Clemente v. United States

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that employee did not have liberty interest in a career with Air Force Civil Service specifically
• holding that sovereign immunity bars “a remedy [against the government] for a constitutional violation”
• explaining that even when a plaintiff cannot “successfully claim a constitutionally cognizable property interest,” it is “well-settled ... that regulations validly prescribed by an agency are binding upon it”
• explaining that even when a plaintiff cannot “successfully claim a constitutionally cognizable property interest,” it is “well-settled . . . that regulations validly pre- scribed by an agency are binding upon it”
• “A mere command to follow certain procedures, however, does not create an underlying prop- erty interest, even when the command is derived from the Constitution.”
• “[t]o the extent that plaintiff’s Bivens claims are founded in actions proscribed by Title VII, they may not be maintained because Title VII provides the exclusive remedy”

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Cited by

56 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Shanks v. Dressel
  Ninth Circuit· 2008-08-27· cited 384×
• Richmark Corp. v. Timber Falling Consultants
  Ninth Circuit· 1992-03-30· cited 270×
• McMenemy v. City of Rochester
  Second Circuit· 2001-03-02· cited 260×
• Whittaker Corporation Whittaker Controls, Inc. v. Execuair Corporation Execuair Sales Corporation David Manhan
  Ninth Circuit· 1992-01-03· cited 230×
• Louis P. Camjudgesli v. Robert L. Bockrath, and Daniel Boggan
  Ninth Circuit· 1996-11-22· cited 174×
• Stephen D. Learned v. City of Bellevue
  Ninth Circuit· 1988-11-03· cited 117×
• Mary Rivera Dennis Rivera v. United States
  Ninth Circuit· 1991-01-31· cited 94×
• Hogue v. Clinton
  Eighth Circuit· 1986-05-27· cited 86×
• Blantz v. California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
  Ninth Circuit· 2013-08-15· cited 77×
• Lawrence M. Fleming v. Department of Public Safety, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
  Ninth Circuit· 1988-04-08· cited 74×
• Frank K. Kotarski v. V.L. Cooper, A.E. Navarro, W.J. Tinston, J.H. Kirkpatrick, Naval Air Rework Facility, Capt. P.A. Monroe, in His Official Capacity
  Ninth Circuit· 1986-09-16· cited 51×
• Richard Dorr v. County of Butte Butte County Sheriff's Department Mick Grey, Individually and as Deputy Sheriff of Butte County
  Ninth Circuit· 1986-07-30· cited 43×
• Thomas Pereira v. U.S. Postal Service Judith Wolfe Ernie Molina Tom Regan Frank Smith
  Ninth Circuit· 1992-05-18· cited 39×
• Otto v. Heckler
  Ninth Circuit· 1986-01-28· cited 38×
• Kaiser v. Blue Cross of California
  Ninth Circuit· 2003-10-28· cited 35×
• Jensen v. Brown
  Ninth Circuit· 2025-03-10· cited 22×
• McMillan v. Department of the Interior
  D. Nevada· 1995-11-07· cited 21×
• John L. Augustine v. A. Melvin McDonald
  Ninth Circuit· 1985-09-10· cited 18×
• White v. Franklin
  N.D. Mississippi· 1986-05-27· cited 14×
• Blum v. Schlegel
  W.D. New York· 1993-07-01· cited 13×

Other cases named Clemente v. United States

13 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Clemente v. United States
  C.D. California· 1983-08-12· cited 10×
• Clemente v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1986-01-27· cited 10×
• Clemente v. United States
  D. Puerto Rico· 1977-02-04· cited 5×
• Clemente v. United States
  D. Puerto Rico· 1976-11-24· cited 4×
• Clemente v. United States
  Ninth Circuit· 1981-12-14· cited 3×
• Clemente v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1978-05-01· cited 3×
• Clemente v. United States
  C.D. California· 1980-04-30· cited 2×
• Clemente v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1980-04-21· cited 1×
• Clemente v. United States
  First Circuit· 1994-12-09
• Clemente v. United States
  Supreme Court· 2016-01-11
• Clemente v. United States
  Supreme Court· 2005-10-17
• Clemente v. United States
  Supreme Court· 2002-02-19
• Clemente v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1995-11-13