Tucker v. United States

In this action plaintiff, by seeking reinstatement and back pay, challenges the correctness of his removal as an employee of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).1 The parties are presently before this court on cross motions for summary judgment. Defendant asks us to hold that plaintiffs removal was proper. There being no genuine issue as to any material fact, for the reasons set out below we grant defendant’s motion. Doing so being dispositive of this action, we also dismiss plaintiffs petition in its entirety.

In 1963 plaintiff began working as an air traffic controller at the Air Route…