United States Seventh Circuit

Dismissal of a retaliation suit alleging that the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms retaliated against the plaintiff for his whistle-blowing activities is affirmed where plaintiff's sole remedy was through the Merits Systems Protection Board and his appeal from that decision should have been made to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/05/2006
• Decided 08/25/2006
• Published 08/25/2006

Judges

• ROVNER, Circuit Judge., Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and ROVNER, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• David J. Mathews (argued), Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Kurt Lindland (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, Defendants-Appellees.