Michael Mallonee v. Department of the Interior
1. Whether a federal employee's speech —reporting unsafe school conditions,
unauthorized personnel practices, and retaliation to oversight bodies —is protected
under the First Amendment, and whether the agency 's retaliation and judicial
suppression of that speech violated constitutional protections.
2. Whether a federal agency 's misclassification of employment status in violation of
62 BIAM § 11.25 and misuse of the probationary framework —used to justify
termination and deny procedural rights — violated Petitioner 's Fifth Amendment
due process rights.
3. Whether an Administrative Judge 's suppression of material evidence,
manipulation of testimony, and disregard of agency regulations constitutes judicial
misconduct and fraud on the tribunal requiring vacatur of the proceedings under
Hazel-Atlas and Brady v. Maryland.
4. Whether the Federal Circuit 's summary affirmance without opinion, in a case
raising serious constitutional, regulatory, and whistleblower claims, contravened its
duty of meaningful review under Universal Camera Corp. v. NLRB, thereby
enabling systemic due process violations.
Whether a federal employee's speech reporting unsafe conditions and potential misconduct is protected under the First Amendment and whether agency retaliation violated constitutional protections