A federal appeals court on Wednesday temporarily allowed President Donald Trump to proceed with the removal of Federal Labor Relations Authority Chair Susan Grundmann, pausing a lower court’s ruling that had reinstated her after finding the firing unlawful, The Hill reported.

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit granted the Trump administration’s request for an administrative stay, enabling the removal of Grundmann to proceed pending further litigation.

The FLRA is critical in resolving disputes between federal employees and the federal government. Grundmann’s removal, issued earlier this year via a two-sentence email, has drawn legal scrutiny for bypassing statutory protections requiring cause for termination of FLRA members.

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