President Donald Trump is now asking the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court to allow him to fired the head of the Special Counsel Office. 

The head, according to Fox News, is Hampton Dellinger.

Dellinger was installed by former President Joe Biden, and now the Trump administration is in a legal big fight to get rid of him.

The administration's latest action came in the form of an emergency appeal that it filed with the Supreme Court on Sunday.

Here's what's going on:

This legal battle started when the Trump administration fired Dellinger, back on Feb. 7, 2025.

Dellinger quickly responded with a lawsuit, in which, according to Fox, he "had argued that, by law, he can only be dismissed from his position for job performance problems, which were not cited in an email dismissing him from his post."

This may not seem as though it is the strongest argument, but Dellinger actually got a court to agree with him.

The Associated Press reported:

A U.S. judge on Monday [Feb. 10] ordered [Dellinger] to be reinstated while a court fight continues over his removal by President Donald Trump. U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson’s order came hours after Hampton Dellinger sued the Republican president over his removal as the leader of the Office of Special Counsel . . .The judge said Dellinger must be allowed to serve as special counsel through midnight on Thursday while she considers his request for a temporary restraining order to keep him in the job.

From there, the case went to the appellate courts, who, again, sided with Dellinger - albeit on procedural grounds rather than on the merits.

The latest

Now, the Trump administration is taking the matter to the Supreme Court. The Associated Press was the first to report the update on Sunday.

Per the outlet:

The emergency appeal is the start of what probably will be a steady stream from lawyers for the Republican president and his administration seeking to undo lower court rulings that have slowed his second term agenda. The Justice Department’s filing obtained by The Associated Press asks the conservative-majority court to lift a judge’s court order temporarily reinstating Hampton Dellinger as the leader of the Office of Special Counsel.

It is unclear how this situation is going to play out.

The Associated Press indicates that it is unlikely that the case will be docketed by the Supreme Court until after the Presidents Day holiday weekend.

This means that we ought not to expect any developments until Tuesday, at the earliest.