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25-6370 Evelyn Courtney v. Merit Systems Protection Board Federal Circuit 2025-12-15 Pending Response WaivedIFP administrative-law constitutional-rights due-process federal-employment mspb-jurisdiction prohibited-personnel-practices WHY WILL THE MSPB NOT TAKE JURISDICTION OVER MY REQUEST FOR GRIEVANCE WHEN NUMERQUS PROHIBITED PERSONNEL PRACTICES WERE PERFORMED, THREATS TO MY SAFET…
24A741 Faye Rennell Hobson v. Department of Defense Federal Circuit 2025-01-28 Presumed Complete administrative-review employment-discrimination federal-employment judicial-appeal veterans-preference veterans-rights Whether the Veterans' Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (VERRRA) requires federal agencies to provide substantive preference and procedural prote…
24-6206 Anthony Bowden, Sr. v. Office of Personnel Management Federal Circuit 2024-12-27 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law disability-discrimination due-process federal-employment merit-system-protection-board reasonable-accommodation Whether the Merit System Protection Board's decision discriminated against a person with a disability and disregarded Mr. Bowden's arguments due to me…
24A278 Martin Akerman v. Merit Systems Protection Board Federal Circuit 2024-09-18 Presumed Complete civil-forfeiture due-process federal-employment fifth-amendment first-amendment whistleblower-protection Whether the Fifth Amendment and First Amendment protect a federal employee's due process rights and right to petition when challenging civil forfeitur…
24A155 Martin Akerman v. Department of the Air Force Federal Circuit 2024-08-08 Presumed Complete administrative-law federal-employment interlocutory-appeal jurisdictional-review mspb-procedure pro-se-litigation Whether the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) can be properly named as a respondent in federal appeals challenging its jurisdictional and procedur…
24-67 Tammie L. Terrell v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eleventh Circuit 2024-07-19 Denied Response Waived age-discrimination-in-employment-act burden-of-proof but-for-causation causation differential-treatment employment-discrimination federal-employment personnel-action retaliation title-vii Whether differential treatment must contribute to the ultimate decision
24-10 Marecia Bell v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eleventh Circuit 2024-07-09 Denied Response Waived 42-usc-2000e-16 employment-law federal-employment pay-discrimination protected-class summary-judgment title-vii title-vii-discrimination Whether a failure to follow federal rules relating to pay without credible explanation that results in a protected class receiving less pay than other…
23-1221 Carlos A. Williams v. Louis DeJoy, Postmaster General Seventh Circuit 2024-05-17 Denied Response Waived civil-rights civil-service-reform-act discrimination due-process federal-employment merit-system-protection-board merit-systems-protection-board prohibited-personnel-practices statutory-protections Whether a federal court lacks jurisdiction over a federal employee's complaint when the court has been made aware by the employee he had not been appr…
23A955 Joseph Anoruo v. Department of Veteran Affairs Federal Circuit 2024-04-24 Presumed Complete administrative-review certiorari-review federal-employment merit-systems-protection-board retaliation whistleblower-protection Whether a federal whistleblower who alleges retaliation and wrongful termination can challenge an agency's credibility determination and seek correcti…
23-1106 Martin Akerman v. United States Armed Forces 2024-04-11 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law administrative-state civilian-oversight due-process federal-employment habeas-corpus military-authority military-detention userra Did the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces err in dismissing the petitioner's habeas corpus case for lack of jurisdiction?
