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Joseph P. Carson v. Merit Systems Protection Board
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, No. 2015-3135, 2015-3211 · judgment August 11, 2017
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Whether this Court’s precedent in Burlington North. & Santa Fe Ry. Co. v. White, 126 S.Ct. 2405 (2006), applies to determining whether a personnel action, defined at 5 U.S.C. § 2302(a)(2)(A)(xii) as, “any other significant change in duties, responsibilities or working conditions,” has occurred to a federal agency employee alleging reprisal for making whistleblower disclosures or filing whistleblower reprisal complaints.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Francis Douglas Hartnett
Elitok & Hartnett at Law, PLLC
For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day
Proceedings
- Jun 11 2018Motion to defer consideration of the petition for a writ of certiorari filed by petitioner DENIED. Justice Kagan took no part in the consideration or decision of this motion.
- Jun 11 2018Petition DENIED. Justice Kagan took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
- May 23 2018Motion to defer consideration of the petition for a writ of certiorari filed by petitioner Joseph P. Carson.
- May 23 2018Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Joseph P. Carson
- May 22 2018DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/7/2018.
- May 16 2018Brief amici curiae of Tom Devine, et al. filed. (Distributed)
- May 10 2018Waiver of right of respondent Merit Systems Protection Board to respond filed.
- Apr 12 2018Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 16, 2018)
- Jan 24 2018Application (17A775) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until April 12, 2018.
- Jan 16 2018Application (17A775) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from February 11, 2018 to April 12, 2018, submitted to The Chief Justice.