| 25-6282 |
Dawud C. S. Gabriel v. Department of Labor |
Second Circuit |
2025-12-04 |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law due-process homeland-security labor-department osha-complaint whistleblower-protection |
1. Whether or Not the Second (2nd) Cir. C.O.A. Departed Far from the Accepted & Usual Course of Judicial Proceedings, As to Call for an Exercise of th… |
| 25-450 |
Paul W. Parker, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Curtis John Rookaird v. BNSF Railway Company, a Delaware Corporation |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-10-15 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
adverse-employment burden-shifting clear-and-convincing-evidence personnel-action protected-conduct whistleblower-protection |
Whether AIR 21's affirmative defense is satisfied where an employer proves protected activity played only a limited role along with non-protected cond… |
| 25-5617 |
Magdoulen A. Sawires v. Elizabeth Board of Education, et al. |
New Jersey |
2025-09-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law due-process employment-discrimination statutory-interpretation teacher-dismissal whistleblower-protection |
Teacher wrongfully dismissed, according to New Jersey Statutes Title 18A. Education 18A § 17-47, for school employees in New Jersey " When the dismiss… |
| 25-264 |
Trevor Murray v. UBS Securities, LLC, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2025-09-08 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
administrative-law burden-shifting circuit-split employment-discrimination statutory-interpretation whistleblower-protection |
Whether a "contributing factor" in Section 42121(b) is one that "alone or in connection with other factors, tends to affect in any way the outcome of … |
| 25-164 |
Mitzi Baker v. Social Security Administration |
Federal Circuit |
2025-08-11 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
employment-law individual-right-action retaliatory-intent sarbanes-oxley statutory-interpretation whistleblower-protection |
Whether federal whistleblowers have to prove "retaliatory intent" in an Individual Right to Action, (IRA), under the Whistleblower Protection Enhancem… |
| 25-5298 |
Michael Mallonee v. Department of the Interior |
Federal Circuit |
2025-08-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
administrative-law due-process employment-rights first-amendment judicial-review whistleblower-protection |
1. Whether a federal employee's speech —reporting unsafe school conditions,
unauthorized personnel practices, and retaliation to oversight bodies —is… |
| 25A141 |
Trevor Murray v. UBS Securities, LLC, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2025-08-04 |
Presumed Complete |
|
burden-shifting contributing-factor employment-discrimination retaliatory-intent sarbanes-oxley whistleblower-protection |
Whether the "contributing factor" standard under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act whistleblower protection provision, 18 U.S.C. § 1514A, requires proof that pro… |
| 25-103 |
BofI Federal Bank, nka Axos Bank v. Charles Matthew Erhart |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-07-28 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
affirmative-defense burden-shifting employment-law personnel-action sarbanes-oxley whistleblower-protection |
Under AIR-21's two-step framework, can evidence showing an employee's protected activity was a contributing factor in the unfavorable personnel action… |
| 25A86 |
Kim Anne Farrington v. Department of Transportation |
Federal Circuit |
2025-07-22 |
Presumed Complete |
|
article-iii due-process judicial-review separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation whistleblower-protection |
The petition for a writ of certiorari will present three questions:
1. Whether Federal Circuit Rule 36(a) affirmances without opinion in Merit System… |
| 24-1150 |
Clyde O. Carter, Jr. v. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Secretary of Labor, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-05-09 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-law burden-of-proof employment-retaliation federal-railroad-safety-act judicial-review whistleblower-protection |
In consideration of Loper Light Enterprises v. Raimondo, 603 U. S. (2024), in a whistleblower complaint is the burden of proof - in the protection pro… |
| 24-6854 |
Austin Roger Carter v. Genesis Alkali LLC, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2025-03-25 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-rights judicial-misconduct sarbanes-oxley statutory-interpretation tenth-circuit whistleblower-protection |
Did the Tenth Circuit err in disregarding the unanimous findings of the United States Supreme Court in regard to the provisions of 18 U.S.C. § 1514A?
