A federal judge in California on Friday temporarily blocked the U.S. State Department from implementing an agency-wide reorganization plan that includes nearly 2,000 layoffs. U.S. District Judge Susan Illston in San Francisco said during a virtual hearing that her May ruling barring federal agencies from laying off tens of thousands of employees at the direction of President Donald Trump applies to the planned overhaul announced by the State Department in April.

U.S. District Judge Denise Casper in Boston issued a preliminary injunction at the behest of 19 Democratic-led states.

The Trump administration has sought special dispensation to imminently cut staff at State, but employees won a—potentially short-lived—reprieve.