23-1019 Dennis McLain v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eleventh Circuit 2024-03-18 Denied Response Waived causation-standard civil-rights discrimination due-process employment employment-discrimination federal-employee federal-employment jury-instruction retaliation title-vii whistleblowing Whether the jury should be instructed on the causation standard delineated in Babb v. Wilkie for federal employee Title VII claims
23-6736 Christopher R. Chin-Young v. Department of the Army Federal Circuit 2024-02-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process employment-at-will federal-employees federal-employment mspb reassignment whistle-blower Whether covered Federal employees under employment-at-will have an absolute right to constitutionally sound due process procedures under MSPB administ…
23-866 Evan H. Nordby v. Social Security Administration Federal Circuit 2024-02-12 GVR Relisted (3) active-duty civil-rights differential-pay due-process federal-employee federal-employment military-reserve military-reserves national-emergency pay-differential statutory-interpretation Whether a federal civilian employee called or ordered to active duty under a provision of law during a national emergency is entitled to differential …
23-868 Charles Flynn v. Department of State Federal Circuit 2024-02-12 GVR Amici (1)Relisted (3) active-duty civil-service civilian-employee differential-pay federal-employment national-emergency statutory-interpretation Whether a federal civilian employee called or ordered to active duty under a provision of law during a national emergency is entitled to differential …
23A489 Martin Akerman v. General Daniel Hokanson, Chief, National Guard Bureau,et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-11-30 Presumed Complete administrative-law bivens-claim constitutional-violations federal-employment government-officials national-guard Whether a federal employee can bring a Bivens claim against multiple government agencies and officials for alleged constitutional violations related t…
23-449 Aisha Trimble v. Department of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2023-10-30 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights discrimination due-process employment-discrimination equal-protection federal-agency-misconduct federal-employment hiring-process initial-appointment military-service-rights veterans-preference When federal agencies violate veterans' preference laws in initial employment decisions, are their actions motivated by hostility towards military ser…
23-5610 Justin D. Shackelford v. University of Minnesota, et al. Minnesota 2023-09-19 Denied IFP ada administrative-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights discrimination due-process employment federal-employment standing state-agency state-federal-conflict unemployment-law Can a state agency make an unemployment determination that contradicts the federal Americans with Disabilities Act?
23-192 Aisha Trimble v. Department of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2023-08-29 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights due-process federal-employment initial-appointment merit-promotion open-competition preference-eligible statutory-rights veterans-preference When a qualified preference eligible seeks initial appointment under an open competition announcement, does Congress allow federal agencies to deny an…
23-60 Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, et al. v. Feds for Medical Freedom, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-07-21 GVR Relisted (9) administrative-law civil-service-reform-act covid-19 covid-vaccination executive-order federal-employee federal-employment mootness preliminary-injunction Whether the court of appeals' judgment should be vacated and remanded as moot
23-5069 Lola Bonitta McGee v. Louis DeJoy, Postmaster General, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-07-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-power civil-rights disability due-process employee-rights federal-employment government-accountability medical-disability retaliation workplace-discrimination workplace-harassment when-an-exemplary-employee-is-discriminated-against
22-1193 Jeffry Thul v. Deb Haaland, Secretary of the Interior, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-06-09 Denied Response Waived civil-rights discrimination due-process equal-protection expedited-proceedings federal-employees federal-employment post-traumatic-stress-disorder service-of-process Whether service of process is relevant in a psychological disability case
22-1118 Cody Adams, et al. v. United States Federal Circuit 2023-05-16 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (2) civil-rights due-process federal-employees federal-employment hazardous-duty-pay proximity-exposure regulatory-interpretation statutory-entitlement statutory-interpretation virulent-biologicals Whether federal employees who work in close proximity to individuals infected with virulent biologicals are entitled to hazardous duty pay under the r…
22-1101 William Tyrone Cunningham v. Merit Systems Protection Board Federal Circuit 2023-05-11 Denied Response Waived due-process equal-protection federal-employment national-labor-relations-act probationary-period veterans-preference Petitioner's 5th and 14th Amendment rights violation
22-7143 Xunxian Liu v. Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. District of Columbia 2023-03-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law agency-action agency-policy civil-rights due-process employment-rights federal-employment notice performance-improvement performance-improvement-plan procedural-rights Whether the DHHS violated Petitioner's civil-rights, due-process, and employment-rights by issuing a performance-improvement-plan and removing Petitio…