… |
| 24A731 |
Martin Akerman v. Merit Systems Protection Board |
Federal Circuit |
2025-01-24 |
Presumed Complete |
|
administrative-tribunal due-process judicial-review jurisdictional-conflict mandamus-relief whistleblower-protection |
Whether the lower courts' refusal to consolidate
related appeals and issue rulings on pending
motions for a stay, including in MSPB Case No,
DC-0752-2… |
| 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 ongoing delay and procedural missteps in the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) and Federal Circuit proceedings have caused irreparable… |
| 24-6252 |
Rebecca Wu v. Gina Carreon, et al. |
California |
2025-01-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights due-process government-tort-claims preemption section-1983 whistleblower-protection |
1. Can a state require under CCP 1714.10 a Pre-Filing in Conspiracy to sue an Attorney under 42 USC 1983 or is it a violation of the Preemption or Sup… |
| 24-6127 |
Jocelyn Lisa Doyle v. Department of Veterans Affairs, et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2024-12-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law employment-discrimination judicial-review prohibited-personnel-practice reinstatement whistleblower-protection |
An important federal question of National Importance of whether The United States COURT OF APPEALS (COA) for the Federal Circuit. VIOLATED The Whistle… |
| 24-6088 |
Carl N. Merkle v. Johnny W. Thomas, Chapter 7 Trustee |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-12-06 |
Denied |
IFP |
bankruptcy-fraud civil-rights constitutional-law due-process organized-crime whistleblower-protection |
1) Question Presented (where USA Title 11 System is OC)Is Merkle's surviving Chapter 11 bankruptcy case (in hidden 5thC 20-50025) now a ripe Article I… |
| 24-514 |
In Re Martin Akerman |
|
2024-11-06 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
circuit-court habeas-corpus judicial-review mandamus-relief military-detention whistleblower-protection |
Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (D.C. Circuit) acted appropriately in bifurcating the petitioner's tim… |
| 24-468 |
Jo Spence v. Department of Veterans Affairs, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2024-10-25 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-procedure liberal-pleading-standard pro-se-pleading rule-12b6 veterans-affairs whistleblower-protection |
1. Whether the Court's issuance of a ruling stating that the liberal pleading standard does not invariably apply to pro se attorneys without first add… |
| 24-5703 |
Mark Bochra v. Department of Education, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2024-10-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
administrative-law agency-action discrimination-claims judicial-review procedural-due-process whistleblower-protection |
In 2016, Petitioner Mark Bochra, a Christian Coptic suffered various forms of discrimination with retaliation including (assault, battery, and threate… |
| 24-339 |
Martin Akerman v. Merit Systems Protection Board, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2024-09-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
administrative-procedure court-fee-waiver federal-employee-rights government-accountability userra-rights whistleblower-protection |
Does the whistleblower protection provisions of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA), as codified in 38 U.S.C. § 431… |
| 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 Federal Circuit erred in dismissing a Timely Fifth Amendment Petition for a Property Hearing for lack of jurisdiction over mixed cases inv… |
| 24A147 |
Martin Akerman v. Department of the Army |
Federal Circuit |
2024-08-08 |
Presumed Complete |
|
administrative-review civil-service interlocutory-appeal mspb-jurisdiction pro-se-litigation whistleblower-protection |
Whether the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) can be
properly named as the respondent in appeals to the Federal
Circuit when the appeal concerns t… |
| 24-5177 |
Margaret M. Reed v. Department of Veterans Affairs |
Federal Circuit |
2024-07-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
administrative-procedure agency-policy civil-rights due-process federal-code-of-ethics federal-ethics personnel-actions retaliation whistleblower-protection |
Under the Whistleblower Protection Act, does an HR specialist who, after reporting her coworker and first level supervisor for harassment, engage in p… |
| 24-83 |
Martin Akerman v. National Guard Bureau |
District of Columbia |
2024-07-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (3) |
due-process enemy-combatant habeas-corpus military-detention userra whistleblower whistleblower-protection |
1. Does the detention of a tenured civilian federal
employee under the elusive jurisdiction of the
National Guard of Nevada, with false charges and … |
| 24-58 |
Lisa Gindi v. New York City Department of Education |
Second Circuit |
2024-07-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
ada ada-violation civil-rights eeoc eeoc-retaliation employment-discrimination plain-error retaliation state-law timeliness whistleblower-protection workers-compensation workplace-harassment wrongful-termination |
1. The first question presented is which court
could have jurisdiction in improving laws
keeping an employee from being terminated
for having reported… |
| 24-52 |
Gunes Biray v. Securities and Exchange Commission |
District of Columbia |
2024-07-17 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-law administrative-procedure agency-deference agency-discretion appellate-review arbitrary-and-capricious due-process sec-enforcement securities-law securities-regulation whistleblower-protection |
