| 25-659 |
Michael L. Levinson v. Social Security Administration |
Federal Circuit |
2025-12-08 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-law constitutional-rights due-process judicial-bias merit-systems-protection-board substantial-evidence |
A. Whether the clandestine replacement of Jewish
Michael Levinson 's initial Administrative Law Judge
("ALJ ") Hearing Officer with a Muslim ALF was… |
| 25A662 |
Daren K. Margolin, Director of the Executive Office for Immigration Review v. National Association of Immigration Judges |
Fourth Circuit |
2025-12-05 |
Application |
|
administrative-review civil-service-reform-act employment-policy federal-employee-rights jurisdictional-channeling merit-systems-protection-board |
Whether the Civil Service Reform Act precludes federal district courts from exercising jurisdiction over challenges to federal employment policies whe… |
| 25-608 |
Cambra L. Lucas v. Office of Personnel Management |
Federal Circuit |
2025-11-24 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-law due-process judicial-review merit-systems-protection-board overpayment-recovery statutory-jurisdiction |
1. Whether the Merit Systems Protection Board
(MSPB) violated its statutory jurisdiction and due
process obligations by failing to provide Petitione… |
| 25-6072 |
William Douglas Marcum v. Merit Systems Protection Board |
Federal Circuit |
2025-11-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
discovery-denial due-process exculpatory-evidence fifth-amendment merit-systems-protection-board perjured-testimony |
1. Whether the Fifth Amendment's Due Process Clause is violated when the Merit Systems Protection Board relies on perjured testimony, denies discovery… |
| 25-373 |
Kim Anne Farrington v. Department of Transportation |
Federal Circuit |
2025-09-30 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Response Waived |
article-three due-process federal-circuit judicial-review merit-systems-protection-board separation-of-powers |
Whether the Federal Circuit's Rule 36 affirmances without opinion in Merit Systems Protection Board cases violate separation of powers and due process… |
| 25-312 |
Cathy Harris v. Scott Bessent, Secretary of the Treasury, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2025-09-17 |
Pending |
|
administrative-law for-cause-removal merit-systems-protection-board presidential-authority removal-power separation-of-powers |
Whether Congress may provide by statute that members of the Merit Systems Protection Board may be removed by the President only for specific causes |
| 25A26 |
Martin Akerman v. Merit Systems Protection Board |
Federal Circuit |
2025-07-08 |
Presumed Complete |
|
administrative-record agency-misconduct judicial-review merit-systems-protection-board settlement-agreement whistleblower |
Whether an administrative agency's intentional spoliation of the underlying record can invalidate an appellate judgment and require judicial review of… |
| 24-893 |
Eric Jamie Katz v. Department of Justice |
Federal Circuit |
2025-02-19 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-judge due-process federal-circuit hostile-work-environment merit-systems-protection-board whistleblower-retaliation |
Whether the Federal Circuit erred in denying a rehearing en banc regarding a whistleblower's hostile work environment claim against the Department of … |
| 24A730 |
Martin Akerman v. Merit Systems Protection Board |
Federal Circuit |
2025-01-24 |
Presumed Complete |
|
administrative-procedure civil-service-reform due-process federal-circuit merit-systems-protection-board whistleblower-protection |
Whether the procedural missteps and jurisdictional errors in the Merit Systems Protection Board and Federal Circuit proceedings constitute a violation… |
| 24-443 |
In Re Martin Akerman |
|
2024-10-22 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-procedure federal-circuit filing-date mandamus merit-systems-protection-board office-of-special-counsel |
Whether the Federal Circuit erred in failing to recognize the correct filing date and must correct case procedures related to MSPB and OSC proceedings |
| 24-187 |
Erice Maurice Kency v. Merit Systems Protection Board |
Federal Circuit |
2024-08-21 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-appeal merit-systems-protection-board procedural-deadline statutory-interpretation time-limitation veterans-employment-rights |
Whether the 15-day appeal period under VEOA is mandatory or allows procedural flexibility for veterans to file appeals with the MSPB after the specifi… |
| 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… |
| 23-7127 |
Martin Akerman v. Merit Systems Protection Board |
Federal Circuit |
2024-04-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