22-6056 Susan Kay Slivicki v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eighth Circuit 2022-11-15 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP ada-accommodation agency-misconduct civil-rights contract-breach defamation eeoc-retaliation employment-discrimination federal-employment geographic-exclusion non-communication owcp veterans-preference Contract-law,civil-rights,federal-employment,ada,veterans-preference,hippa
22-303 Yuri J. Stoyanov v. Carlos Del Toro, Secretary of the Navy, et al. Fourth Circuit 2022-09-29 Denied Response Waived civil-rights cover-up discrimination due-process federal-employment judicial-misconduct mail-fraud pro-se-petition standing Whether the Supreme Court should intervene to reverse the district court's orders that denied discovery, depositions, hearings, and investigations int…
21-827 Darek J. Kitlinski, et ux. v. Department of Justice, et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-12-06 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) burden-of-proof discriminatory-animus employee-rights employment-discrimination employment-rights federal-employment military-service protected-status reemployment-rights userra Whether the employee must prove that protected status or activity was a motivating factor or prove that the employer had hostility to military service…
21-5850 Lawrence E. Mattison v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-10-01 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-procedure civil-rights due-process employment-law equal-protection federal-employment federal-law policy-procedure race-discrimination racial-discrimination Whether this Federal employer may use a Substantive Procedure contrary to Federal law and DVA Policy & Procedure
21-368 Guy Patterson v. Kilolo Kijakazi, Acting Commissioner of Social Security Third Circuit 2021-09-08 Denied Response Waived non-discriminatory reason for an employment actio agency-employment-practices babb-v-wilkie civil-rights due-process federal-discrimination federal-employment federal-employment-discrimination job-related-tests non-discriminatory-reason professional-ability-standards title-vii Does an executive agency articulate a 'legitimate, non-discriminatory reason' for its employment action under the stricter standard applicable to the …
21-5473 Jameson Rosado v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Third Circuit 2021-08-25 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-procedure civil-rights discrimination due-process eeoc-complaint employment employment-discrimination federal-employment federal-service retaliation Whether Jamie was ordered for the FFD to ultimately have him removed from federal service in retaliation for pursuing prior EEO activity
21-9 Vincenza Presti v. Alejandro N. Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security Seventh Circuit 2021-07-07 Denied Response Waived civil-rights due-process eeoc-complaint employment-discrimination federal-employment retaliation title-vii workplace-discrimination workplace-retaliation Whether the Judicial system can be biased towards federal-employee-petitioners by denying them due-process and a hearing
20-8107 Gregory Turner v. Merit Systems Protection Board Federal Circuit 2021-05-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP discrimination due-process employment employment-discrimination federal-employment federal-government labor-investigation merit-system merit-system-protection-board veterans-preference Did the petitioner seek to get appeal heard by the Veteran's Employment and Training Service of U.S. Department of Labor
20-7836 Derrick Michael Allen, Sr. v. Ted Wire, et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-04-23 Dismissed IFP administrative-law age-discrimination appointment-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process employment employment-law federal-employment federal-question standing Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals erred in affirming the order of the district court to dismiss the Title VII civil rights and Age Discrimination in E…
20-1175 Sandra DeMuth v. Small Business Administration, et al. Second Circuit 2021-02-25 Denied Response Waived civil-rights discrimination due-process employment-discrimination federal-employment personnel-actions retaliation summary-judgment title-vii Does 'shall be made free from any discrimination' prohibit personnel actions where either discrimination and/or retaliation are a factor?
20-1090 Thasha A. Boyd v. Department of Veterans Affairs, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-02-10 Denied Response Waived administrative-law appellate-procedure civil-procedure due-process equitable-tolling federal-courts federal-employment judicial-review retroactive-legislation statutory-interpretation whistleblower-protection Whether the 60-day deadline for seeking judicial review pursuant 5 U.S.C. § 7703(b)(1)(B) and the FRAP sets a bar to an appeal, as the Eleventh Circui…
20-1039 Elizabeth Aviles-Wynkoop v. Department of Defense Federal Circuit 2021-01-29 Denied Response Waived 5th-amendment administrative-law double-jeopardy due-process federal-employment federal-regulations fifth-amendment whistleblower Can the Federal Government violate a Federal Employee's 5th Amendment right by depriving a federal employee of his or her property right (job) without…
20-6963 F. Allan Midyett v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eighth Circuit 2021-01-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split civil-rights due-process employment-discrimination federal-criminal federal-employment indian-employment statutory-compliance veterans-affairs Whether the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs can refuse to comply with provisions of 25 U.S.C. Ch. 36 to take adverse acts causing harm…