Does the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) possess absolute immunity from appellate scrutiny when it arbitrarily or capriciously … |
| 23-1362 |
Robert Kreb v. Integra Aviation, L.L.C., et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-07-02 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-procedure administrative-procedures-act appointments-clause article-iii due-process freedom-of-information-act privacy-act sua-sponte-dismissal subject-matter-jurisdiction whistleblower-protection |
Is it appropriate for courts to contend with this Court or Congress established law through sua sponte invocation of affirmative defenses and dismiss … |
| 23A1097 |
Martin Akerman v. Merit Systems Protection Board, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2024-06-07 |
Presumed Complete |
|
administrative-law due-process fee-waiver military-employment userra whistleblower-protection |
Does the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) require the waiver of court fees for federal employees who engage in prote… |
| 23A984 |
Robert Kreb v. Integra Aviation, L.L.C., et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-05-03 |
Presumed Complete |
|
administrative-law agency-tribunal article-iii-review chevron-deference constitutional-jurisdiction whistleblower-protection |
Question not identified. |
| 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. |
| 23-7072 |
Martin Akerman v. Lloyd J. Austin, III, Secretary of Defense, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-03-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
accountability administrative-law civil-rights data-integrity due-process federal-employees federal-jurisdiction judicial-review transparency whistleblower-protection |
1. Did the Fourth Circuit Court's consolidation of appeals and selective review exacerbate the case's complexity, undermining the principles of thorou… |
| 23-7018 |
Julian Ash v. Pete Buttigieg, Secretary of Transportation, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2024-03-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
administrative-law civil-rights consolidation-of-cases constitutional-challenge due-process federal-agency government-oversight personnel-management title-v-exemption whistleblower-protection whistleblower-retaliation |
1. In the Interest of Public Safety and Public Trust should the Title V Exemption extended to the Federal Aviation Administration from the Office of P… |
| 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)… |
| 23A739 |
Irina Collier v. Gavin Newsom, Governor of California, et al. |
California |
2024-02-08 |
Presumed Complete |
|
first-amendment government-misconduct institutional-fraud political-conspiracy retaliation whistleblower-protection |
Question not identified. |
| 23-6651 |
Falastin Martin v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-02-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction government-accountability judicial-review legal-immunity sovereign-immunity whistleblower-protection |
Will the courts recognize that individuals that
work for the U.S. Government are not above
U.S. law? Will the courts realize that it's of
national … |
| 23A701 |
Martin Akerman v. Merit Systems Protection Board |
Federal Circuit |
2024-01-30 |
Presumed Complete |
|
agency-deference due-process employment-law national-security security-clearance whistleblower-protection |
Recognizing the misuse of security clearance decisions as tools for tyranny and retaliation, Congress enacted Public Law 117-103 on March 15, 2022, At… |
| 23-783 |
Darren Kossen v. Asia Pacific Airlines, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-01-18 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-hearing air-21-statute burden-of-proof burdens-of-proof circumstantial-evidence clear-and-convincing-evidence legal-standard prima-facie res-judicata whistleblower-protection |
1. Did the ALJ, ARB and the 9th Circuit turn on its head AIR 21 law on burdens of proof by requiring a whistleblower to prove causation by a "preponde… |
| 23-6391 |
Christopher Dalton Thomas v. Deb Haaland, Secretary of the Interior, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-12-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights due-process employment-discrimination equal-protection retaliation title-vii whistleblower-protection |
1. Are minority males who oppose discrimination and illegal activity in good-faith and
terminated without cause entitled to Equal Protection ? If so,… |
| 23-6059 |
Michelle A. Ferrell v. Department of Housing and Urban Development |
Federal Circuit |
2023-11-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
administrative-law civil-rights due-process employment-discrimination federal-agency federal-agency-bias judicial-review pro-se pro-se-litigation retaliation standing whistleblower-protection |
Why did the Federal Circuit Court ignore Petitioner's MSPB case regarding her IRA. Instead
MSBP case No. DA-1221-21-0228-W-1 was decided by AJ Mehan o… |
| 23-532 |
In Re William B. Jolley |
|
2023-11-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
administrative-law civil-procedure due-process judicial-review mandamus mspb veterans veterans-rights whistleblower whistleblower-protection |
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),
s… |
| 23-5924 |
Festus Okwudili Ohan v. American Medical Association, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-11-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process false-imprisonment federal-crime genocide human-rights international-law judicial-procedure standing whistleblower-protection |
Question not identified. |
