Although a federal judge issued an order confirming a temporary hold on layoffs at the consumer watchdog agency, its staffers remain on administrative leave.

U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson agreed late Friday to temporarily block the Trump administration from firing more CPFB employees and said the administration could not delete or destroy any of the bureau's data or databases.

The ruling from a federal court in Washington, D.C., is a reprieve for CFPB staff who had been bracing for mass layoffs as early as Friday.

A federal judge signed off on the agreement as she weighs the legality of the administration's efforts to shutter the agency.