Legal Opinion
Swaters v. United States Department of Transportation
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 24, 2016No. 14-1277PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
GINSBURG, Senior Circuit Judge:
Jeffrey Swaters, a former pilot with Spirit Airlines, challenges the Department of Transportation’s refusal to consent to the release of the urine sample it says Swaters produced for a mandatory drug test. The sample, which tested positive for controlled substances, cost Swaters his job and his airman medical certificate. See Swaters v. Osmus, 568 F.3d 1315 (11th Cir. 2009); Sturgell v. Swaters, NTSB Order No. EA-5400, 2008 WL 3272390 (2008). Swaters now wants the urine sample in order to conduct a DNA test in the hope of proving, in a state court negligence…
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