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Diana Zuniga Kammunkun v. Department of Defense

IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, No. 2024-1900 · judgment January 26, 2026


Pending

Question presented

Whether the Fifth Amendment's guarantee of due process permits an agency official to materially revise investigative findings after the investigative process has concluded, direct adverse action based upon those revised findings, and then serve as final adjudicator of the employee's response to those revised findings. Whether an appellate court may affirm rejection of a federal employee's due process claim by resolving a materially different legal question than the constitutional issue actually presented for review.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Diana Zuniga Kammunkun

For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jul 16 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2026.
  2. Jul 10 2026
    Waiver of right of respondent Department of Defense to respond filed.
  3. Jun 09 2026
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 16, 2026)