District," U.S. District Senior Judge Amy Berman Jackson wrote in a minute order temporarily reinstating Hampton Dellinger as special counsel of the Office of Special Counsel.

A federal judge has ordered Hampton Dellinger to be reinstated as head of the Office of Special Counsel while a court fight continues over his removal by President Donald Trump.

A federal judge has ordered the fired head of the federal agency dedicated to protecting whistleblowers to be reinstated while a court fight continues over his removal by President Donald Trump.

The Trump administration is challenging a federal court’s decision to let Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger temporarily stay on during a dispute over whether his termination was lawful.

Hecker Fink alleges President Donald Trump's firing of the powerful U.S. Office of Special Counsel head Hampton Dellinger, who was appointed by former President Joe Biden to a fixed five-year term, is "unlawful and unconstitutional.

President Donald Trump fired the head of a U.S. watchdog agency focused on protecting government whistleblowers, the official said on Monday in a lawsuit alleging that his removal was unlawful. Hampton Dellinger,

The head of the federal agency that seeks to protect whistleblowers has filed a lawsuit saying he was illegally fired by President Donald Trump. The termination of Hampton Dellinger at the Office of Special Counsel comes as Trump's Republican administration is engaged in a massive overhaul of the federal government,

Washington: The head of the Office of Special Counsel, a federal agency dedicated to protecting whistleblowers, filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump on Monday, claiming he was unlawfully dismissed during the president’s government overhaul.