No. 18-808

Kirk E. Webster v. Patrick M. Shanahan, Acting Secretary of Defense

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-12-26
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: civil-rights due-process intelligence-agency retaliation settlement whistleblower
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity EmploymentDiscrimina
Latest Conference: 2019-02-15
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a settlement agreement should be rendered legally invalid if coerced by a discriminating management official

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS CONSIDERED FOR REVIEW . : a. Should.a settlement agree be rendered legally —_ bee invalid if the National -— a : Agency’s Associate. General Counsel Jack W. Rickert, : used Plaintiffs recent stroke to coerced him into a S “voluntary” retirement settlement agreement that effectively removed Plaintiff from Federal Service? ; b. Is the 22 August 2017 transfer Order by Judge : : Christopher Cooper sufficient to establish that the Eastern District of Virginia Court is the :proper bbe ts jurisdiction for Plaintiffs Title VII, and ADEA claims? : c. Can the lower Court dismiss a timely accepted, ; : . processed and investigated Title VII claim, NGA case oo . No. NGAE-18-S02, of retaliation, filed after the June : 2012 agreement that is listed in Plaintiffs Court ae complaint, without allowing Plaintiff to engage-in a : discovery? : d. Can the lower Court dismiss a timely filed ADEA claim that was before the lower Court and . was oo : ; referenced in Judge Cooper’s 22 August 2017 Opinion : ; and Order to be processed: because pro se Plaintiffs are not held to same standards as complaints drafted by lawyers? : e. Shouldn’t a settlement agree be rendered legally invalid if coerced by a named discriminating Responsible Management Official (NGA’s Associate : General Counsel, Jack W: Rickert) .in an effort to exonerate himself? . ; ; f. Can an Intelligence agency be held accountable to , whistleblower retaliation laws if the violation of law a occurred prior to the agency converting to an a intelligence agency? , ii ; -

Docket Entries

2019-02-19
Petition DENIED.
2019-01-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/15/2019.
2019-01-10
Waiver of right of respondent Patrick M. Shanahan, Acting Secretary of Defense to respond filed.
2018-12-14
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 25, 2019)

Attorneys

Kirk E. Webster
Kirk E. Webster — Petitioner
Kirk E. Webster — Petitioner
Patrick M. Shanahan, Acting Secretary of Defense
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent