Roberts v. United States Department of Justice
District Court, District of Columbia · 2005-03-29 · cited 13×
The case involves three current or former FBI employees who sued the Department of Justice, alleging improper handling of their whistleblower reprisal complaints under applicable regulations, unauthorized disclosures of Privacy Act-protected information, retaliation for exercising First Amendment rights through congressional testimony and media appearances, and failures to produce documents under FOIA. The defendants filed a partial motion to dismiss and for partial summary judgment. The court granted the motion in part, dismissing claims seeking judicial review or injunctive relief regarding the processing of whistleblower complaints because the governing statutes and regulations do not create a private right of action or provide for such review in federal court, and plaintiffs lacked standing for certain injunctive requests. Remaining claims, including those under FOIA and Privacy Act, were not addressed in the partial dismissal order.