20-435 Walton B. Campbell v. Ryan D. McCarthy, Secretary of the Army Fourth Circuit 2020-10-06 Denied Amici (2)Response Waived civil-rights discrimination due-process federal-employment national-security retaliation security-clearance standing Whether the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit correctly held, contrary to decisions of the D.C., Third, Ninth, and Tenth Circuits, that this Cou…
19-748 John B. Lepore v. Office of Personnel Management Federal Circuit 2019-12-12 Denied Response Waived administrative-judge-findings administrative-law annuity-calculation basic-pay civil-procedure civil-procedure-rule-52-a-6 creditable-service due-process fact-finding federal-employment government-benefits government-employee-retirement government-employment judicial-review retirement-benefits statutory-interpretation Whether the court below had the right to ignore the finding that the petitioner's retirement date was April 16, 1983
19-621 Thomas F. Sweeney v. Merit Systems Protection Board Fourth Circuit 2019-11-14 Denied Response Waived administrative-procedure adverse-personnel-action agency-decision-making air-traffic-control civil-rights due-process employment-law federal-employment merit-systems-protection-board mspb personnel-action termination Is a final decision to terminate the training of a FAA Air Traffic Control Specialist — In Training employee by FAA management a reduction in grade or…
19-586 Devona Hollingsworth v. Department of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2019-11-06 Denied due-process employment-rights federal-employment merit-systems-protection-board military-service opm-regulations probationary-period reemployment-rights termination uniformed-services userra Are USERRA's reemployment rights applicable to federal employees during their probationary period?
19-144 James Thomas Ryan v. Department of Defense Federal Circuit 2019-07-31 Denied Response Waived administrative-law civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process employment federal-circuit federal-circuit-court-of-appeals federal-employment merit-systems-protection-board notice-and-opportunity personnel-action whistleblower-protection Can the government sustain a specification without giving the employee notice?
19-143 Henry E. Gossage v. Merit Systems Protection Board Federal Circuit 2019-07-30 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 5-usc-7701 administrative-appeal civil-rights due-process federal-employment merit-system-protection-board merit-systems-protection-board mspb-jurisdiction office-of-personnel-management preference-eligible-veteran service-connected-disability suitability-determination Whether the MSPB lacks jurisdiction over OPM's December 27, 2004 5 C.F.R. § 731 et seq. determination
19-5318 Marilee Brown v. David Bernhardt, Secretary of the Interior, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-07-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process employment equal-protection federal-employment federal-jurisdiction hostile-work-environment personnel-actions retaliation standing suicide whistleblower workplace-discrimination wrongful-removal Whether the lower court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims
18-9667 Loretta J. Alford v. Tina Ballard, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-06-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights federal-employment general-services-administration government-employment inspector-general personnel-practices prohibited-personnel-actions prohibited-personnel-practices retaliation timecard-fraud whistleblower-protection Does the Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act indicate that the General Services Administration handles personnel actions for the AbilityOne Commission?
18A1265 Qihui Huang v. Ajit Varadaraj Pai, Chairman of Federal Communications Commission, et al. District of Columbia 2019-06-05 Presumed Complete administrative-agency equal-employment federal-employment pro-se-litigation retaliation workplace-discrimination Whether federal administrative agencies can engage in workplace discrimination and retaliation against employees without legal recourse
18-1143 Ronald Lee Blake v. Federal Bureau of Investigation District of Columbia 2019-03-05 Denied Response Waived administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process employment-determination employment-law expungement federal-employment federal-law-enforcement full-faith-and-credit standing state-felony-conviction can federal law enforcement employment determinations be based upon a state felony conviction that was expunged by operation of law within the state o…
18-882 Noris Babb v. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eleventh Circuit 2019-01-09 Judgment Issued Amici (2)Relisted (2) but-for-causation causation civil-rights discrimination federal-employment federal-employment-discrimination personnel-actions retaliation statutory-interpretation title-vii Whether federal-sector personnel actions that are not made free from any discrimination or retaliation are permitted, as long as discrimination or ret…
18-694 Derek T. Williams v. Merit Systems Protection Board, et al. Federal Circuit 2018-11-27 Denied appeal-rights civil-rights current-continuous-service due-process federal-employment merit-systems-protection-board preference-eligible united-states-postal-service veterans-rights Whether a preference-eligible veteran maintains 'current continuous service in the same or similar positions' under § 7511(a)(1)(B) when the agency an…