United States DC Circuit

Because Congress passed a retroactive law granting jurisdiction for whistleblower claims by FAA employees to the Office of Special Counsel and the Merit Systems Protection Board, plaintiff's whistleblower claim, which was brought before the district court of DC, was properly dismissed for lack of jurisdiction; Title VII claim remanded.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/05/2002
• Decided 03/29/2002
• Published 03/29/2002

Judges

• Before:  GINSBURG, Chief Judge, EDWARDS and SENTELLE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States DC Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Gary T. Brown argued the cause for appellant.   With him on the briefs was Camilla C. McKinney.


• For Appellees:
  
• Michael A. Humphreys, Assistant United States Attorney, argued the cause for appellee.   With him on the brief were Roscoe C. Howard, Jr., United States Attorney, and R. Craig Lawrence, Assistant United States Attorney.