| 23-5650 |
Lijo Panghat v. Department of Veterans Affairs, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-09-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights discrimination due-process national-security public-interest rule-of-law standing title-ix whistleblower-protection |
Whether the illegal denial of 'Due Process ' to Petitioner and the harm being persistently
inflicted upon him, violates the rights promised by the U.… |
| 23-43 |
Christopher M. Hunt, Sr. v. Deutsche Bank Trust Company |
Georgia |
2023-07-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
civil-rights conflict-of-laws court-preemption due-process federal-jurisdiction foreclosure-dispute judicial-review jurisdiction-conflict preemption state-jurisdiction supersedeas-bond whistleblower-protection |
1. When there is admitted by courts conflict be
tween the federal courts and state courts on such all-
important matters such as jurisdiction per Pet… |
| 22-7657 |
Annecia M. Fort v. Department of Labor, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-05-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
49-usc-31105 coercion-prohibition drive-time-limits electronic-logging-devices internal-reporting motor-carrier motor-carrier-regulations public-safety public-safety-reporting staa whistleblower-protection |
Question 1: Is disclosing public safety concerns to your management (internal reporting) a protected activity?
[Under Surface Transportation Assistanc… |
| 22-7039 |
Michael T. Brooks v. Agate Resources, Inc., et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-03-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
article-3-courts civil-procedure civil-rights disability-rights due-process informa-pauperis judicial-discretion qui-tam rehabilitation-act standing whistleblower whistleblower-protection |
1; Can a federal judge open a qui tam case that they dismissed three years ago, turning it into a criminal case against the relator? Order a disabled … |
| 22-6740 |
Lisa Antoine v. Delancy LLC, dba Vital Medical Staffing |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-02-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
age-discrimination civil-rights constitutional-rights discovery-withholding due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-speech retaliation whistleblower-protection whistleblowing |
1. The standard of review for error #1 - Dosen't the EEOC has Federal Investigators who do investigations when a complaint comes in their office and h… |
| 22-660 |
Trevor Murray v. UBS Securities, LLC, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2023-01-18 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (14)Relisted (2) |
affirmative-defense burden-shifting employment-law intent personnel-action retaliation retaliatory-intent sarbanes-oxley whistleblower whistleblower-protection |
Under the burden-shifting framework that governs Sarbanes-Oxley cases, must a whistleblower prove his employer acted with a "retaliatory intent" as pa… |
| 22-6284 |
Bryan M. Espinoza v. Federal Bureau of Investigation, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2022-12-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
bell-v-hood bivens-action bivens-doctrine constitutional-rights davis-v-passman federal-tort-claims-act fourth-amendment obstruction-of-justice whistleblower-protection whistleblower-protection-act |
1) The Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) is Federal Legislation enacted in 1946 that provides a legal means for compensating individuals who have suffere… |
| 22-479 |
Steven Onysko v. Martin J. Walsh, Secretary of Labor, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2022-11-21 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-procedure-act agency-deference circuit-court-conflicts circuit-court-review safe-drinking-water-act standard-of-review summary-judgment whistleblower-protection |
With Administrative Procedure Act (APA) jurisdiction, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed U.S. Department of Labor, Administrative Review Boar… |
| 22-130 |
Lonnie Tofsrud v. City of Spokane, Washington, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-08-10 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
chain-of-command civil-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech officer-misconduct pickering-garcetti-framework public-employee public-employee-speech supervisor-retaliation whistleblower whistleblower-protection |
Following a supervisor's refusal to act on a credible report of officer misconduct, does a city police detective's complaint to a county attorney, giv… |
| 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 … |
| 21-1387 |
Erik Leckner v. General Dynamics Information Technology, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-04-27 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
2nd-amendment administrative-law brown-vs-board civil-rights cybersecurity-risk due-process free-speech retaliation-claim sarbanes-oxley standing whistleblower-protection |
1. Whether the court of appeals failed to recog
nize that SOX whistleblower protections does extend
to cybersecurity risks and breaches, especially … |
| 21-1383 |
Alejandro Asbun v. North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services |
North Carolina |
2022-04-26 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment government-activities property-interest state-courts state-created-property sua-sponte whistleblower-protection whistleblower-protections |
Whether the U.S. Const, amend. XIV, § 1 "Due Process Clause," affords litigants the right to due process of law and the equal protection of the laws, … |
| 21-7421 |
Linda Jolly v. Carmelita White, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-03-21 |
Denied |
IFP |
administrative-procedure civil-rights disclosure disclosure-laws due-process federal-government federal-law no-fear-act retaliation whistleblower whistleblower-protection |
Why did the United States Federal Government allow Federal UNAX Law (IRM 10.5.5) and Retaliation Laws to be broken through the "No Fear Act"? Why was … |
| 21-1133 |
Charles Abrahamsen v. Department of Veterans Affairs |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-02-16 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-law anesthesia anesthesia-risks bullying-healthcare medical-disclosure orthopedic-surgery public-health-safety reasonable-belief whistleblower-protection whistleblower-protections |
Whether the scope of the substantial and specific danger to public health and safety provision in 5 U.S.C. § 2302(b)(8) was erroneously limited when d… |
| 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… |
| 21-6683 |
David M. Vines v. City of Black Diamond, Washington, et al. |
Washington |
2021-12-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
arrest-without-warrant civil-rights constitutional-rights fourth-amendment free-speech police-misconduct warrantless-arrest warrantless-search whistleblower whistleblower-protection |
Whether the State of Washington, and the police, have decided an important question of Federal law, namely the Fourth Amendment, e.g. arrest without a… |
| 21-813 |
Michael Peck v. Department of Labor, Administrative Review Board, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-12-01 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights congressional-intent energy-reorganization-act nrc-employment nuclear-regulatory-commission sovereign-immunity statutory-interpretation whistleblower whistleblower-protection |
In 2005, Congress amended the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 ("ERA") to expressly include the Nuclear Regulatory Commission ("NRC") as an employer … |
| 21-792 |
Michael Billioni v. Bruce Bryant, Sheriff, York County, South Carolina, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-11-30 |
Denied |
|
chain-of-command civil-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech internal-investigation law-enforcement-misconduct pickering-balancing-test public-employee-speech whistleblower whistleblower-protection |
1) Whether a public employee's speech about serious law enforcement misconduct involving an in-custody death has limited weight in the Pickering First… |
| 21-799 |
Kenneth Pritchard v. Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-11-30 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-procedure effective-date employment-law national-defense-authorization-act ndaa-provision protected-activities retaliation retaliation-claim retroactivity statutory-interpretation whistleblower-protection |
1. Whether whistleblower provision of the 2013
National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)
protects employees from retaliation occurring
after the provi… |
| 21-443 |
William Beaumont Hospital v. United States, ex rel. David Felten |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-09-22 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
civil-procedure employee employment-status false-claims-act qui-tam retaliation standing statutory-interpretation whistleblower-protection |
31 U.S.C. § 3730(h)(1) protects an "employee" against retaliation for trying to stop a violation of the False Claims Act. The question presented is wh… |
| 20-1781 |
Frederick B. Wright v. Department of Labor, Administrative Review Board |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-06-23 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
adverse-action federal-water-pollution-control-act motivating-factor reasonable-belief safe-drinking-water-act whistleblower-protection |
Whether an employer's professed motivating factor in taking adverse action
against a whistleblower employee under the Safe Drinking Water Act and the … |
| 20-1625 |
David Lillie v. ManTech International Corporation |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-05-24 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
california-labor-code civil-procedure false-claims-act retaliation retaliation-statute rule-50 rule-50-motion statutory-interpretation whistleblower-protection whistleblower-statute |
The case involves issues regarding two whistleblower statutes, one federal and a California whistleblower statute. The California whistleblower retali… |
| 20-1623 |
David Paul Bohler v. City of Fairview, Tennessee |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-05-21 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech garcetti-rule public-employee retaliation whistleblower whistleblower-protection |
Whether a rational juror could find that the
Petitioner, a police officer, had a First Amendment
right to speak to a local prosecutor about corruption… |
| 20-1365 |
In Re Arno P. Kuigoua |
|
2021-03-31 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure civil-rights discrimination employment-discrimination employment-law retaliation summary-judgment whistleblower-protection |
Whether in a case like this one, where the petitioner was denied on appeal his motion to remand his civil suit for jury trial, claiming six counts of … |
| 20-7562 |
Kamme O v. Texas A&M University and System, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-03-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights due-process employment employment-rights gender-bias legal-representation standing whistleblower-protection workplace-discrimination |
1.) Rights of a 23.5 year STATE employee when denied legal representation?
A. Case too complicated for a lawyer to make a profit.
B. Approved for Lega… |
| 20-1229 |
James W. Robertson, Sr. v. Intratek Computer, Incorporated |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-03-08 |
Denied |
CVSGAmici (1)Response RequestedRelisted (3) |
administrative-scheme arbitration-enforcement employment-rights federal-contract government-subcontractor mandatory-arbitration non-waiver-provision statutory-interpretation whistleblower-protection |
Under 41 U.S.C. § 4712, employees of government
subcontractors may not be retaliated against for reporting
violations of laws, rules, or regulations… |
| 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 |
1. 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 Ci… |
| 20-1011 |
Cyrus Mark Sanai v. D. Joshua Staub, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-01-27 |
Denied |
|
appellate-review circuit-conflict conflict-of-interest due-process judicial-disclosure judicial-ethics judicial-recusal whistleblower-protection younger-abstention |
1. Did the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals err when it refused to follow the unanimous holdings of the Sixth Circuit, Seventh Circuit, Eleventh Circuit… |
| 20-1007 |
Merrilee Stewart v. RRL Holding Company of Ohio, LLC, et al. |
Ohio |
2021-01-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
antitrust civil-rights-act constitutional-rights due-process equal-employment-opportunity equal-protection fair-housing-act federal-law-enforcement federal-laws state-court-procedure whistleblower whistleblower-protection |
1. Are the Courts of the State of Ohio obligated to enforce Federal Laws?
a. Whistleblower Laws designed to protect the crime victim and informants.
b… |
| 20-985 |
Kathryn A. Flynn v. Department of the Army |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-01-25 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-remedies circuit-split exhaustion-doctrine federal-employee federal-employee-rights ninth-circuit protected-activities res-judicata retaliation whistleblower-protection whistleblower-protection-act |
I. Where a federal employee's administrative complaint under the Whistleblower Protection Act identifies the Agency's adverse actions and seeks relief… |
| 20-732 |
David Wyche v. Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
Second Circuit |
2020-11-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
administrative-review civil-rights due-process employee-rights employment-termination occupational-safety prima-facie-case termination whistleblower whistleblower-protection workplace-safety |
1. Under the OSH Act of 1970
Do I fit the criteria as a whistleblower (1) considering I made work complaints to human resources; within
two weeks of … |
| 20-458 |
Michael B. Brown v. Department of Labor |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-10-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
administrative-law civil-procedure deposition-modification evidence factual-finding federal-rules-of-civil-procedure petition-for-review regulatory-compliance sarbanes-oxley whistleblower-protection |
Whether a judge's change of a party's transcribed deposition is an appropriate factual finding, conclusion, and decision defined by Sarbanes-Oxley's 2… |
| 20-5828 |
Roderick A. Carter v. CPC Logistics, Inc., et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-09-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law burden-of-proof driver-fatigue employer-admissions employment-discrimination federal-regulations protected-activity retaliation staa-protection trucking-safety whistleblower-protection |
When an employer admits to a violation in writing to the federal government, should they be held accountable to their words?
When a protected activit… |
| 20-393 |
Alex Rahmi v. Pill & Pill, PLLC |
West Virginia |
2020-09-25 |
Denied |
|
asset-liquidation bankruptcy-fraud class-action due-process federal-rules foreclosure-fraud foreclosure-scheme retaliation whistleblower-protection |
Statement of Appellate Turisdiction
Appellate Jurisdiction is referred to power of Higher Court to revise lower's
court decision, based on discovery … |
| 20-269 |
In Re Barbara Stone |
|
2020-09-02 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-enterprise due-process ex-parte-judgment extortion fraud judicial-misconduct jurisdiction-stripping whistleblower-protection writ-of-prohibition |
QUESTION I.
