The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, in a 2–1 decision, vacated a lower-court injunction that had blocked the Trump administration’s plan to dismiss senior personnel at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The majority, written by Judge Gregory Katsas and joined by Judge Neomi Rao—both appointed by President Donald Trump—found that the district court lacked jurisdiction because challenges to federal personnel actions must first proceed through the civil-service review system. The ruling allows the administration to move forward immediately with what critics have termed a “dismantling” of the agency created after the 2008 financial crisis. Judge Patricia Millett Pillard dissented, arguing that the job-loss claims raised constitutional questions that merited district-court review. The case was brought by the National Treasury Employees Union on behalf of CFPB staff. The appeals court remanded the matter for additional proceedings consistent with its opinion, but it did not bar further appeals; the union is expected to seek en banc review from the full D.C. Circuit.