28-usc-1254 28-usc-1257 administrative-law constitutional-mandate federal-authority federal-circuit federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus interlocutory-appeal merit-systems-protection-board state-authority |
Jurisdiction over habeas corpus decisions from the federal circuit |
| 23-889 |
In Re William B. Jolley |
|
2024-02-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
administrative-judges administrative-law constitutional-appointment due-process equal-protection merit-systems-protection-board mspb-procedure veterans veterans-rights whistleblower whistleblower-protection |
Due process-violation-in-MSPB-appeals |
| 23-843 |
Robert Michael Miller v. Martin J. Gruenberg, Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-02-06 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
agency-personnel-actions civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-courts judicial-bias merit-systems-protection-board political-discrimination pro-se pro-se-litigant standing whistleblower-reprisal |
Whether the district court's errors and abuses demonstrate antagonism toward a pro se litigant and favoritism toward a federal defendant |
| 23-811 |
Barry Ahuruonye v. Department of the Interior |
District of Columbia |
2024-01-26 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-law article-iii civil-procedure collateral-estoppel due-process issue-preclusion merit-systems-protection-board mootness standing wage-increase |
Whether the principles of collateral estoppel/issue-preclusion applies when Merit-Systems-Protection-Board-has-resolved-an-issue |
| 23-21 |
Stuart R. Harrow v. Department of Defense |
Federal Circuit |
2023-07-06 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (5)Relisted (4) |
administrative-law federal-circuit federal-employee filing-deadline judicial-review jurisdictional jurisdictional-deadline merit-systems-protection-board nonjurisdictional statutory-interpretation |
Whether the 60-day deadline in 5 U.S.C. § 7703(b)(1)(A) is jurisdictional |
| 22-7323 |
Henry E. Gossage v. Office of Personnel Management, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-04-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP |
administrative-law agency-decision civil-procedure due-process freedom-of-information-act jurisdictional-challenge merit-systems-protection-board pro-se-filing standing suitability-determination unusual-circumstances |
Whether this appeal is frivolous |
| 22-150 |
Ayyakkannu Manivannan v. Department of Energy |
Federal Circuit |
2022-08-17 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
agency-misconduct civil-rights due-process merit-systems-protection-board retaliation whistleblower |
Whether a court of appeals must provide an opinion explaining its reasoning |
| 22-5122 |
Faye Rennell Hobson v. Merit Systems Protection Board |
Federal Circuit |
2022-07-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
administrative-law civil-rights due-process employment-discrimination federal-circuit merit-systems-protection-board retaliation whistleblower-protection |
Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit erred in dismissing the Petitioner's Whistleblower By Proxy case |
| 21-8003 |
Loretta Jean Alford v. Merit Systems Protection Board |
Federal Circuit |
2022-05-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-judge administrative-procedure civil-rights due-process hearing hearing-request merit-systems-protection-board standing witness witness-testimony |
Did the Merit Systems Protection Board violate Petitioner's civil-rights, due-process, hearing, witness, administrative-procedure |
| 21-1150 |
Sharon Finizie, et al. v. Department of Veterans Affairs |
Federal Circuit |
2022-02-18 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-law civil-procedure due-process factual-findings federal-circuit judicial-review legal-misapplication merit-systems-protection-board standard-of-review |
Did the decisions/opinions of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the Merit Systems Protection Board constitute erroneous f… |
| 21-1109 |
Joseph P. Carson v. Merit Systems Protection Board |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-02-10 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-law administrative-law-judge civil-service constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process judicial-recusal merit-systems-protection-board recusal whistleblower whistleblower-protection |
Whether the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB or Board) violated Mr. Carson's due-process, whistleblower, recusal, administrative-law-judge, c… |
| 21-686 |
Maria Esparraguera v. Department of the Army |
Federal Circuit |
2021-11-09 |
Denied |
|
