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Michael S. Zummer v. Jeffrey S. Sallet, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 21-30219 · judgment June 15, 2022
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Whether a federal district court has jurisdiction to hear colorable constitutional claims by federal employees related to their employment—in this instance a First Amendment case seeking reinstatement and back pay regarding the revocation of an FBI agent’s security clearance and resulting removal for reporting unclassified concerns about prosecutorial misconduct to a federal judge in a case pending before the judge—when the Civil Service Reform Act (“CSRA”) provides no means to review those constitutional claims, leaving the federal court as the only possible forum for judicial review.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Michael Stuart Zummer
Accountability FBI, Inc.
For respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar
Solicitor General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Mar 20 2023Petition DENIED.
- Mar 01 2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/17/2023.
- Feb 24 2023Reply of petitioner Michael Zummer filed.
- Feb 10 2023Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
- Jan 04 2023Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including February 10, 2023.
- Jan 03 2023Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 11, 2023 to February 10, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
- Nov 18 2022Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 11, 2023.
- Nov 17 2022Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 12, 2022 to January 11, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
- Nov 07 2022Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 12, 2022)