American Federation of Government Employees, Council 33 v. Meese

FINDINGS OF FACT, CONCLUSIONS OF LAW, AND ORDER GRANTING PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

WEIGEL, District Judge.

I.Summary of Decision

On January 25, 1988, the Federal Bureau of Prisons of the United States Department of Justice (the Bureau) adopted its “Federal Bureau of Prisons Drug-Free Workplace Program” (the Program). The Program would force law abiding employees of the Bureau, on two hours telephone notice, to submit to urinalysis testing even though not suspected of any drug use nor of any wrongdoing, negligence or dereliction of duty. Plaintiffs challenge the constitutionality of such testing,…