Vince Chhabria

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USDA scientists get a reprieve from lab closures, but a December deadline looms

Presiding over AFGE v. USDA

USDA scientists and staff won a court-ordered pause this week on office closures and relocations. The relief is explicitly temporary — Judge Vince Chhabria tied it to spending restrictions Congress must renew by December 11.

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The temporal scope of this relief could end up being quite short.

from USDA scientists get a reprieve from lab closures, but a December deadline looms · Updated 2 hours ago

If the agency wishes to move forward with its plans to close offices and relocate employees, it will soon have the opportunity to convince Congress of the merits of those plans.

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