Legal Opinion
Fisher v. District of Columbia
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided July 25, 2002No. 00-CV-41PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUIZ, Associate Judge.
Harold Fisher, a public school attendance officer, was terminated in a 1998 reduction-in-force (RIF). He appeals a denial of his claim for severance pay. The trial court dismissed Fisher’s action for failure to exhaust his administrative remedies, and held that Fisher had no alternative private right of action entitling him to file directly in court. Fisher responds that pursuing his administrative remedies would have been futile because the Office of Employee Appeals (OEA), the administrative agency with apparent jurisdiction over this matter, considered his claim to be…
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- Davis v. University of the District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1992
- Jackson v. District of Columbia Employees' Compensation Appeals BoardDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1988
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