Should a Writ of Prohibition be issued to the 11th Circuit and Joan Lenard, a
federal district court judge in the Southern District of Fl… |
| 19-1332 |
Tonya Knowles v. Department of Veterans Affairs |
Federal Circuit |
2020-06-02 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
5-usc-2302 5-usc-2302-(b)(8)-(9) agency-investigation agency-official burden-of-proof investigation prohibited-personnel-practice protected-disclosure retaliation retaliation-motive whistleblower whistleblower-protection |
1. When an Employee makes a protected disclosure, regarding a Prohibited Personnel Practice which falls under statue 5 USC 2302 (b)(8) -(9), against a… |
| 19-1230 |
Bobby Knight v. Chenega Security, Inc., et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-04-18 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure civil-rights contract-law dismissal due-process evidence motion-to-dismiss pro-se-litigation qui-tam qui-tam-action standard-of-review standing whistleblower-protection |
I. DID THE COURT BELOW FAIL TO USE AN
APPROPRIATE STANDARD OF REVIEW
WHEN GRANTING ALL THE DISMISSAL
MOTIONS WITHOUT RECOGNIZING THE
PETITIONER 'S… |
| 19-1083 |
Jeffrey A. Clouser v. Kim Doherty, et al. |
Delaware |
2020-03-04 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection official-misconduct qualified-immunity sovereign-immunity state-tort-claims state-tort-claims-act whistleblower-protection |
I. A Delaware Department of Education official, sued in his official and individual-capacities, knowingly disregarded available results of a State Pol… |
| 19-7708 |
Ahmad Jamaleddin Aljindi v. United States, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-02-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-rights discrimination due-process equal-employment-opportunity hate-crimes retaliation whistleblower-protection whistleblower-reprisal |
Why the Federal Agencies and the Intelligence Community (IC) ("Respondents ")
are allowed to abuse and torture the aggrieved ("Petitioner ") to death … |
| 19-7686 |
Maurice Buford v. Laborers' International Union Local 269, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2020-02-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights discrimination duty-of-fair-representation employment-law fair-representation harassment labor-law labor-union statute-of-limitations title-vii weingarten-rights whistleblower-protection |
I. Whether Discrimination/Duty of Fair Representation violated by the Labor International Union 269 under Title VI I42 U.S.C. 2000(e) {Goodman v. Luke… |
| 19-7641 |
Yusong Gong v. University of Michigan, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-02-12 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights civil-rights-act false-claims-act federal-funding first-amendment fraud-waste-abuse government-corruption old-case public-university public-university-employees research-misconduct retaliation settlement-agreement state-immunity title-vii whether-court-of-appeals-made-mistakes-in-determin whether-district-court-court-of-appeals-has-respon whether-us-supreme-court-should-exclude-state-immu whistleblower-protection |
1. Whether U. S. Supreme Court should enforce The Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2012 (WPEA) and The False Claim Act (FCA), and extend pr… |
| 19-788 |
Erin Daly v. Citigroup, Inc., et al. |
Second Circuit |
2019-12-19 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
arbitration-agreement blacklisting dodd-frank employment-law finra-form-u-5 retaliation sarbanes-oxley sarbanes-oxley-act sec-violations whistleblower-protection |
1. Whether the provisions under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act as amended by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 protect whi… |
| 19-653 |
Theresa Ortloff v. Dave Trimmer, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-11-20 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
connick-v-myers due-process first-amendment first-amendment-speech-public-interest-connick-v-m free-speech procedural-due-process public-employee public-employee-speech public-interest speech whistleblower-protection |
1. Must the entire record, including motives, main thrust of the speech, and all instances of speech be reviewed under Connick v. Myers, 461 U.S. 138 … |
| 19-420 |
Alfred Risien Hamman v. University of Central Florida Board of Trustees |
Florida |
2019-09-30 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
carey-v-piphus civil-procedure civil-rights constitution constitutional-guarantees dual-enrollment due-process educational-rights extraordinary-cause extraordinary-process institutional-responsibility procedural-compliance procedural-due-process standing substantive-due-process whistleblower whistleblower-protection |
1) May we be denied procedural due process,
including extraordinary process, guaranteed through
the Constitution?
