The ruling in Suffolk Superior Court effectively allows state Treasurer Deborah Goldberg to reschedule a hearing that could pave the way for her to fire O’Brien from her post as chair of the Cannabis Control Commission.

Squires-Lee had initially postponed a Dec. 5 administrative hearing scheduled by Goldberg. The judge ruledearlier this month that the protocol Goldberg had created lacked basic due process. OBrien la…