| 25-7100 |
Andrew Dale Faris v. Merit Systems Protection Board |
Federal Circuit |
2026-03-24 |
Pending |
IFP |
administrative-law appellate-review due-process-clause federal-employee-rights jurisdiction-stripping-waiver merit-systems-protection-board |
1. Whether the Due Process Clause permits a federal agency and the Merit Systems Protection Board to enforce a last-chance agreement as a jurisdiction… |
| 25-1110 |
Cathy A. Harris v. Scott Bessent, Secretary of the Treasury, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2026-03-23 |
Pending |
|
adjudicatory-authority administrative-law merit-systems-protection-board presidential-removal-power removal-for-cause separation-of-powers |
1. Whether Congress may provide by statute that members of the Merit Systems Protection Board—an adjudicatory body—"may be removed by the President on… |
| 25-6918 |
Ikia Butler v. Merit Systems Protection Board |
Federal Circuit |
2026-02-27 |
Pending |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-procedure due-process employment-law federal-civil-service merit-systems-protection-board thirteenth-amendment |
Where an agency refuses to remunerate an employee for work done for no apparent reason, is that tantamount to slavery under the Thirteenth Amendment?
… |
| 25-1021 |
Richard Cornelius Jackson v. Department of Homeland Security |
Federal Circuit |
2026-02-25 |
Pending |
Response Waived |
due-process equitable-tolling federal-circuit freedom-of-information-act merit-systems-protection-board veterans-employment-opportunities-act |
Whether the Merit Systems Protection Board and
the Federal Circuit erred in denying equitable tolling
under the Veterans Employment Opportunities Ac… |
| 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 |
Denied |
|
administrative-review civil-service-reform-act employment-policy federal-employee-rights jurisdictional-channeling merit-systems-protection-board |
Question not identified. |
| 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 |
Rehearing |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
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 |
1. Whether the Federal Circuit's practice of issuing affirmances without opinion under Rule 36 in Merit Systems Protection Board cases unconstitutiona… |
| 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 |
1. Whether Congress may provide by statute that members of the Merit Systems Protection Board—an adjudicatory body that does not make policy—"may be r… |
| 25A26 |
Martin Akerman v. Merit Systems Protection Board |
Federal Circuit |
2025-07-08 |
Denied |
|
administrative-record agency-misconduct judicial-review merit-systems-protection-board settlement-agreement whistleblower |
Whether an appellate court's judgment may stand when extrinsic evidence reveals that the underlying administrative record was corrupted by the adjudic… |
| 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 |
1. Whether the Federal Circuit erred in denying the request for a rehearing en banc, given that Eric Katz suffered through a hostile work environment … |
| 24A730 |
Martin Akerman v. Merit Systems Protection Board |
Federal Circuit |
2025-01-24 |
Denied |
|
administrative-procedure civil-service-reform due-process federal-circuit merit-systems-protection-board whistleblower-protection |
Whether the ongoing delay and procedural missteps in the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) and Federal Circuit proceedings have caused irreparable… |
| 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 United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Federal Circuit) erred by failing to recognize May 20, 2024, as the proper filing … |
| 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 |
1. The question presented is whether Congress intended for VEOA, 5 U.S.C. 3330a(d)(l)(B) "except that in no event, may any such appeal be brought — la… |
| 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 |
Question not identified. |
| 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 |
1. Jurisdiction Over Habeas Corpus Decisions from the Federal Circuit: Does jurisdiction over habeas corpus decisions originating within the administr… |
| 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 |
I
Do Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) decisions of Veteran and
Whistleblower appeals fail for lack of "due process " where 5 C.F.R. f 1201.57(d)… |
| 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 |
1. Whether the district court's hundreds of deliberate factual and legal errors and abuses of discretion, and the circuit court's summary affirmance o… |
| 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 |
(1) Whether the principles of collateral estoppel/Issue preclusion applies when Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) a quasi-judicial federal adminis… |
| 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 |
When a federal employee petitions the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to review a final decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board, … |
| 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 |
1. Whether this appeal is frivolous, based on OPM's new, material, and final December 27, 2004, "Request for Suitability Determination"?
2. Whether t… |
| 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 |
1. Whether a court of appeals must provide an opinion explaining its reasoning in an appeal that involves a complex and unsettled area of the law and … |
| 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 Petitioners Whistleblower By Proxy Case, when she was non-selected … |
| 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 |
1) Did the Merit Systems Protection Board violate Petitioner's civil rights of due process when an administrative judge failed to provide Petitioner a… |
| 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 |
1) Did the decisions/opinions of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the Merit Systems Protection Board constitute erroneou… |
| 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 rights under the Fifth and Fourteen Amendments to th… |
| 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… |
| 21-36 |
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 |
1. Whether Petitioner has standing to correct a jurisdictional error before the Lower Courts for "want of jurisdiction " or "jurisdiction on the merit… |
| 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 |
1. Whether the Federal Circuit has Jurisdiction or "lacks jurisdiction " to
determine its original and lower court 's jurisdiction in OPM
Investigat… |
| 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 brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 12203(b) be analyzed as retaliation claims susceptible to a burden-shift… |
| 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 when an administrative judge failed to provide him a hearing, in v… |
| 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 |
1. Whether the Federal Circuit erred by reviewing a Merit System Protection Board Administrative Judge's decision that a medical note provided after t… |
| 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 |
The FAA is generally exempted from the Title 5 Personnel Management System, yet FAA employees MSPB Appeal rights are retained. FAA's employment policy… |
| 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 |
1. Are USERRA's reemployment rights applicable to federal employees during their probationary period? If so, may an agency-employer terminate an emplo… |
| 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 |
5 U.S.C. § 7702(e)(1)(B) states that an employee may file a civil action in district court 120 days after filing an appeal with the Merit Systems Prot… |
| 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 |
(A) Whether the Federal Circuit has
jurisdiction over non-discrimination
issues in a mixed appeal filed within 60
days of the decision by the Merit
Sy… |
| 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 |
1. Whether the court of appeals erred when it upheld a district court opinion that conflicted with decided Supreme Court case law for EEO retaliation … |
| 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 |
James Ryan, the Petitioner, request this Petition for Writ of Certiorari be granted because the personnel action violated his constitutional right to … |
| 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 |
Given that the United States Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has exclusive statutory authority to make a 5 C.F.R. § 731 et seq. suitability deter… |
| 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 |
1. Whether a preference-eligible veteran maintains "current continuous service in the same or similar positions" under § 7511(a)(1)(B) when the agency… |