Connie JAMISON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jerry WILEY, Defendant-Appellant, United States of America, Defendant-Appellee

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• holding that rejection of certification amounts to a denial of abso- lute immunity which is immediately appealable
• holding that supervisor’s negative reviews of employee’s work were outside the scope of his employment when such reviews were made solely in retaliation to claims the employee had filed against the supeivisor
• noting that the Westfall Act and 28 U.S.C. § 1442(a)(1) each provide a separate right to removal
• explaining that “a tentative and preliminary ruling . . . which plainly holds open the prospect of reconsideration” is not subject to collateral order jurisdiction
• explaining that “a tentative and preliminary ruling . . . which plainly holds open the prospect of reconsideration” is not subject to collateral order jurisdiction
• recognizing there can be “two separate and alternative removal statutes,” “though often overlapping, [but] not identical,” “both of which authorize removal of cases to federal court even though they could not have been brought there originally”

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