Connors v. United States of America

In Conyers v. Rossides, 558 F.3d 137, 148 (2d Cir. 2009), cert. denied, 568 U.S. 933, 133 S.Ct. 329, 184 L.Ed.2d 241 (2012), we held that Section 111(d) of the Aviation Transportation Security Act, 49 U.S.C. § 44935 note (“ATSA”), precluded judicial review under the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. § 701(a) (“APA”), of a decision by the Transportation Security Administration (“TSA”) not to utilize the Federal Aviation Administration’s personnel management system in deciding whom to employ or appoint as a screening officer. We did not hold as a general matter that APA review was…