• Appeals court denies White House bid to stay May 22 decision
• Ruling prevents Trump administration from shedding jobs, shuttering offices

• White House likely to ask Supreme Court to pause May ruling
  

May 30 (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Friday refused to allow President Donald Trump’s administration to carry out mass layoffs of federal workers and a restructuring of agencies, leaving a lower court order in place that blocked the sweeping government overhaul.

The decision by the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals means that, for now, the Trump administration cannot proceed with plans to shed tens of thousands of federal jobs and shutter many government offices and programs.