administrative-law civil-service-reform-act constitutional-challenge due-process federal-circuit judicial-review merit-systems-protection-board senior-executive-service |
whether-the-federal-circuit-erred-in-holding-that-neither-it-nor-the-mspb-may-review-a-career-senior-executive's-removal-from-the-senior-executive-ser… |
| 21-37 |
Henry E. Gossage v. Office of Personnel Management |
Federal Circuit |
2021-07-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
administrative-law constitutional-claims default-judgment federal-circuit-jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge merit-systems-protection-board mspb-judgment office-of-personnel-management opm-investigation statutory-review void-judgment |
Whether the Federal Circuit has Jurisdiction or 'lacks jurisdiction' to determine its original and lower court's jurisdiction in OPM Investigation Cas… |
| 21-36 |
Henry E. Gossage v. Merit Systems Protection Board |
Federal Circuit |
2021-07-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
administrative-law civil-procedure due-process federal-circuit federal-circuit-jurisdiction jurisdiction-on-the-merits jurisdictional-review merit-systems-protection-board opm personnel-suitability standing |
Whether Petitioner has standing to correct a jurisdictional error before the Lower Courts |
| 20-1763 |
Fenyang Stewart v. Wilbur L. Ross, Secretary of Commerce, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-06-22 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-law burden-shifting but-for-analysis disability-discrimination disability-related-interference merit-systems-protection-board rehabilitation-act retaliation retaliation-claims statutory-interpretation statutory-text |
Should disability-related interference claims be analyzed as retaliation claims or under a broader framework? |
| 20-1230 |
In Re Reginald L. Sydnor |
|
2021-03-08 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-law-judge administrative-procedure administrative-procedures-act constitutional-appointment due-process lucia-v-sec mandamus merit-systems-protection-board standing united-states-constitution |
Does petitioner's repeated timely requests for his appropriate ALJ due process hearing before a constitutionally appointed board ALJ, although all wer… |
| 20-525 |
Harold E. Rutila, IV v. Department of Transportation |
Federal Circuit |
2020-10-20 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-hearing administrative-law civil-procedure due-process federal-circuit hearing-waiver johnson-v-zerbst merit-systems-protection-board statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Merit Systems Protection Board violated Petitioner's due process rights |
| 20-167 |
Lilibeth Michelson v. Department of the Army |
Federal Circuit |
2020-08-18 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-law awol civil-rights de-novo-standard disciplinary-action due-process federal-circuit judicial-review merit-system-protection-board merit-systems-protection-board substantial-evidence |
Whether the Federal Circuit erred by reviewing a Merit System Protection Board Administrative Judge's decision that a medical note provided after the … |
| 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? |
| 19-470 |
Darin Jones v. Department of Justice, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2019-10-09 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure civil-procedure-time-limits civil-rights discrimination due-process federal-circuit federal-courts federal-jurisdiction judicial-review merit-systems-protection-board mixed-cases rule-60(b) time-bar |
Whether the 120 day time bar of 5 U.S.C. § 7702(e)(1)(B) is nonjurisdictional |
| 19-418 |
Benoit Brookens v. Patrick Pizzella, Acting Secretary of Labor |
District of Columbia |
2019-09-27 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
appeal civil-rights district-court due-process federal-circuit jurisdiction merit-systems-protection-board mixed-appeal non-discrimination |
Whether the Federal Circuit has jurisdiction over non-discrimination issues in a mixed appeal filed within 60 days of the decision by the Merit System… |
| 19-5621 |
David Green, Jr. v. William P. Barr, Attorney General, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-08-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
cat's-paw-negligence cats-paw civil-rights due-process eeo-retaliation eeoc-retaliation employment-discrimination federal-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure merit-systems-protection-board retaliation title-vii |
Whether the court of appeals erred when it upheld a district court opinion that conflicted with decided Supreme Court case law for EEO retaliation and… |
| 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 |
| 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… |