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· 8/25/2006

Eugene R. Richards, Jr. v. Kathleen L. Kiernan, Malcolm W. Brady, Edgar Domenech

Citations

  • 461 F.3d 880
  • 24 I.E.R. Cas. (BNA) 1773
  • 2006 U.S. App. LEXIS 21688
  • 2006 WL 2456816

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that Rule 12(b)(6) and not Rule 12(b)(1) is the appropriate avenue for dismissing claims due to failure to comply with CSRA’s exhaustion requirement
  • \There is no question but that the CSRA provides the exclusive remedy for an alleged constitutional violation…arising out of federal employment.\
  • “[T]he CSRA provides the exclusive remedy for an alleged constitutional violation . . . arising out of federal employment.”
  • federal employee’s Bivens claim should be dismissed under 12(b)(6), not 12(b)(1), because the claim was precluded by comprehensive structure of the Civil Service Reform Act
  • “Under no circumstances does the WPA grant the District Court jurisdiction to entertain a whistle-blower cause of action brought directly before it in the first instance.”

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Judges: Flaum, Rovner, Williams

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