· 3/14/1985
Ralph Roger Bergman v. United States of America
Citations
- 751 F.2d 314
How courts have described this case
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- noting that continuous-violation doctrine is triggered “by continual unlawful acts, not by continual ill effects from the original violation”
- noting that continuous-violation doctrine is triggered “by continual unlawful acts, not by continual ill effects from the original violation”
- relying on Oppenheim v. Campbell, 571 F.2d 660, 662 (D.C.Cir.1978) for the proposition that the action “accrues” when the right to resort to court is perfected
- rejecting the plaintiff’s argument that each of his renewed requests to retroactively reclassify his prior job positions following an adverse determination constituted a new cause of action sufficient to avoid the statute of limitations.
- claim that government negligently failed to correct classification records was barred by § 2680(h), cert. denied, 474 U.S. 945 (1985)
- “There is no implied cause of action since Congress had already expressly created a variety of administrative and judicial remedies ‘to cover the problem.’” (citation omitted)
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Judges: Logan, Breitenstein, McWilliams
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