Michael S. Zummer v. Jeffrey S. Sallet, et al.
Whether a federal district court has jurisdiction to
hear colorable constitutional claims by federal
employees related to their employment—in this
instance a First Amendment case seeking
reinstatement and back pay regarding the revocation
of an FBI agent's security clearance and resulting
removal for reporting unclassified concerns about
prosecutorial misconduct to a federal judge in a case
pending before the judge—when the Civil Service
Reform Act ("CSRA") provides no means to review
those constitutional claims, leaving the federal court as
the only possible forum for judicial review.
Whether a federal district court has jurisdiction to hear colorable constitutional claims by federal employees related to their employment