2) May the judicial branch leave … |
| 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 … |
| 19-33 |
Kevin Wallace v. Andeavor Corporation |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-07-03 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
circuit-split civil-rights employee-protection federal-prohibitions matter-of-law objective-reasonableness sarbanes-oxley sarbanes-oxley-act trier-of-fact whistleblower whistleblower-protection whistleblower-retaliation |
The anti-retaliation provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1514A(a), forbids retaliation against an employee because he or she disclosed t… |
| 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 |
1. Doesn't the Javits-Wagner-O-Day Act Title 41 of the United States Code, Section 8502 indicate that General Services Administration handles personne… |
| 18-1299 |
Marie Gillispie v. Regionalcare Hospital Partners, Inc., et al. |
Third Circuit |
2019-04-15 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
anti-retaliation at-will-employment circuit-court-interpretation circuit-court-ruling civil-rights common-law due-process employment-law emtala emtala-statute free-speech medical-malpractice preemption public-policy-exception retaliation statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent whistleblower whistleblower-protection |
I. Does the Precedential ruling by the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals directly contradict United States Supreme Court precedent of Schindler Elevator Co… |
| 18-1009 |
United States, ex rel. Muge Cody v. ManTech International Corporation |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-02-04 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
appellate-review circumstantial-evidence defense-contractor-whistleblower-protection-act false-claims-act federal-rule-of-civil-procedure-50(b) judgment-as-a-matter-of-law judgment-as-matter-of-law jury-verdict reeves-v-sanderson reeves-v-sanderson-plumbing rule-50 whistleblower-protection |
The question presented is whether the appellate court erred in not applying the Reeves standards in a case brought under the False Claims Act and the … |
| 18-537 |
Booth James v. Montgomery Regional Airport Authority, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-10-24 |
Denied |
|
administrative-remedies civil-procedure civil-procedure-rules civil-rights constitutional-rights discovery-violations employment-termination evidence-substitution fraud free-speech proximate-cause whistleblower-protection whistleblower-retaliation |
Could a reasonable jury have found that Mr. Perry retaliatory attitude toward Officer James for whistleblowing, to a government representative, the pr… |
| 18-278 |
Leon R. Koziol, Individually, as Natural Parent of Child A and Child B, and on Behalf of Parents Similarly Situated v. Janet DiFiore, Chief Judge, New York State Unified Court System, et al. |
New York |
2018-09-05 |
Denied |
|
civil-rights custody-tactics domestic-relations due-process family-law judicial-bias men-discrimination parental-rights whistleblower-protection |
1. Are men in America becoming a discriminated class, and if not, are historically prejudiced fathers in domestic relations courts nevertheless entitl… |
| 18-207 |
George Duggan v. Department of Defense |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-08-16 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
affirmative-defense agency-burden clear-and-convincing-evidence federal-circuit personnel-actions prima-facie prima-facie-retaliation protected-disclosures retaliation whistleblower-protection whistleblower-protection-enhancement-act |
Whether after a prima facie retaliation for whistleblowing has been found under the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2012 does the Agency's… |
| 18-137 |
Ernest Hunter v. District of Columbia |
District of Columbia |
2018-07-31 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-law administrative-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge constitutional-law dc-government due-process employment-dispute employment-rights free-speech government-agency government-employment personnel-rules retaliation whistleblower whistleblower-act whistleblower-protection |
Is the application of the relevant personnel rules of the District of Columbia, including the Abolishment and D.C. Whistleblowers Acts (DCWPA) by the … |
| 18-38 |
Illya Erwin v. Department of the Army |
Federal Circuit |
2018-07-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
5-cfr-315-804 5-usc-1221 5-usc-2302 administrative-law civil-rights due-process federal-circuit personnel-action probationary-employee prohibited-personnel-practice termination-defense whistleblower whistleblower-protection |
1. Whether, in defense of a whistleblower claim of wrongful termination by a probationary employee, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 1221, the agency may claim … |
| 18-5019 |
Bohdan G. Seniw v. Connecticut General Assembly, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2018-06-28 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process government-misconduct hipaa-violation hippa law-enforcement medical-information medical-privacy medical-records privacy public-records retaliation whistle-blower whistle-blower-protection whistleblower-protection |
Why it was done Purposely ?
Why Enforce Whistle Blower Protection ?
I'm certain you will be hearing from him ( Edwin Gomes, Senator ) soon. Why it w… |
| 24A507 |
Martin Akerman v. Merit Systems Protection Board, et al. |
District of Columbia |
|
Presumed Complete |
|
due-process judicial-oversight national-security posse-comitatus userra whistleblower-protection |
Does the whistleblower protection provision of the
Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act
(USERRA), codified at 38 U.S.C. § 4311(b)… |