The Supreme Court on Friday dashed President Donald Trump’s plan to immediately fire the head of an independent agency that investigates whistleblower claims, allowing Hampton Dellinger to remain in the job through at least the middle of next week.

The Trump administration fired Hampton Dellinger, head of the Office of Special Counsel, who sued to overturn the decision.

The Supreme Court has temporarily kept on the job the head of the federal agency that protects government whistleblowers.

The court’s order indicated that it may return to the issue as soon as next week, when a trial judge’s temporary restraining order is set to expire.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday that Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger of the U.S. Office of Special Counsel will be

The Supreme Court has denied an emergency appeal by President Donald Trump seeking to immediately fire Office of Special Counsel chief Hampton Dellinger.

The Supreme Court stiffed President Trump in his administration’s first high court appeal by punting Friday on a request to greenlight the firing of the head of a whistleblower protection office.

The Trump Administration sees the lower court's ruling as a barrier to installing their own leader of the office, framing it as an encroachment of executive power by the courts

The justices deferred ruling, for now, on the first test of executive power to reach the high court during Donald Trump’s second term.