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Camerron L. Bradberry v. Department of the Air Force

IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, No. 2025-1112 · judgment April 10, 2025


Certiorari denied · October 20, 2025

Questions presented

  1. Whether a federal agency denies a tenured career employee their Fifth Amendment due process rights when it terminates them using the summary procedures reserved for a probationary employee, and whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit errs by affirming a lower decision that fails to adjudicate this constitutional and procedural violation.

  2. Whether the evidentiary framework for a whistleblower reprisal claim is fatally undermined when the agency's evidence of a legitimate, non-retaliatory reason for termination was developed through a process that improperly stripped the employee of their statutory due process rights to challenge that evidence.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Camerron L. Bradberry

For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Proceedings

  1. Dec 15 2025
    Rehearing DENIED.
  2. Nov 25 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/12/2025.
  3. Nov 17 2025
    Supplemental brief of petitioner Camerron Bradberry filed.
  4. Oct 20 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  5. Oct 20 2025
    Petition for Rehearing filed.
  6. Oct 04 2025
    Supplemental brief of petitioner Camerron Bradberry filed. (Distributed)
  7. Oct 02 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/17/2025.
  8. Sep 25 2025
    Waiver of right of respondent Department of the Air Force to respond filed.
  9. Aug 28 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 6, 2025)